Material Table Search doesn't work for custom column - reactjs

Question

Folks,
I have a mat table with a custom column as "Items" , this can have multiple values.
I can render it as comma separated values however for better look and feel , I am rendering each item as chip.
Now the issue is mat table default search doesn't work on this field.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
import React, { Fragment, useState } from "react";
import MaterialTable from "material-table";
import { Box, makeStyles, Chip } from "#material-ui/core";
const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
chip: {
margin: 2
},
noLabel: {
marginTop: theme.spacing(3)
},
}));
const originalData = [
{
id: "1",
productName: "Meat",
items: [
{id : 1, name : "chicken"},
{id : 2, name : "pork" },
{id : 3, name : "lamb" }
]
},
{
id: "2",
productName: "Vegetables",
items: [
{id : 1, name : "Okra"},
{id : 2, name : "Pumpkin" },
{id : 3, name : "Onion" }
]
},
];
export default function MatTableTest(props) {
const [data, setData] = useState(originalData);
const classes = useStyles();
const tableColumns = [
{ title: "id", field: "id", editable : "never" },
{ title: "Product Name", field: "productName" , editable : "never" },
{ title: "Item", field: "items", editable : "never",
render: rowData => {
return (
<Box className="box" id="style-7">
{ rowData.items.map((exprt) => <Chip
key={exprt.id}
label={exprt.name}
className={classes.chip}
/>)}
</Box>
);
}
},
];
return (
<Fragment>
<MaterialTable
columns={tableColumns}
data={data}
title="Material Table - Custom Colum Search"
/>
</Fragment>
);
}

Answer 1

There is a prop called customFilterAndSearch where you can define a custom filter function. You can define what row data you wish to match for in there. Here is an example from an issue created in Github repo.