public List <employee> getData(string searchKey) { var result = _employeeDBEntities.STP_GetAllEmployeesSearch(searchKey).ToList(); List <employee> employeelist = new List <employee>(); foreach (var item in result) { employee empObj = new employee(); empObj.EmpId = item.EmpId; empObj.EmpName = item.EmpName; empObj.Age = item.Age; empObj.Salary = item.Salary; empObj.EmpLocation = item.EmpLocation; employeelist.Add(empObj); } return(employeelist); }