feat: show corresponding filter op/subop for lookup column(only bt)

packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/toolbar/ColumnFilter.vue

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   useNuxtApp,
   useViewFilters,
   watch,
+  onMounted
 } from '#imports'
 import type { Filter } from '#imports'
 
@@ -68,6 +69,8 @@ const {
   saveOrUpdateDebounced,
   isComparisonOpAllowed,
   isComparisonSubOpAllowed,
+  loadBtLookupTypes,
+  btLookupTypesMap,
 } = useViewFilters(
   activeView,
   parentId?.value,
@@ -86,7 +89,8 @@ const addFiltersRowDomRef = ref<HTMLElement>()
 const columns = computed(() => meta.value?.columns)
 
 const getColumn = (filter: Filter) => {
-  return columns.value?.find((col: ColumnType) => col.id === filter.fk_column_id)
+    // extract looked up column if available
+  return btLookupTypesMap.value[filter.fk_column_id] || columns.value?.find((col: ColumnType) => col.id === filter.fk_column_id)
 }
 
 const filterPrevComparisonOp = ref<Record<string, string>>({})
@@ -289,6 +293,10 @@ const showFilterInput = (filter: Filter) => {
 onMounted(() => {
   loadFilters(hookId?.value)
 })
+
+onMounted(async () => {
+    await loadBtLookupTypes()
+})
 </script>
 
 <template>

packages/nc-gui/composables/useViewFilters.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import type { ColumnType, FilterType, ViewType } from 'nocodb-sdk'
+import type { ColumnType, FilterType, LinkToAnotherRecordType, LookupType, ViewType } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import type { ComputedRef, Ref } from 'vue'
 import type { SelectProps } from 'ant-design-vue'
-import { UITypes, isSystemColumn } from 'nocodb-sdk'
+import { RelationTypes, UITypes, isSystemColumn } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import {
   ActiveViewInj,
   IsPublicInj,
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ export function useViewFilters(
 ) {
   const currentFilters = ref(_currentFilters)
 
+  const btLookupTypesMap = ref({})
+
   const reloadHook = inject(ReloadViewDataHookInj)
 
   const { nestedFilters } = useSmartsheetStoreOrThrow()
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ export function useViewFilters(
 
   const { isUIAllowed } = useRoles()
 
-  const { metas } = useMetas()
+  const { metas, getMeta } = useMetas()
 
   const { addUndo, clone, defineViewScope } = useUndoRedo()
 
@@ -101,7 +103,12 @@ export function useViewFilters(
     }
 
     return meta.value?.columns?.reduce((obj: any, col: any) => {
-      obj[col.id] = col.uidt
+      // if column is a lookup column, then use the lookup type extracted from the column
+      if (btLookupTypesMap.value[col.id]) {
+        obj[col.id] = btLookupTypesMap.value[col.id].uidt
+      } else {
+        obj[col.id] = col.uidt
+      }
       return obj
     }, {})
   })
@@ -425,6 +432,37 @@ export function useViewFilters(
     },
   )
 
+  // method to extract looked up column meta for all bt lookup columns
+  // it helps to decide the condition operations for the column
+  const loadBtLookupTypes = async () => {
+    const btLookupTypes = {}
+    try {
+      for (const col of meta.value?.columns || []) {
+        if (col.uidt !== UITypes.Lookup) continue
+        let nextCol = col
+        let btLookup = true
+        // check all the relation of nested lookup columns is bt or not
+        // include the column only if all only if all relations are bt
+        while (btLookup && nextCol && nextCol.uidt === UITypes.Lookup) {
+          const lookupRelation = (await getMeta(nextCol.fk_model_id))?.columns?.find(
+            (c) => c.id === (nextCol.colOptions as LookupType).fk_relation_column_id,
+          )
+          if ((lookupRelation.colOptions as LinkToAnotherRecordType).type !== RelationTypes.BELONGS_TO) {
+            btLookup = false
+            continue
+          }
+          const relatedTableMeta = await getMeta((lookupRelation.colOptions as LinkToAnotherRecordType).fk_related_model_id)
+          nextCol = relatedTableMeta?.columns?.find((c) => c.id === (nextCol.colOptions as LookupType).fk_lookup_column_id)
+        }
+        btLookupTypes[col.id] = nextCol
+      }
+      btLookupTypesMap.value = btLookupTypes
+    } catch (e) {
+      // ignore error since it is not blocking any functionality of the app
+      console.error(e)
+    }
+  }
+
   return {
     filters,
     nonDeletedFilters,
@@ -437,5 +475,7 @@ export function useViewFilters(
     saveOrUpdateDebounced,
     isComparisonOpAllowed,
     isComparisonSubOpAllowed,
+    loadBtLookupTypes,
+    btLookupTypesMap,
   }
 }