fix: Support JSON keys in dashboard filters

.changeset/fifty-garlics-kiss.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@hyperdx/app": patch
+---
+
+fix: Support JSON keys in dashboard filters

packages/app/src/DBDashboardPage.tsx

@@ -1083,7 +1083,6 @@ function DBDashboardPage({ presetConfig }: { presetConfig?: Dashboard }) {
         <Tooltip withArrow label="Edit Filters" fz="xs" color="gray">
           <Button
             variant="outline"
-            type="submit"
             color="gray"
             px="xs"
             mr={6}

packages/app/src/__tests__/searchFilters.test.ts

@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ describe('searchFilters', () => {
         { type: 'sql', condition: "a NOT IN ('c')" },
       ]);
     });
+
+    it('should wrap keys with toString() when specified', () => {
+      const filters = {
+        'json.key': {
+          included: new Set<string>(['value']),
+          excluded: new Set<string>(['other value']),
+        },
+      };
+      expect(filtersToQuery(filters, { stringifyKeys: true })).toEqual([
+        { type: 'sql', condition: "toString(json.key) IN ('value')" },
+        { type: 'sql', condition: "toString(json.key) NOT IN ('other value')" },
+      ]);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('parseQuery', () => {

packages/app/src/hooks/useDashboardFilters.tsx

@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ const useDashboardFilters = (filters: DashboardFilter[]) => {
           };
         }
 
-        return filtersToQuery(filterValues);
+        return filtersToQuery(
+          filterValues,
+          { stringifyKeys: false }, // Don't wrap keys with toString(), to preserve exact key names in URL query parameters
+        );
       });
     },
     [setFilterQueries],
@@ -42,7 +45,12 @@ const useDashboardFilters = (filters: DashboardFilter[]) => {
 
       return {
         valuesForExistingFilters,
-        queriesForExistingFilters: filtersToQuery(valuesForExistingFilters),
+        queriesForExistingFilters: filtersToQuery(
+          valuesForExistingFilters,
+          // Wrap keys in `toString()` to support JSON/Dynamic-type columns.
+          // All keys can be stringified, since filter select values are stringified as well.
+          { stringifyKeys: true },
+        ),
       };
     }, [filterQueries, filters]);
 

packages/app/src/searchFilters.tsx

@@ -11,25 +11,30 @@ export type FilterState = {
   };
 };
 
-export const filtersToQuery = (filters: FilterState): Filter[] => {
+export const filtersToQuery = (
+  filters: FilterState,
+  { stringifyKeys = false }: { stringifyKeys?: boolean } = {},
+): Filter[] => {
   return Object.entries(filters)
     .filter(
       ([_, values]) => values.included.size > 0 || values.excluded.size > 0,
     )
     .flatMap(([key, values]) => {
       const conditions = [];
+      const actualKey = stringifyKeys ? `toString(${key})` : key;
+
       if (values.included.size > 0) {
         conditions.push({
           type: 'sql' as const,
-          condition: `${key} IN (${Array.from(values.included)
+          condition: `${actualKey} IN (${Array.from(values.included)
             .map(v => `'${v}'`)
             .join(', ')})`,
         });
       }
       if (values.excluded.size > 0) {
         conditions.push({
           type: 'sql' as const,
-          condition: `${key} NOT IN (${Array.from(values.excluded)
+          condition: `${actualKey} NOT IN (${Array.from(values.excluded)
             .map(v => `'${v}'`)
             .join(', ')})`,
         });