how to implement search and sorting function in Django table

Question

I know that there are Django-datatable, django_tables2, and even django_filter to perform search and sorting to the table. I have tried using Django-datatable, django_tables2 and even django_filter, but none of them work. I have attached my code for the template. I am rendering two different tables using the code below, one is with action and status column while the other is without these two columns.

{% if some %}
    <table  id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="1.5px">
        <tr align="center">
            <th style="font-family: Calibri" > Student ID </th>
            <th style="font-family: Calibri" > Student Name </th>
            <th style="font-family: Calibri" > Start Date </th>
            <th style="font-family: Calibri" > End Date </th>
            <th style="font-family: Calibri" > Action </th>
            <th style="font-family: Calibri" > Status </th>
        </tr>
        {% for item in query_results %}
            <tr align="center">
                <td style="font-family: Calibri" > {{item.studentID}} </td>
                <td style="font-family: Calibri" > {{item.studentName}} </td>
                <td style="font-family: Calibri" > {{item.startDate|date:'d-m-Y'}} </td>
                <td style="font-family: Calibri" > {{item.endDate|date:'d-m-Y'}} </td>
                <td style="font-family: Calibri" >
                    {% if item.status == 'Approved' %}

                    {% else %} 
                        <a href="{% url 'timesheet:edit' id=item.id status='a' %}"><button onclick="alert('timesheet accepted')">Approve</button></a> <a href="{% url 'timesheet:edit' id=item.id status='d' %}"><button onclick="alert('timesheet denied')")>Deny</button></a>
                    {% endif %}
                </td>
                <td style="font-family: Calibri" > 
                    {% if item.status %}
                    {{item.status}}
                    {% else %}
                        Pending
                    {% endif %}       
                </td>
            </tr>
        {% endfor %}
    </table>
{% else %}
    <table  id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="1.5px">
        <tr align="center">
            <th style="font-family: Calibri" > Student ID </th>
            <th style="font-family: Calibri" > Student Name </th>
            <th style="font-family: Calibri" > Start Date </th>
            <th style="font-family: Calibri" > End Date </th>
        </tr>
        {% for item in query_results %}
            <tr align="center">
                <td style="font-family: Calibri" > {{item.studentID}} </td>
                <td style="font-family: Calibri" > {{item.studentName}} </td>
                <td style="font-family: Calibri" > {{item.startDate|date:'d-m-Y'}} </td>
                <td style="font-family: Calibri" > {{item.endDate|date:'d-m-Y'}} </td>
            </tr>
        {% endfor %}
    </table>
{% endif %}

This is the search bar that i am after. Search bar to find by studentID,studentName,startDate,endDate,status

LATEST : EDITED CODE USING THIS LINK TO IMPLEMENT SEARCH BAR

i follow the tutorial in this link, but when i enter the studentID in the search bar, all of the data being displayed but not the particular entered data.

template .html file

<form method="get" action="">
    <button type="submit" style="float: right;"> Search </button>
    <input type="text" name="q" placeholder="Search" style="float: right;">
</form>
<br></br>

{% if timesheets %}               
     {% for timesheet in timesheets %}               
        <li>{{ timesheet.studentID }} - {{ timesheet.studentName }} - {{ timesheet.startDate }} - {{ timesheet.endDate }} - {{ timesheet.status }} </li>           
     {% endfor %} 
{% else %}
    //display all the data
{% endif %}

views.py

def search(request):
    if 'q' in request.GET and request.GET['q']:
        q = request.GET['q']
        timesheets = Timesheet.objects.filter(studentID__icontains=q)
        return render(request, 'timesheet/supervisor_list_timesheet.html',
                  {'timesheets': timesheets})

Answer 1

After the table displays some data correctly, you must also make sure the filter formset is displayed. I usually use something like this (in this case using {% load bootstrap3 %}

{% if filter %}
    <div class="col-sm-10">
        <form action="" method="get" class="form form-inline">
            {% bootstrap_form filter.form layout='inline' %}
            {% bootstrap_button 'filter' %}
        </form>
   </div>
{% endif %}

In case the filterset is assigned to the template context as filter, which should be the case when using the example from django-tables2 filtering page