title: Kendo: Passing Parent Model to Ajax Data Source
body: <p>I have a simple Grid in a MVC4 [ChildAction]. </p>
  
  <pre><code>@(Html.Kendo().Grid(Model)    
     .Name("Grid")
  .Columns(columns =&gt;
  {
      columns.Bound(p =&gt; p.UserLoginID);
      columns.Bound(p =&gt; p.UserName);
      columns.Bound(p =&gt; p.UserStatus);
  })
  .Pageable()
  .Sortable()
  .Scrollable()
  .Filterable()
  .DataSource(dataSource =&gt; dataSource
      .Ajax()
      .Read(read =&gt; read.Action("SearchUserResult_Read", "Search"))
  )
  )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How do I pass the Parent's Model (Search Query Criteria) in the .Ajax() call above?</p>
  
  <p>Note that I do pass the Parent's Model to the Action via this code so have it in the Controller's ChildAction, just not in the Ajax call:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@Html.Action("SearchUserResultGrid", "Search",
         new {SearchQueryCriteriaViewModel = Model})
  </code></pre>