tab/app/views/users/show.html.haml

%h2= @user.name
%table#transactions.display.responsive.no-wrap{data: { source: user_path(@user) }}
  %thead
    %tr
      %th Amount
      %th Issuer
      %th Message
      %th Peer
      %th Time
    %tr
      %td.bound.input-listen
        %input.lower-bound{type: 'number', placeholder: 'lower', class: 'pure-u-1-5'}
        = "<= Amount <="
        %input.upper-bound{type: 'number', placeholder: 'upper', class: 'pure-u-1-5'}
      %td.input-listen
        %input{type: 'text', placeholder: 'Filter on Issuer'}
      %td.input-listen
        %input{type: 'text', placeholder: 'Filter on Message'}
      %td.input-listen
        %input{type: 'text', placeholder: 'Filter on Peer'}
      %td.bound.input-listen
        %input.lower-bound{type: 'date', placeholder: 'after'}
        = "<= Time <="
        %input.upper-bound{type: 'date', placeholder: 'before'}
  %tbody

:javascript
  $(document).ready(function() {
    var table = $('#transactions').DataTable({
      processing: true,
      serverSide: true,
      searching: true,
      ordering: false,
      ajax: $('#transactions').data('source'),
      pagingType: 'full_numbers',
      columns: [
        { data: 'amount',  name: 'Amount' },
        { data: 'issuer',  name: 'Issuer' },
        { data: 'message', name: 'Message' },
        { data: 'peer',    name: 'Peer' },
        { data: 'time',    name: 'Time' }
      ],
      autoWidth: false
    });

    var tds = $('.input-listen');
    var i = 0;
    table.columns().every(function() {
      var column = this
      tds.eq(i).find('input').on('keyup change', function() {
        var value = null;
        var td = $(this).parent();
        if(td.hasClass('bound')) {
          value = td.find('.lower-bound').val() + '~' + td.find('.upper-bound').val();
        } else {
          value = $(this).val()
        }
        if(column.search() !== value) {
          column.search(value).draw();
        }
      });
      i = i + 1;
    });
  });