diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
index 9b40981e02..b29fd2239a 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
@@ -427,7 +427,6 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
     const proto = await this.getProto();
 
     let data;
-
     try {
       data = await this.execAndParse(qb);
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/db/conditionV2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/db/conditionV2.ts
index 66e08c3ad5..d1670525c6 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/db/conditionV2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/db/conditionV2.ts
@@ -569,6 +569,9 @@ const parseConditionV2 = async (
       return (qb: Knex.QueryBuilder) => {
         let [field, val] = [_field, _val];
 
+        // based on custom where clause(builder), we need to change the field and val
+        // todo: refactor this to use a better approach to make it more readable and clean
+        let genVal = customWhereClause ? field : val;
         const dateFormat =
           qb?.client?.config?.client === 'mysql2'
             ? 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'
@@ -576,7 +579,7 @@ const parseConditionV2 = async (
 
         if (
           (column.uidt === UITypes.Formula &&
-            getEquivalentUIType({ formulaColumn: column.colOptions }) ==
+            getEquivalentUIType({ formulaColumn: column }) ==
               UITypes.DateTime) ||
           [
             UITypes.Date,
@@ -590,91 +593,97 @@ const parseConditionV2 = async (
           if (dateFormatFromMeta && isDateMonthFormat(dateFormatFromMeta)) {
             // reset to 1st
             now = dayjs(now).date(1);
-            if (val) val = dayjs(val).date(1);
+            if (val) genVal = dayjs(val).date(1);
           }
           // handle sub operation
           switch (filter.comparison_sub_op) {
             case 'today':
-              val = now;
+              genVal = now;
               break;
             case 'tomorrow':
-              val = now.add(1, 'day');
+              genVal = now.add(1, 'day');
               break;
             case 'yesterday':
-              val = now.add(-1, 'day');
+              genVal = now.add(-1, 'day');
               break;
             case 'oneWeekAgo':
-              val = now.add(-1, 'week');
+              genVal = now.add(-1, 'week');
               break;
             case 'oneWeekFromNow':
-              val = now.add(1, 'week');
+              genVal = now.add(1, 'week');
               break;
             case 'oneMonthAgo':
-              val = now.add(-1, 'month');
+              genVal = now.add(-1, 'month');
               break;
             case 'oneMonthFromNow':
-              val = now.add(1, 'month');
+              genVal = now.add(1, 'month');
               break;
             case 'daysAgo':
               if (!val) return;
-              val = now.add(-val, 'day');
+              genVal = now.add(-genVal, 'day');
               break;
             case 'daysFromNow':
               if (!val) return;
-              val = now.add(val, 'day');
+              genVal = now.add(genVal, 'day');
               break;
             case 'exactDate':
-              if (!val) return;
+              if (!genVal) return;
               break;
             // sub-ops for `isWithin` comparison
             case 'pastWeek':
-              val = now.add(-1, 'week');
+              genVal = now.add(-1, 'week');
               break;
             case 'pastMonth':
-              val = now.add(-1, 'month');
+              genVal = now.add(-1, 'month');
               break;
             case 'pastYear':
-              val = now.add(-1, 'year');
+              genVal = now.add(-1, 'year');
               break;
             case 'nextWeek':
-              val = now.add(1, 'week');
+              genVal = now.add(1, 'week');
               break;
             case 'nextMonth':
-              val = now.add(1, 'month');
+              genVal = now.add(1, 'month');
               break;
             case 'nextYear':
-              val = now.add(1, 'year');
+              genVal = now.add(1, 'year');
               break;
             case 'pastNumberOfDays':
               if (!val) return;
-              val = now.add(-val, 'day');
+              genVal = now.add(-genVal, 'day');
               break;
             case 'nextNumberOfDays':
-              if (!val) return;
-              val = now.add(val, 'day');
+              if (!genVal) return;
+              genVal = now.add(genVal, 'day');
               break;
           }
 
-          if (dayjs.isDayjs(val)) {
+          if (dayjs.isDayjs(genVal)) {
             // turn `val` in dayjs object format to string
-            val = val.format(dateFormat).toString();
+            genVal = genVal.format(dateFormat).toString();
             // keep YYYY-MM-DD only for date
-            val = column.uidt === UITypes.Date ? val.substring(0, 10) : val;
+            genVal =
+              column.uidt === UITypes.Date ? val.substring(0, 10) : genVal;
           }
         }
 
-        if (isNumericCol(column.uidt) && typeof val === 'string') {
+        if (isNumericCol(column.uidt) && typeof genVal === 'string') {
           // convert to number
-          val = +val;
+          genVal = +genVal;
+        }
+
+        // if customWhereClause(builder) is provided, replace field with raw value
+        // or assign value to val
+        if (customWhereClause) {
+          field = knex.raw('?', [genVal]);
+        } else {
+          val = genVal;
         }
 
         switch (filter.comparison_op) {
           case 'eq':
             if (qb?.client?.config?.client === 'mysql2') {
               if (
-                (column.uidt === UITypes.Formula &&
-                  getEquivalentUIType({ formulaColumn: column.colOptions }) ==
-                    UITypes.DateTime) ||
                 [
                   UITypes.Duration,
                   UITypes.Currency,
@@ -688,6 +697,9 @@ const parseConditionV2 = async (
               ) {
                 qb = qb.where(field, val);
               } else if (
+                (column.uidt === UITypes.Formula &&
+                  getEquivalentUIType({ formulaColumn: column }) ==
+                    UITypes.DateTime) ||
                 column.ct === 'timestamp' ||
                 column.ct === 'date' ||
                 column.ct === 'datetime'
@@ -700,7 +712,7 @@ const parseConditionV2 = async (
             } else {
               if (
                 (column.uidt === UITypes.Formula &&
-                  getEquivalentUIType({ formulaColumn: column.colOptions }) ==
+                  getEquivalentUIType({ formulaColumn: column }) ==
                     UITypes.DateTime) ||
                 [
                   UITypes.DateTime,