public function getRequests(Request $request)
 {
     //$lccb = \App\Request::with('equipment', 'area', 'location', 'category', 'uploads', 'approvers', 'status', 'requester.organization');
     $lccb = \App\Request::join('areas', 'requests.functional_id', '=', 'areas.id')->join('categories', 'requests.category_id', '=', 'categories.id')->join('equipment', 'requests.equipment_id', '=', 'equipment.id')->join('users', 'requests.submitted_by', '=', 'users.id')->join('organizations', 'users.organization_id', '=', 'organizations.id')->join('status', 'requests.status_id', '=', 'status.id')->join('locations', 'requests.location_id', '=', 'locations.id')->select('requests.*', 'areas.name AS area', 'categories.name AS category', 'equipment.name AS equipment', 'users.name AS requester', 'organizations.name AS organization', 'status.name AS status', 'locations.name AS location');
     $datatables = Datatables::of($lccb)->editColumn('id', function ($lccb) {
         return "<a href='/lccb/" . $lccb->id . "/edit'>" . $lccb->id . "</a>";
     });
     return $datatables->make(true);
 }