If you are attempting to do on load then the following should work:

Create a javascript function that returns the desired html, for example:

       <script id="colTmpl" type="text/template">
        {{if parseInt(${ID}) >0 }}
            ${REPORT_ID}
        {{else}}
            ${NAME}
        {{/if}}
    </script>

Define column settings for the desired column as follows:

{ headerText: "", key: "NAME", width: "30%", dataType: "string", template: $( "#colTmpl" ).html() }

This utilizes ifragistics column templating and templating engine, see the followings docs:

http://www.igniteui.com/help/creating-a-basic-column-template-in-the-iggrid

http://www.igniteui.com/help/igtemplating-overview

Hoe this helps, happy coding

http://help.infragistics.com/jQuery/2015.2/ui.iggridupdating#methods:editorForKey

http://help.infragistics.com/jQuery/2015.2/ui.igtexteditor#methods:field

For example, if the editor for column "ProductName" should have its editor with red text color you should execute the following:

$("#grid1").igGridUpdating("editorForKey", "ProductName").igTextEditor("field").css("color", "red");

Please, have in mind that igGridUpdating creates the editors on demand - when the end-user first enters edit mode, therefore calling editorForKey before that will always return null.

I hope this helps!

Best regards,

Stamen Stoychev