title: Filter of Kendo UI Grid is not executed for specified column
body: <p>Here is my MVC view code :-</p>
  <pre><code>&lt;div id=&quot;reportsDb&quot;&gt;
    &lt;div id=&quot;grid&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;script type=&quot;text/x-kendo-template&quot; id=&quot;template&quot;&gt;
      &lt;div class=&quot;toolbar&quot; id=&quot;template&quot; &gt;
        &lt;label class=&quot;Status-label&quot; for=&quot;Status&quot;&gt;Show reports by status:&lt;/label&gt;
        &lt;input type=&quot;search&quot; id=&quot;Status&quot; style=&quot;width: 150px&quot;/&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/script&gt;
    &lt;script&gt;
      $(document).ready(function () {
        var path = &quot;&quot;
        dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
  
          transport: {
            read: {
              url: &quot;@Url.Action(&quot;Report_Read&quot;, &quot;Report&quot;)&quot;,
              dataType: &quot;json&quot;,
              type: &quot;Get&quot;,
              contentType: &quot;application/json&quot;
            }
  
          },
  
          serverPaging: true,
          serverSorting: true,
          serverFiltering: true,
  
          pageSize: 10,
          schema: {
            model: {
              id: &quot;RequestId&quot;,
              fields: {
                IPAddress: { type: &quot;string&quot; },
                RequestQuetime: { type: &quot;date&quot; },
                RequestPicktime: { type: &quot;date&quot; },
                RequestRespondTime: { type: &quot;date&quot; },
                StatusType: { type: &quot;string&quot; },
                RequestTimeDifference: { type: &quot;datetime&quot;, format: &quot;{0:hh:mm:ss}&quot; },
                RequestPickDifference: { type: &quot;datetime&quot;, format: &quot;{0:hh:mm:ss}&quot; }
              }
            }
          }
        });
  
        var grid =  $(&quot;#grid&quot;).kendoGrid({
          dataSource: dataSource,
          sortable: true,
          pageable: true,
          filterable: {
            extra: false,
            operators: {
              string: {
                startswith: &quot;Starts with&quot;,
                eq: &quot;Is equal to&quot;,
                neq: &quot;Is not equal to&quot;
              }
            }
          },
          toolbar: kendo.template($(&quot;#template&quot;).html()),
          height: 430,
  
          columns: [
            { field: &quot;IPAddress&quot;, title: &quot;IP address&quot;, width: 100, filterable: true },
            { field: &quot;RequestQuetime&quot;, title: &quot;Que time&quot;, width: 100, filterable: false },
            { field: &quot;RequestPicktime&quot;, title: &quot;Pick time&quot;, width: 110, filterable: false },
            { field: &quot;RequestRespondTime&quot;, title: &quot;Respond time&quot;, width: 100, filterable: false },
            { field: &quot;StatusType&quot;, title: &quot;status&quot;, width: 110, filterable: { ui: statusFilter } },
            { field: &quot;RequestTimeDifference&quot;, title: &quot;Time difference&quot;, width: 110, filterable: false },
            { field: &quot;RequestPickDifference&quot;, title: &quot;Pick difference&quot;, width: 110, filterable: false }
          ]
        });
  
        function statusFilter(element) {
          element.kendoDropDownList({
            dataSource: {
              transport: {
                read: {
                  url: &quot;@Url.Action(&quot;RequestStatus_Read&quot;, &quot;Report&quot;)&quot;,
                  dataType: &quot;json&quot;,
                  type: &quot;Get&quot;,
                  contentType: &quot;application/json&quot;
                }
              }
            },
            dataTextField: &quot;Text&quot;,
            dataValueField: &quot;Value&quot;,
            optionLabel: &quot;--Select Value--&quot;
          });
        }
      });
    &lt;/script&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  <p>And below is the Action Method of controller :-</p>
  <pre><code>public ActionResult Report_Read()
  {
    return Json(_oRepository.GetReports().ToList(), JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
  }
  </code></pre>
  <blockquote>
  <p>I want to apply filtering on StatusType filed and for that I have bound this filed with dropdownlist.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>And my problem is when I am trying to do filtering by selecting one of the status from download its doing nothing.</p>
  <p>I am working according to this example:</p>
  <p><a href="http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/grid/filter-menu-customization" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/grid/filter-menu-customization</a></p>