diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/ResultSet.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/ResultSet.pm
index 42a9d439..44d89c67 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/ResultSet.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/ResultSet.pm
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use base 'DBIx::Class::ResultSet';
 __PACKAGE__->load_components(
     qw{Helper::ResultSet::SetOperations Helper::ResultSet::Shortcut});
 
+=head1 ADDITIONAL METHODS
+
 =head2 get_distinct_col( $column )
 
 Returns an asciibetical sorted list of the distinct values in the given column
@@ -17,16 +19,175 @@ drop-down list of possible options.
 =cut
 
 sub get_distinct_col {
-  my ($rs, $col) = @_;
-  return $rs unless $col;
+    my ( $rs, $col ) = @_;
+    return $rs unless $col;
 
-  return $rs->search({},
-    {
-      columns => [$col],
-      order_by => $col,
-      distinct => 1
+    return $rs->search(
+        {},
+        {   columns  => [$col],
+            order_by => $col,
+            distinct => 1
+        }
+    )->get_column($col)->all;
+}
+
+=head2 get_datatables_data( $params )
+
+Returns a ResultSet for DataTables Server-side processing which populates
+the displayed table.  Evaluates the supplied query parameters for filtering,
+paging, and ordering information.  Note: query paramters are expected to be
+passed as a reference to an expanded hash of hashes.
+
+Filtering if present, will generate simple LIKE matching conditions for each
+searchable column (searchability indicated by query parameters) after each
+column is casted to text.  Conditions are combined as disjunction (OR).
+Note: this does not match the built-in DataTables filtering which does it
+word by word on any field. 
+
+=cut
+
+sub get_datatables_data {
+    my $rs     = shift;
+    my $params = shift;
+    my $attrs  = shift;
+
+    die "condition parameter to search_by_field must be hashref\n"
+        if ref {} ne ref $params
+            or 0 == scalar keys %$params;
+
+    # -- Paging
+    $rs = $rs->_with_datatables_paging($params);
+
+    # -- Ordering
+    $rs = $rs->_with_datatables_order_clause($params);
+
+    # -- Filtering
+    $rs = $rs->_with_datatables_where_clause($params);
+
+    return $rs;
+}
+
+=head2 get_datatables_filtered_count( $params )
+
+Returns the total records, after filtering (i.e. the total number of
+records after filtering has been applied - not just the number of records
+being returned for this page of data) for a datatables ResultSet and
+query parameters.  Note: query paramters are expected to be passed as a
+reference to an expanded hash of hashes.
+
+=cut
+
+sub get_datatables_filtered_count {
+    my $rs     = shift;
+    my $params = shift;
+
+    return $rs->_with_datatables_where_clause($params)->count;
+
+}
+
+sub _with_datatables_order_clause {
+    my $rs     = shift;
+    my $params = shift;
+    my $attrs  = shift;
+
+    my @order = ();
+
+    if ( defined $params->{'order'}{0} ) {
+        for ( my $i = 0; $i < keys $params->{'order'}; $i++ ) {
+
+           # build direction, must be '-asc' or '-desc' (cf. SQL::Abstract)
+           # we only get 'asc' or 'desc', so they have to be prefixed with '-'
+            my $direction = '-' . $params->{'order'}{$i}{'dir'};
+
+            # We only get the column index (starting from 0), so we have to
+            # translate the index into a column name.
+            my $column_name = _datatables_index_to_column( $params,
+                $params->{'order'}{$i}{'column'} );
+
+            # Prefix with table alias if no prefix
+            my $csa = $rs->current_source_alias;
+            $column_name =~ s/^(\w+)$/$csa\.$1/x;
+            push @order, { $direction => $column_name };
+        }
     }
-  )->get_column($col)->all;
+
+    $rs = $rs->order_by( \@order );
+    return $rs;
+}
+
+# NOTE this does not match the built-in DataTables filtering which does it
+# word by word on any field.
+#
+# General filtering using LIKE, this will not be efficient as is will not
+# be able to use indexes.
+
+sub _with_datatables_where_clause {
+    my $rs     = shift;
+    my $params = shift;
+    my $attrs  = shift;
+
+    my %where = ();
+
+    if ( defined $params->{'search'}{'value'}
+        && $params->{'search'}{'value'} )
+    {
+        my $search_string = $params->{'search'}{'value'};
+        for ( my $i = 0; $i < keys $params->{'columns'}; $i++ ) {
+
+           # Iterate over each column and check if it is searchable.
+           # If so, add a constraint to the where clause restricting the given
+           # column. In the query, the column is identified by it's index, we
+           # need to translate the index to the column name.
+            if (    $params->{'columns'}{$i}{'searchable'}
+                and $params->{'columns'}{$i}{'searchable'} eq 'true' )
+            {
+                my $column = _datatables_index_to_column( $params, $i );
+
+                # Cast everything to text for LIKE search
+                $column = $column . '::text';
+                push @{ $where{'-or'} },
+                    { $column => { -like => '%' . $search_string . '%' } };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    $rs = $rs->search( \%where, $attrs );
+    return $rs;
+}
+
+sub _with_datatables_paging {
+    my $rs     = shift;
+    my $params = shift;
+    my $attrs  = shift;
+
+    my $limit = $params->{'length'};
+
+    my $offset = 0;
+    if ( defined $params->{'start'} && $params->{'start'} ) {
+        $offset = $params->{'start'};
+    }
+    $attrs->{'offset'} = $offset;
+
+    $rs = $rs->search( {}, $attrs );
+    $rs = $rs->limit($limit);
+
+    return $rs;
+}
+
+# Use the DataTables columns.data definition to derive the column
+# name from the index.
+
+sub _datatables_index_to_column {
+    my $params = shift;
+    my $i      = shift;
+
+    my $field;
+
+    if ( !defined($i) ) {
+        $i = 0;
+    }
+    $field = $params->{'columns'}{$i}{'data'};
+    return $field;
 }
 
 1;