dataItem

Returns the dataItem that corresponds to the given jQuery object, HTML Element, or jQuery selector string.

Parameters

node jQuery|Element|String

Specifies the node for the data item.

Returns Object

The data item.

Example

<div id="orgchart"></div>

<script>
    $("#orgchart").kendoOrgChart({
        dataSource: [
            { id: 1, name: "Jane", title: "Boss", expanded: true },
            { id: 2, name: "John", title: "Lead", expanded: true, parentId: 1 },
            { id: 3, name: "Jill", title: "Worker", expanded: true, parentId: 2 },
            { id: 4, name: "James", title: "Worker", expanded: true, parentId: 2 },
        ]
    });

    var orgChart = $("#orgchart").getKendoOrgChart();
    var node = orgChart.items()[1];

    console.log(orgChart.dataItem(node));
</script>
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