The report page I'm using fetches data through an api/ajax call from the server. I have a text box to collect input from the user which triggers the ajax call that renders the data from the server and the data is presented in a datatable. every time the query is made, the page is not reloaded but only the table. I'm using a plugin for column filter which is called using the "initcomplete" function while defining the datatable (as per the example I found for the plugin). I notice that the initcomplete is called only the first time the page is loaded and not everytime the after executing an ajax query. So the column filter text still contains the previous search for that column. Is there a way to reset the column search value or call this part of the code (that's inside initcomplete) everytime I get new data?

$("#table").DataTable({
            retrieve: true,
            orderCellsTop: true,
            fixedHeader: true,
            paging: false,
            destroy: true,
            fixedColumns: {
              left: 4,
            },
            dom: "Bfrtip", //for data export
            //stateSave: true,
            buttons: [
              //for data export
              $.extend(true, {}, buttonCommon, {
                extend: "copyHtml5",
              }),
              $.extend(true, {}, buttonCommon, {
                extend: "excelHtml5",
              }),
              $.extend(true, {}, buttonCommon, {
                extend: "pdfHtml5",
              }),
              //"colvis", //provide the column visibility selector dropdown
              {
                extend: "colvis",
                //postfixButtons: ["colvisRestore"],
                collectionLayout: "fixed columns",
                collectionTitle: "Column visibility control",
              },
            ],
            columnDefs: [
              {
                targets: -1,
                visible: false,
              },
            ],
            initComplete: function () {
              console.log("here");
              var api = this.api();
              // For each column
              api
                .columns()
                .eq(0)
                .each(function (colIdx) {
                  // Set the header cell to contain the input element
                  var cell = $(".filters th").eq(
                    $(api.column(colIdx).header()).index()
                  );
                  var title = $(cell).text();
                  console.log(title + colIdx);

                  $(cell).html(
                    '<input type="text" placeholder="' + title + '" />'
                  );
                  // On every keypress in this input
                  $(
                    "input",
                    $(".filters th").eq($(api.column(colIdx).header()).index())
                  )
                    .off("keyup change")
                    .on("keyup change", function (e) {
                      e.stopPropagation();
                      // Get the search value
                      $(this).attr("title", $(this).val());
                      var regexr = "({search})";
                      $(this).parents("th").find("select").val();
                      var cursorPosition = this.selectionStart;
                      // Search the column for that value
                      api
                        .column(colIdx)
                        .search(
                          this.value != ""
                            ? regexr.replace(
                                "{search}",
                                "(((" + this.value + ")))"
                              )
                            : "",
                          this.value != "",
                          this.value == ""
                        )
                        .draw();
                      $(this)
                        .focus()[0]
                        .setSelectionRange(cursorPosition, cursorPosition);
                    });
                });
            },

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