diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/lib/constants.ts b/packages/nc-gui/lib/constants.ts
index bb98afbaeb..bfaa00720d 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/lib/constants.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export const rolePermissions = {
       fieldsSync: true,
       gridColUpdate: true,
       filterSync: true,
+      filterChildrenRead: true,
       csvImport: true,
       apiDocs: true,
       projectSettings: true,
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-client/lib/oracle/OracleClient.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-client/lib/oracle/OracleClient.ts
index 34779ebbe8..4f01353ba0 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-client/lib/oracle/OracleClient.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-client/lib/oracle/OracleClient.ts
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ class OracleClient extends KnexClient {
    * @returns {Number} code
    * @returns {String} message
    */
-  async totalRecords(_args: any = {}) {
+  async totalRecords(_args: any = {}): Promise<Result> {
     // @ts-ignore
     const func = this.totalRecords.name;
     throw new Error('Function not supported for oracle yet');
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/SqlMgr.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/SqlMgr.ts
index 9bbd2fa238..02b5c4e343 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/SqlMgr.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/SqlMgr.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ import NcConnectionMgr from '../../utils/common/NcConnectionMgr';
 import { customAlphabet } from 'nanoid';
 import Debug from '../util/Debug';
 import Result from '../util/Result';
+
+import type MssqlClient from '../sql-client/lib/mssql/MssqlClient';
+import type MysqlClient from '../sql-client/lib/mysql/MysqlClient';
+import type OracleClient from '../sql-client/lib/oracle/OracleClient';
+import type PGClient from '../sql-client/lib/pg/PgClient';
+import type SnowflakeClient from '../sql-client/lib/snowflake/SnowflakeClient';
+import type SqliteClient from '../sql-client/lib/sqlite/SqliteClient';
+
 const randomID = customAlphabet('1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_', 20);
 const log = new Debug('SqlMgr');
 
@@ -337,7 +345,7 @@ export default class SqlMgr {
    * @returns
    * @memberof SqlMgr
    */
-  public async projectGetSqlClient(args) {
+  public async projectGetSqlClient(args): Promise<SnowflakeClient | MysqlClient | SqliteClient | MssqlClient | OracleClient | PGClient> {
     const func = this.projectGetSqlClient.name;
     log.api(`${func}:args:`, args);
 
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/v2/SqlMgrv2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/v2/SqlMgrv2.ts
index 89ee530036..8c7d189461 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/v2/SqlMgrv2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/v2/SqlMgrv2.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export default class SqlMgrv2 {
     return sqlMigrationStatements;
   }
 
-  protected async getSqlClient(base: Base): Promise<any> {
+  protected async getSqlClient(base: Base) {
     return NcConnectionMgrv2.getSqlClient(base);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/v2/SqlMgrv2Trans.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/v2/SqlMgrv2Trans.ts
index a5def5c184..82852fed52 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/v2/SqlMgrv2Trans.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/v2/SqlMgrv2Trans.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export default class SqlMgrv2Trans extends SqlMgrv2 {
     }
   }
 
-  protected async getSqlClient(base: Base): Promise<any> {
+  protected async getSqlClient(base: Base) {
     return NcConnectionMgrv2.getSqlClient(base, this.trx);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-migrator/lib/KnexMigratorv2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-migrator/lib/KnexMigratorv2.ts
index cc1ad02a34..cdf4d8f1f1 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-migrator/lib/KnexMigratorv2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-migrator/lib/KnexMigratorv2.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
+import { Knex } from  'knex';
 
 import glob from 'glob';
 import SqlClientFactory from '../../sql-client/lib/SqlClientFactory';
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ export default class KnexMigratorv2 {
     // }
   }
 
-  protected async getSqlClient(base: Base): Promise<any> {
+  protected async getSqlClient(base: Base) {
     return NcConnectionMgrv2.getSqlClient(base);
   }
 
@@ -753,7 +754,7 @@ export default class KnexMigratorv2 {
             const vm = this;
 
             const trx = sqlClient.knex.isTransaction
-              ? sqlClient.knex
+              ? sqlClient.knex as Knex.Transaction
               : await sqlClient.knex.transaction();
             try {
               for (const query of upStatements) {
@@ -920,7 +921,7 @@ export default class KnexMigratorv2 {
           const vm = this;
 
           const trx = sqlClient.knex.isTransaction
-            ? sqlClient.knex
+            ? sqlClient.knex as Knex.Transaction
             : await sqlClient.knex.transaction();
           try {
             for (const query of downStatements) {
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-migrator/lib/KnexMigratorv2Tans.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-migrator/lib/KnexMigratorv2Tans.ts
index 7bfe6a2bdc..037cf6d559 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-migrator/lib/KnexMigratorv2Tans.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-migrator/lib/KnexMigratorv2Tans.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ import Noco from '../../../Noco';
 import { XKnex } from '../../sql-data-mapper';
 import NcMetaIO from '../../../meta/NcMetaIO';
 
+import type MssqlClient from '../../sql-client/lib/mssql/MssqlClient';
+import type MysqlClient from '../../sql-client/lib/mysql/MysqlClient';
+import type OracleClient from '../../sql-client/lib/oracle/OracleClient';
+import type PGClient from '../../sql-client/lib/pg/PgClient';
+import type SnowflakeClient from '../../sql-client/lib/snowflake/SnowflakeClient';
+import type SqliteClient from '../../sql-client/lib/sqlite/SqliteClient';
+
 export default class KnexMigratorv2Tans extends KnexMigratorv2 {
   protected sqlClient: any;
   protected ncMeta: NcMetaIO;
@@ -24,7 +31,7 @@ export default class KnexMigratorv2Tans extends KnexMigratorv2 {
   protected get metaDb(): XKnex {
     return this.ncMeta.knex || Noco.ncMeta.knex;
   }
-  protected async getSqlClient(base: Base): Promise<any> {
+  protected async getSqlClient(base: Base): Promise<SnowflakeClient | MysqlClient | SqliteClient | MssqlClient | OracleClient | PGClient> {
     return this.sqlClient || NcConnectionMgrv2.getSqlClient(base);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/NcMetaMgr.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/NcMetaMgr.ts
index 02b2d7b607..aecaff7189 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/NcMetaMgr.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/NcMetaMgr.ts
@@ -2909,7 +2909,7 @@ export default class NcMetaMgr {
     }
   }
 
-  protected async projectGetSqlClient(args): Promise<any> {
+  protected async projectGetSqlClient(args) {
     const builder = this.getBuilder(args);
     return builder?.getSqlClient();
   }
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/BaseApiBuilder.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/BaseApiBuilder.ts
index 210eb61a32..69294bdfc3 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/BaseApiBuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/BaseApiBuilder.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export default abstract class BaseApiBuilder<T extends Noco>
     return this.connectionConfig?.meta?.dbAlias;
   }
 
-  public async getSqlClient(): Promise<any> {
+  public async getSqlClient() {
     return NcConnectionMgr.getSqlClient({
       dbAlias: this.dbAlias,
       env: this.config.env,
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/NcConnectionMgr.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/NcConnectionMgr.ts
index 9c9c4c55a0..ca7f4fe53d 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/NcConnectionMgr.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/NcConnectionMgr.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export default class NcConnectionMgr {
     env: string;
     config: NcConfig;
     projectId: string;
-  }): Promise<any> {
+  }) {
     const knex = this.get({
       dbAlias,
       env,
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/NcConnectionMgrv2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/NcConnectionMgrv2.ts
index 06386e3391..bb55673cf6 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/NcConnectionMgrv2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/NcConnectionMgrv2.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export default class NcConnectionMgrv2 {
   //   return config?.envs?.[env]?.db?.find(db => db?.meta?.dbAlias === dbAlias);
   // }
 
-  public static async getSqlClient(base: Base, _knex = null): Promise<any> {
+  public static async getSqlClient(base: Base, _knex = null) {
     const knex = _knex || this.get(base);
     return SqlClientFactory.create({
       knex,