gistfile1.coffee

$("#ticket_id_select").select2
	width: "150px"
	multiple: true
	placeholder: "Search for a ticket with id"
	minimumInputLength: 1
	ajax: # instead of writing the function to execute the ticket we use Select2's convenient helper
	url: "/list_ticket_id"
	dataType: "json"
	data: (term, page) ->
		page: page
		q: term # search term
		q1: get_ticket_if_from_already_selected
		q2: $('input[name=ticket_ser_type]:checked').val()
		max: 20
	
	results: (data, page) -> # parse the results into the format expected by Select2.
		more = (page * 10) < data.total;
		results: data
		return {results: data, more: more};
	formatResult: format
	formatSelection: format
	dropdownCssClass: "bigdrop"
	escapeMarkup: (m) ->
		m

format = (ticket) ->
	search_type = $('input[name=ticket_ser_type]:checked').val()
	console.log search_type
	console.log search_type is "ticket"
	if search_type is "ticket"
		ticket.id
	else
		ticket.text

gistfile2.rb

json.array!(@ticket) do |ticket|
 json.id ticket.display_number
  json.text ticket.user_name+" "+" #"+ticket.display_number.to_s+" "+ticket.subject
end