fix: hide relation column with associative table(mm)

Signed-off-by: Pranav C <pranavxc@gmail.com>

packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco-models/Column.ts

@@ -878,4 +878,30 @@ export default class Column<T = any> implements ColumnType {
       exclude_id && { id: { neq: exclude_id } }
     ));
   }
+
+  static async markAsSystemField(
+    colId: string,
+    system = true,
+    ncMeta = Noco.ncMeta
+  ) {
+    // get existing cache
+    const key = `${CacheScope.COLUMN}:${colId}`;
+    const o = await NocoCache.get(key, CacheGetType.TYPE_OBJECT);
+    if (o) {
+      // update data
+      o.system = system;
+      // set cache
+      await NocoCache.set(key, o);
+    }
+    // update system field in meta db
+    await ncMeta.metaUpdate(
+      null,
+      null,
+      MetaTable.COLUMNS,
+      {
+        system
+      },
+      colId
+    );
+  }
 }

packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/meta/api/metaDiffApis.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import UITypes from '../../../sqlUi/UITypes';
 import mapDefaultPrimaryValue from '../helpers/mapDefaultPrimaryValue';
 import { Tele } from 'nc-help';
 import getColumnUiType from '../helpers/getColumnUiType';
+
 export enum MetaDiffType {
   TABLE_NEW = 'TABLE_NEW',
   TABLE_REMOVE = 'TABLE_REMOVE',
@@ -730,6 +731,7 @@ async function isMMRelationAvailable(
     if (col.uidt === UITypes.LinkToAnotherRecord) {
       const colOpt = await col.getColOptions<LinkToAnotherRecordColumn>();
       if (
+        colOpt &&
         colOpt.type === RelationTypes.MANY_TO_MANY &&
         colOpt.fk_mm_model_id === assocModel.id &&
         colOpt.fk_child_column_id === colChildOpt.fk_parent_column_id &&
@@ -761,7 +763,7 @@ export async function extractAndGenerateManyToManyRelations(
       }
     }
 
-    // todo: impl proper way to identify m2m relation
+    // todo: impl better method to identify m2m relation
     if (belongsToCols?.length === 2 && normalColumns.length < 5) {
       const modelA = await belongsToCols[0].colOptions.getRelatedTable();
       const modelB = await belongsToCols[1].colOptions.getRelatedTable();
@@ -819,6 +821,28 @@ export async function extractAndGenerateManyToManyRelations(
       }
 
       await Model.markAsMmTable(assocModel.id, true);
+
+      // mark has many relation associated with mm as system field in both table
+      for (const btCol of [belongsToCols[0], belongsToCols[1]]) {
+        const colOpt = await btCol.colOptions;
+        const model = await colOpt.getRelatedTable();
+
+        for (const col of await model.getColumns()) {
+          if (col.uidt !== UITypes.LinkToAnotherRecord) continue;
+
+          const colOpt1 = await col.getColOptions<LinkToAnotherRecordColumn>();
+          if (!colOpt1 || colOpt1.type !== RelationTypes.HAS_MANY) continue;
+
+          if (
+            colOpt1.fk_child_column_id !== colOpt.fk_child_column_id &&
+            colOpt1.fk_parent_column_id !== colOpt.fk_parent_column_id
+          )
+            continue;
+
+          await Column.markAsSystemField(col.id);
+          break;
+        }
+      }
     } else {
       if (assocModel.mm) await Model.markAsMmTable(assocModel.id, false);
     }

scripts/sdk/swagger.json

@@ -1865,13 +1865,13 @@
         ]
       }
     },
-    "/api/v1/db/meta/filters/{filterParentId}/children": {
+    "/api/v1/db/meta/filters/{filterGroupId}/children": {
       "parameters": [
         {
           "schema": {
             "type": "string"
           },
-          "name": "filterParentId",
+          "name": "filterGroupId",
           "in": "path",
           "required": true
         }