If this is not possible, just create an onclick function that open the specific cell and, within a modal, allows the update of the value. Of course the session variable must be update as well.
We should see if this CellEdit plugin can provide us what we need. It's free (as opposed to the 'official' Editor extension), but it hasn't been updated in a few years.
Use ajax or default api to acheive an inline editing: https://datatables.net/
If this is not possible, just create an onclick function that open the specific cell and, within a modal, allows the update of the value. Of course the session variable must be update as well.
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