Disable global search but not column search for a given column

ihabunek

I have some hidden columns which i use for filtering, using some <select> elements. When a select is changed, i call api().column().search() to filter by a hidden column. However, I do not want the global search (the search box and api().search()) to match anything in these columns, they are hidden and this is confusing to the user.

Is it possible to make columns ignore global search and work only for column search?

If I use searchable:false, then column search does not work as well as global search, so this does not solve my problem.

Thanks.