public function forms() { $forms = Form::select('forms.id', 'form_groups.group_desc as group', 'form_types.form_type as type', 'forms.prompt')->join('form_groups', 'forms.form_group_id', '=', 'form_groups.id')->join('form_types', 'forms.form_type_id', '=', 'form_types.id')->get(); return Datatables::of($forms)->make(true); // return Datatables::of(Form::all())->make(true); }