Treeview not displaying intended hierarchy from self referencing data source

Hi Joey,

The Kendo UI TreeView does not support the desired functionality, and there are no planned efforts in this direction.

Please check out the following documentation article that illustrates how flat data can be converted to hierarchical one, so that the TreeView can be bound to it:

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/controls/navigation/treeview/binding-to-flat-data

Alternatively you can consider using the Kendo UI TreeList that supports similar to the desired behavior:

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/controls/data-management/treelist/overview

http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/treelist/index

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/treelist

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Dimiter Topalov
Telerik by Progress