Using Angular UI-Grid, how do you access row entity data without using the row selection?

Question

I am trying to switch from Smart-Table version 1.x to Angular ui-grid (version 3.0), the replacement for ng-grid.
I like nearly everything about ui-grid, but one thing is driving me crazy. In smart-table, there is a value for dataRow, which is a convenient way of referencing the entity within a table.

What I was using it for was populating an html template to include field information from the entity, something like ng-click="$parentScope.edit(dataRow.id)" within the html template placed within a grid cell.

However, in ui-grid, I can't seem to access the entity object without making a formal row or cell selection. Any effort to include it in a cell template results in an object, (row.entity) but I cannot access any of the entity elements, they show up as undefined. Any ideas?

Furthermore, I have been able to execute a method in an html template, but only ones with no parameters, not one trying to use a parameter from the entity itself.

Here is my html template that was working with smart-table:

<a data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="View    {{filteredRowCollection}}"   ng-click="$parent.$parent.$parent.$parent.view(dataRow.id)"
   class="glyphicon glyphicon-camera green">
</a>
<a data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Edit {{selectionId}}" ng-click="grid.appScope.edit(row.entity.id)"
   class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil blue">
</a>
<a data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Delete {{selectionId}}"  ng-click="$parent.$parent.$parent.$parent.delete(dataRow.id)"
   class="glyphicon glyphicon-trash red">
</a>

I was trying to use something like this with ui-grid:

function edit(row){
    . . .
};

row, at this point is an object, as is row.entity. I expected to be able to use something like row.entity.id, one of the fields, but it is undefined.

Answer 1

This post can be useful, https://technpol.wordpress.com/2014/08/23/upgrading-to-ng-grid-3-0-ui-grid/

Basically, you need to set External scope for your grid, so that you can access data.