How to filter a collection by using a replicator field?

[sebabal]

I have a collection with custom fields and one of those is a replicator field which contains other fields.

Here is a piece of the blueprint:

On the front end I have the listing and also a form in order to filter the results once they select the options and click "Search"

I am failing to get a grasp on how to access those fields in order to filter by them, I can easily filter by "regular" so maybe this is not possible if use a replicator and should avoid them but wanted to check first here.

Best.

[ryanmitchell]

I would suggest putting the dealers into a collection and then that gives the option to filter using a query scope.

[ryanmitchell]

That structure would be tricky with a query scope - it’s hard to interrogate arrays like that.

I would probably do it with a custom modifier - get all the dealers then filter them down using the modifier

[sebabal]

Is there any documentation to write custom modifiers?

[ryanmitchell]

Yep https://statamic.dev/extending/modifiers#creating-a-modifier

[sebabal]

Sorry one more question it seems modifiers are applied to variables only right? how would you use a modifier in this case?

[ryanmitchell]

On your collection tag use the as="xxx" modifier to turn the result into a variable.

[sebabal]

@ryanmitchell thank you so much for all the help, it is working perfectly.