Filtering with non python objects

[Former user]

is there a way to get datatables view to display a list of lists instead of a python object?

[Maciej Wisniowski]

In order to do that you'll have to override specific methods eg to filter or serarch through the list instead of database (ORM)

[jcolombo24]

thanks - I'm having trouble getting a list of lists to display after I create a custom filter.. The list is created- but the count function in get context data does not seem to work (because it's not an object)