kendoui ClientTemplate in Grid not working in asp.net mvc 4 - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have been looking all over for the answer and think I am missing something simple. I have a kendo grid where I want one of the columns to be a link to another page with the id as a route parameter. However, the value in the column cells are the bound values and are unchanged by my template. Any insights to this will be appreciated.
#(Html.Kendo().Grid((IEnumerable<ProviderAccess>)Model.Providers)
.Name("grants-grid")
.Columns(columns =>
{
columns.Bound(a => a.ProviderName);
columns.Bound(a => a.HasAccess);
columns.Bound(a => a.ProviderId).ClientTemplate("#= toggleLink(data) #");
})
.Scrollable()
)
<script>
function toggleLink(access) {
var action = '#Url.Action("Toggle", "Access")';
var html = kendo.format("<a href='{0}/{1}'>Toggle...</a>",
action,
access.ProviderId
);
return html;
}
</script>

Answer 1

ClientTemplate isn't using when Kendo Grid is binded to a dataSource on server side like your code.
You should use Template method of columns like below
columns.Template(p => "<a href='..../Toggle/Access/" + p.ProviderId + "'>Click</a>");

Answer 2

dataSource.Server() will let you use a custom.template
dataSource.Ajax() will let you use ClientTemplate
Figuring that out was really frustrating... They are not interchangeable one of the other will work depending on ajax or Server
<%: Html.Kendo().Grid((List<RadCarePlus.V2.Web.Models.GetMeSomeData>) ViewData["Mydata"])
.Name("Grid")
.Columns(columns =>
{
columns.Template(c => "<a href='ImplementationDetails?EpisodeID=" + c.EpisodeID + "'>" + c.EpisodeID + "</a>").Title("Testing").Width(140);
//columns.Bound(c => c.EpisodeID).Width(140);
columns.Bound(c => c.AuthStatus).Width(190);
columns.Bound(c => c.CPTCode).Width(100);
columns.Bound(c => c.inscarrier).Width(110);
columns.Bound(c => c.CreatedOn).Width(160);
//columns.Template(c => "<a href='ImplementationDetails?EpisodeID=" + c.EpisodeID + "'>" + c.EpisodeID + "</a>");
//columns.Template(c => c.EpisodeID).Title("Testing").ClientTemplate("<a href='ImplementationDetails?EpisodeID=#= EpisodeID#'>#= EpisodeID #</a>");
})
.Pageable(pageable=> pageable.ButtonCount(5))
.Sortable(sortable => sortable.AllowUnsort(false))
.DataSource(dataSource => dataSource.Server().PageSize(5)
)
%>