I am using C# ASP .NET MVC and ajax calls. I am able to get the display of the table along with all features. But, I don't understand how do I add a checkbox and button. I have tried dom-checkbox as well but can't get it to work. Any help is appreciated. My code looks like this: $(document).ready(function () { $('#personTable').dataTable({ "bJQueryUI": true, "sPaginationType": "full_numbers", "bProcessing": true, "bServerSide": true, "sAjaxSource": "/Home/GetCustomData", "aoColumns": [ { "sSortDataType": "dom-checkbox", "sTitle": "Select", sName": "" }, { "sName": "ID", "sTitle": "ID" }, { "sName": "FirstName", "sTitle": "First Name" }, { "sName": "Email", "sTitle": "Email"}] }); }); My Html is : [table border="1" id="personTable" class="display"] [/table]