Strip away null field names in criteria (e.g., from incomplete advanced filters) when storing in local storage, in saved views, and any time we load a view.

src/qqq/components/misc/SavedViews.tsx

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {QTableMetaData} from "@kingsrook/qqq-frontend-core/lib/model/metaData/QT
 import {QJobComplete} from "@kingsrook/qqq-frontend-core/lib/model/processes/QJobComplete";
 import {QJobError} from "@kingsrook/qqq-frontend-core/lib/model/processes/QJobError";
 import {QRecord} from "@kingsrook/qqq-frontend-core/lib/model/QRecord";
-import {Alert, Button, Link} from "@mui/material";
+import {Alert, Button} from "@mui/material";
 import Box from "@mui/material/Box";
 import Dialog from "@mui/material/Dialog";
 import DialogActions from "@mui/material/DialogActions";
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ import TextField from "@mui/material/TextField";
 import Tooltip from "@mui/material/Tooltip";
 import {TooltipProps} from "@mui/material/Tooltip/Tooltip";
 import FormData from "form-data";
-import React, {useContext, useEffect, useRef, useState} from "react";
-import {useLocation, useNavigate} from "react-router-dom";
 import QContext from "QContext";
 import colors from "qqq/assets/theme/base/colors";
 import {QCancelButton, QDeleteButton, QSaveButton} from "qqq/components/buttons/DefaultButtons";
 import RecordQueryView from "qqq/models/query/RecordQueryView";
 import FilterUtils from "qqq/utils/qqq/FilterUtils";
 import {SavedViewUtils} from "qqq/utils/qqq/SavedViewUtils";
+import React, {useContext, useEffect, useRef, useState} from "react";
+import {useLocation, useNavigate} from "react-router-dom";
 
 interface Props
 {
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ function SavedViews({qController, metaData, tableMetaData, currentSavedView, tab
             /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
             const viewObject = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(view));
             viewObject.queryFilter = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(FilterUtils.convertFilterPossibleValuesToIds(viewObject.queryFilter)));
+
+            ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+            // strip away incomplete filters too, just for cleaner saved view filters //
+            ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+            FilterUtils.stripAwayIncompleteCriteria(viewObject.queryFilter)
+
             formData.append("viewJson", JSON.stringify(viewObject));
 
             if (isSaveFilterAs || isRenameFilter || currentSavedView == null)

src/qqq/models/query/RecordQueryView.ts

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ export default class RecordQueryView
 
       view.queryFilter = json.queryFilter as QQueryFilter;
 
+      FilterUtils.stripAwayIncompleteCriteria(view.queryFilter)
+
       //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
       // it's important that some criteria values exist as expression objects - so - do that. //
       //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

src/qqq/pages/records/query/RecordQuery.tsx

@@ -711,8 +711,27 @@ function RecordQuery({table, launchProcess}: Props): JSX.Element
    const doSetView = (view: RecordQueryView): void =>
    {
       setView(view);
-      setViewAsJson(JSON.stringify(view));
-      localStorage.setItem(viewLocalStorageKey, JSON.stringify(view));
+      const viewAsJSON = JSON.stringify(view);
+      setViewAsJson(viewAsJSON);
+
+      try
+      {
+         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // in case there's an incomplete criteria in the view (e.g., w/o a fieldName),    //
+         // don't store that in local storage - we don't want that, it's messy, and it     //
+         // has caused fails in the past.  So, clone the view, and strip away such things. //
+         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         const viewForLocalStorage: RecordQueryView = JSON.parse(viewAsJSON);
+         if (viewForLocalStorage?.queryFilter?.criteria?.length > 0)
+         {
+            FilterUtils.stripAwayIncompleteCriteria(viewForLocalStorage.queryFilter)
+         }
+         localStorage.setItem(viewLocalStorageKey, JSON.stringify(viewForLocalStorage));
+      }
+      catch(e)
+      {
+         console.log("Error storing view in local storage: " + e)
+      }
    };
 
 

src/qqq/utils/qqq/FilterUtils.tsx

@@ -589,6 +589,29 @@ class FilterUtils
       }
    }
 
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** after go-live of redesigin in march 2024, we had bugs where we could get a
+    ** filter with a criteria w/ a null field name (e.g., by having an incomplete
+    ** criteria in the Advanced filter builder - and that would sometimes break
+    ** the screen!  So, strip those away when storing or loading filters, via
+    ** this function.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static stripAwayIncompleteCriteria(filter: QQueryFilter)
+   {
+      if (filter?.criteria?.length > 0)
+      {
+         for (let i = 0; i < filter.criteria.length; i++)
+         {
+            if (!filter.criteria[i].fieldName)
+            {
+               filter.criteria.splice(i, 1);
+               i--;
+            }
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
 }
 
 export default FilterUtils;