Way to name a the sortColumn property?

[dasPC]

Is there a way to modify the sortColumn value being sent to the server? I would like it to be possible to assign a name and not have to save the column key value server side.

Also another question is there a way to trigger a server request manually? I currently use datatable.search("") to do it but would prefer a more natural way of doing it. I want to pass some parameters to the server when I do something else in the page.

[dasPC]

Correct me if I'm wrong but it looks like rn it's not possible?

[Trekky12]

Renaming the sort column is currently not possible, but feel free to submit a pull request.

Regarding your second question you could try datatable.update(). Is this the desired function?