Missing deep object structure filtering? about documentation HOT 7 CLOSED

Let me see if I can reproduce this with a fresh new project. I will create an events collection type that features an address component, with at least a lat field, and see if I can filter entries based on the lat value.

If it does not work, I will transfer this to the Strapi engineers.

If it does work, you would have to reach out to the plugin maintainer as 3rd-party plugins' code and documentation are not maitained by Strapi.

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Thanks for your effort, I will test in the near future.

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Hi @netzpixel!

First, I'm sorry you're having issues with your specific use case.

I expect to be able to filter within objects in all levels.
the documentation speaks about deep filtering

Bringing @derrickmehaffy to the conversation to double-check, but as our documentation states in the deep filtering section, you might need to populate some data, especially if it comes from relations, components, or dynamic zones which are not included by default.

To get data for something as deep as address > details > geometry > location > lat, I think your query should look more like: http://localhost:1337/api/events?filters[address][details][geometry][location][lat][$gte]=50

I encourage you to try our interactive query builder, which should help building complex queries such as filtering on both first-level (address.lat) and deeply nested (address.lat.details.geometry.location.lat) latitude data.

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lat and lng are on the second level already so no need to go that deep, but still it doesn't work. I sadly always get back everything.

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I've just tested it, @netzpixel.

I tried testing the strapi-location-field-plugin but it seems it does not work properly with the latest (4.21.0) version of Strapi.

So, instead, as mentioned in the previous comment, I created a simple structure in the Content-Types Builder with:

• an 'Event' collection type
• which only uses an "address" component
• which itself only includes a "lat" field (number, float)

Depending on the data structure, you might need to populate some stuff (components, for instance) but I can confirm the filter works.
See attached video (screen capture, no sound, should be self-explanatory).

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I would suggest you try various combinations depending on the data structure, and if it still does not work, as previously suggested, you should try to reach out the plugin maintainer.
To me this does not seem like a Strapi documentation issue (docs mention you might need to populate some data), so if you don't have any more questions, I will soon close the documentation issue.

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I will now close this issue as it has been stale for 2 weeks. I hope your problem is now solved. If not, please feel free to reopen the issue.

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