# Methods

Call methods on your instance using the [`ref`](http://vuejs.org/api/#ref) attribute.

* `setPage(page)`
* `setLimit(recordsPerPage)`
* `setOrder(column, isAscending)`
* `setFilter(query)` - `query` should be a string, or an object if `filterByColumn` is set to `true`.
* `resetQuery()` - Resets all query inputs (user-request filters) to empty strings.
* `getData()` Get table data using the existing request parameters. Server component only.
* `refresh()` Refresh the table. This method is simply a wrapper for the `serverSearch` method, and thus resets the pagination. Server component only
* `getOpenChildRows(rows = null)` If no argument is supplied returns all open child row components in the page. To limit the returned dataset you can pass the `rows` arguemnt, which should be an array of unique identifiers.
* `setCustomFilters(params)` set custom filters values. Expects an object with key-value pairs
* `resetCustomFilters()` (server component) resets all custom filters to `null`
* `getRequestParams()` (server component) get current request parameters
* `setRequestParams(params)` (server component) - see [here](https://matanya.gitbook.io/vue-tables-2/server-table/setting-multiple-request-parameters)
*  `downloadCsv(filename = 'table.csv')` (client component) - [premium version](https://xscode.com/matfish2/vue-tables-2) -  download CSV of current table state (i.e filtered and sorted, without pagination limit)

{% hint style="info" %}

* The `getOpenChildRows` method is only to be used when the child row is a **component**
* In order for this method to work you need to set the `name` property on your component to `ChildRow`
  {% endhint %}