order_by aggregated fields don't use filter

Hello,

I’m having an issue while using order_by on aggregate fields.

{
  author (order_by: {articles_aggregate: { count: desc }}) {
    id
    name
    articles_aggregate(where: $where) {
        aggregate {
            count
        }
    }      
  }
}

It looks like the SQL query doesn’t apply the filter used in the aggregated count on the order_by count. Am I doing something wrong?

#1039 #1042

[0x777]

@rafaelugolini This is currently the expected behavior. The filters used on *_aggregate fields in the query are not applied at the top level. For example, you can have such a query:

{
  author (order_by: {articles_aggregate: { count: desc }}) {
    id
    name
    count1: articles_aggregate(where: $where1) {
        aggregate {
            count
        }
    }    
    count2: articles_aggregate(where: $where2) {
        aggregate {
            count
        }
    }      
  }
}

In this case, we wouldn’t know which filter to apply at the top level.

Your use case however is very valid. Maybe we can extend the order_by syntax to allow specifying the where clause?

{
  author (order_by: {articles_aggregate: { where: $where using: {count: desc} }) {
    id
    name
    articles_aggregate(where: $where) {
        aggregate {
            count
        }
    }      
  }
}

[karibertils]

Any news on this ?

I am working with custom reports where the filters are quite dynamic and it is not possible to solve my case with views.

Having the possibility to add where filter to the order_by clause like @0x777 mentioned would solve this perfectly.