Add array of items into kendo ui multi select

//This is used to add the data source items.

$('#mlConsEmails').data("kendoMultiSelect").dataSource.add({ UserId: "EMP100XYZ",     EmailId: "test@gmail.com" });

    OR

var multi = $('#mlConsEmails').data('kendoMultiSelect');

//This is used for get the old values from multi select kendo

var values = multi.value().slice(); 

//This is used for merge values in values object.

$.merge(values, "test22@gmail.com");

multi.value(values);

//This is used to refresh multi select kendo 

multi.refresh();