use a control inside a column on a telerik grid

Question

In asp.net mvc page im using a telerik grid that looks like this

    <div>
    @(Html.Kendo().Grid<Project.Models.Bench>
        ()
        .Name("grid")
        .Columns(columns =>
        {
            columns.Bound(p => p.name).Filterable(ftb => ftb.Cell(cell => cell.Operator("contains")));
            columns.Bound(p => p.seatsCount).Filterable(ftb => ftb.Cell(cell => cell.Operator("gte")));
            columns.Bound(p => p.bookedSeats).Filterable(ftb => ftb.Cell(cell => cell.Operator("gte")));
        })

.Pageable()
.Sortable()
.Scrollable()
.Filterable(ftb => ftb.Mode(GridFilterMode.Row))
            //.HtmlAttributes(new { style = "height:430px;" })
.DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
.Ajax()
.PageSize(20)
    //.ServerOperation(true)
.Read(read => read.Action("GetBenches", "home"))
)
    )
</div>

this is my Bench class:

public class Bench
{
    public int id { get; set; }
    public string name { get; set; }
    public bool bookable { get; set; }
    public int zone { get; set; }
    public int seatsCount { get; set; }
    public string area { get; set; }
    public int bookedSeats { get; set; }
    public int freeSeats { get; set; }
}

and my GetBenches method on HomeController

public async Task<ActionResult> GetBenches([DataSourceRequest] DataSourceRequest request)
    {
        BenchesService bService = new BenchesService();
        List<Bench> obj = await bService.getBenches();


        return Json(obj.Select(s => new Bench
        {
            id = s.id,
            bookable = s.bookable,
            name = s.name,
            seatsCount = s.seatsCount,
            zone = s.zone,
            freeSeats = s.freeSeats,
            area = s.area,
            bookedSeats = s.bookedSeats

        }).Distinct().ToDataSourceResult(request), JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }

i would like to know if i add a .ClientTemplate to one of the columns if i can add a control of this type inside the cell (the one on the "Benefit components" column)

Answer 1

Well, you could start with something like this perhaps:

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<Project.Models.Bench>
    ()
    .Name("grid")
    .Columns(columns =>
    {
     columns.Bound(p => p.name).Filterable(ftb => ftb.Cell(cell => cell.Operator("contains")));
     columns.Bound(p => p.Variance).Title("Booked")
         .ClientTemplate(Html.Kendo().Sparkline()
                        .Name("booked_#=name#"")
                        .Type(SparklineType.Column)
                        .Tooltip(tooltip => tooltip.Format("{0} booked"))                        
                            .DataSource(
                        .DataSource(ds => ds.Ajax()
                          .Read(read => read.Action("Read", "MyController", new { myId = Model.MyID })
                           )
                        .ToClientTemplate()
                        .ToHtmlString()
                       );

    })
    ...