var dataSet = [

    ['Tiger Nixon', 'System Architect', 'Edinburgh', '5421', '2011/04/25', '$320,800'],

    ['Garrett Winters', 'Accountant', 'Tokyo', '8422', '2011/07/25', '$170,750'],

    ['Ashton Cox', 'Junior Technical Author', 'San Francisco', '1562', '2009/01/12', '$86,000'],

    ['Cedric Kelly', 'Senior Javascript Developer', 'Edinburgh', '6224', '2012/03/29', '$433,060'],

    ['Airi Satou', 'Accountant', 'Tokyo', '5407', '2008/11/28', '$162,700'],

    ['Brielle Williamson', 'Integration Specialist', 'New York', '4804', '2012/12/02', '$372,000'],

    ['Herrod Chandler', 'Sales Assistant', 'San Francisco', '9608', '2012/08/06', '$137,500'],

    ['Rhona Davidson', 'Integration Specialist', 'Tokyo', '6200', '2010/10/14', '$327,900'],

    ['Colleen Hurst', 'Javascript Developer', 'San Francisco', '2360', '2009/09/15', '$205,500'],

    ['Sonya Frost', 'Software Engineer', 'Edinburgh', '1667', '2008/12/13', '$103,600'],

    ['Jena Gaines', 'Office Manager', 'London', '3814', '2008/12/19', '$90,560'],

    ['Quinn Flynn', 'Support Lead', 'Edinburgh', '9497', '2013/03/03', '$342,000'],

    ['Charde Marshall', 'Regional Director', 'San Francisco', '6741', '2008/10/16', '$470,600'],

    ['Haley Kennedy', 'Senior Marketing Designer', 'London', '3597', '2012/12/18', '$313,500'],

    ['Tatyana Fitzpatrick', 'Regional Director', 'London', '1965', '2010/03/17', '$385,750'],

    ['Michael Silva', 'Marketing Designer', 'London', '1581', '2012/11/27', '$198,500'],

    ['Paul Byrd', 'Chief Financial Officer (CFO)', 'New York', '3059', '2010/06/09', '$725,000'],

    ['Gloria Little', 'Systems Administrator', 'New York', '1721', '2009/04/10', '$237,500'],

    ['Bradley Greer', 'Software Engineer', 'London', '2558', '2012/10/13', '$132,000'],

    ['Dai Rios', 'Personnel Lead', 'Edinburgh', '2290', '2012/09/26', '$217,500'],

    ['Jenette Caldwell', 'Development Lead', 'New York', '1937', '2011/09/03', '$345,000'],

    ['Yuri Berry', 'Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)', 'New York', '6154', '2009/06/25', '$675,000'],

    ['Caesar Vance', 'Pre-Sales Support', 'New York', '8330', '2011/12/12', '$106,450'],

    ['Doris Wilder', 'Sales Assistant', 'Sydney', '3023', '2010/09/20', '$85,600'],

    ['Angelica Ramos', 'Chief Executive Officer (CEO)', 'London', '5797', '2009/10/09', '$1,200,000'],

    ['Gavin Joyce', 'Developer', 'Edinburgh', '8822', '2010/12/22', '$92,575'],

    ['Jennifer Chang', 'Regional Director', 'Singapore', '9239', '2010/11/14', '$357,650'],

    ['Brenden Wagner', 'Software Engineer', 'San Francisco', '1314', '2011/06/07', '$206,850'],

    ['Fiona Green', 'Chief Operating Officer (COO)', 'San Francisco', '2947', '2010/03/11', '$850,000'],

    ['Shou Itou', 'Regional Marketing', 'Tokyo', '8899', '2011/08/14', '$163,000'],

    ['Michelle House', 'Integration Specialist', 'Sydney', '2769', '2011/06/02', '$95,400'],

    ['Suki Burks', 'Developer', 'London', '6832', '2009/10/22', '$114,500'],

    ['Prescott Bartlett', 'Technical Author', 'London', '3606', '2011/05/07', '$145,000'],

    ['Gavin Cortez', 'Team Leader', 'San Francisco', '2860', '2008/10/26', '$235,500'],

    ['Martena Mccray', 'Post-Sales support', 'Edinburgh', '8240', '2011/03/09', '$324,050'],

    ['Unity Butler', 'Marketing Designer', 'San Francisco', '5384', '2009/12/09', '$85,675'],

];

var mytable = new DataTable('#example', {

   dom: 'Plfrtip',

   paging: false,

    scrollCollapse: true,

    scrollY: '45vh',

    columnDefs: [

      {

        title: 'Name' ,

        targets: [0]

      },

      {

        title: 'Position' ,

        targets: [1]

      },

      {

        title: 'Office' ,

        targets: [2]

      },

      {

        title: 'Extn.' ,

        targets: [3]

      },

      {

        title: 'Start date' ,

        targets: [4]

      },        

      {

        title: 'Salary' ,

        targets: [5]

      },        

    ],

    select: {

        style: 'single',

    },

    data: dataSet

});

​

​

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//

// Need to maintain scrolled postion AFTER data is updated/reloaded. 

//

//////////////////////////////

​

var counter = 0;

setInterval(myTimer,5000); 

​

​

function myTimer() {

  var table = $('#example').DataTable();

  var info = table.page.info();

  console.log("Page Info record is: " +(info.start+1));  //This works with pagination set to true

  var topRowInView = info.start+1;

  var displayIndexes = $('#example').DataTable().scroller.page(); 

  console.log("Display Indexes: " + displayIndexes); //This returns as undefined

  //maintain scroll position on reload

  scrollPos = $('#example').DataTable().scroller().pixelsToRow($('#example_wrapper > div.dataTables_scroll > div.dataTables_scrollBody').scrollTop());

  console.log("ScrollPos: " + scrollPos);  //This returns as undefined

​

  //clear data, add new data

  //$('#example').DataTable().row().scrollTo(topRowInView, true); //This works with pagination set to true

  //$('#example').DataTable().clear().rows.add(dataSet).draw().scroller.toPosition(topRowInView, true); //resets to `1st record

  $('#example').DataTable().clear().rows.add(dataSet).draw().row().scrollTo(topRowInView, true); //resets to `1st record

  //increment counter

  counter++;

  $("#counter").text("Processed " + counter + " updates so far.");

} 

​