tialise the table shown in this example:</p><code
                    class="multiline language-js">$(document).ready(function() {
                $('#example').DataTable( {
                dom: 'Bfrtip',
                buttons: [
                {
                extend: 'collection',
                text: 'Table control',
                buttons: [
                {
                text: 'Toggle start date',
                action: function ( e, dt, node, config ) {
                dt.column( -2 ).visibl