Sorry for the terrible late at the party, but i've got some special cake that you may find tasty:
function readData()
{
return {
anagId: selectedItem.ID
};
}
$("#grid").kendoGrid({
dataSource: {
type: "ajax",
transport: {
read: {"url":"@Url.Action("RecordRead", "Tools")","data":readData}
}
[ rest of the grid configuration]
I came across this code by inspecting the code generated by Kendo Asp.Net MVC helpers.
I don't know if this is a further implementation that didn't exist at the age of the post, but this way looks really the most flexible compared to the other answers that i saw. HTH