Fixing an issue with linked records showing up as models after id changes.

packages/server/src/automations/actions.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const sendEmail = require("./steps/sendEmail")
-const saveRecord = require("./steps/saveRecord")
+const createRecord = require("./steps/createRecord")
 const updateRecord = require("./steps/updateRecord")
 const deleteRecord = require("./steps/deleteRecord")
 const createUser = require("./steps/createUser")
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ const DEFAULT_DIRECTORY = ".budibase-automations"
 const AUTOMATION_MANIFEST = "manifest.json"
 const BUILTIN_ACTIONS = {
   SEND_EMAIL: sendEmail.run,
-  SAVE_RECORD: saveRecord.run,
+  CREATE_RECORD: createRecord.run,
   UPDATE_RECORD: updateRecord.run,
   DELETE_RECORD: deleteRecord.run,
   CREATE_USER: createUser.run,
 }
 const BUILTIN_DEFINITIONS = {
   SEND_EMAIL: sendEmail.definition,
-  SAVE_RECORD: saveRecord.definition,
+  CREATE_RECORD: createRecord.definition,
   UPDATE_RECORD: updateRecord.definition,
   DELETE_RECORD: deleteRecord.definition,
   CREATE_USER: createUser.definition,

packages/server/src/automations/steps/saveRecord.js → packages/server/src/automations/steps/createRecord.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module.exports.definition = {
   icon: "ri-save-3-fill",
   description: "Add a row to your database",
   type: "ACTION",
-  stepId: "SAVE_RECORD",
+  stepId: "CREATE_RECORD",
   inputs: {},
   schema: {
     inputs: {

packages/server/src/automations/steps/filter.js

@@ -55,7 +55,15 @@ module.exports.definition = {
 }
 
 module.exports.run = async function filter({ inputs }) {
-  const { field, condition, value } = inputs
+  let { field, condition, value } = inputs
+  // coerce types so that we can use them
+  if (!isNaN(value) && !isNaN(field)) {
+    value = parseFloat(value)
+    field = parseFloat(field)
+  } else if (!isNaN(Date.parse(value)) && !isNaN(Date.parse(field))) {
+    value = Date.parse(value)
+    field = Date.parse(field)
+  }
   let success
   if (typeof field !== "object" && typeof value !== "object") {
     switch (condition) {

packages/server/src/db/linkedRecords/LinkController.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const CouchDB = require("../index")
 const { IncludeDocs, getLinkDocuments } = require("./linkUtils")
+const { generateLinkID } = require("../utils")
 
 /**
  * Creates a new link document structure which can be put to the database. It is important to
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ function LinkDocument(
   recordId2
 ) {
   // build the ID out of unique references to this link document
-  this._id = `${modelId1}/${modelId2}/${fieldName1}/${fieldName2}/${recordId1}/${recordId2}`
+  this._id = generateLinkID(modelId1, modelId2, recordId1, recordId2)
   // required for referencing in view
   this.type = "link"
   this.doc1 = {