studgeek

<input data-bind="jqAuto: { autoFocus: true }, jqAutoSource: myPeople, jqAutoValue: mySelectedGuid, jqAutoSourceLabel: 'displayName', jqAutoSourceInputValue: 'name', jqAutoSourceValue: 'guid'" />

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<div data-bind="text: mySelectedGuid() ? mySelectedGuid() : 'None selected'"></div>

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For testing setting the model value elsewhere:

benfoxall

/*!
 * $.convertJSONDates
 *
 *  $.getJSON(…).pipe($.convertJSONDates).done(function(data){…})
 *
 * Based on …
 *
 * jQuery.parseJSON() 
 * http://erraticdev.blogspot.com/2010/12/converting-dates-in-json-strings-using.html
 *