Having the server send out _id and primaryDisplay in an object for relationships, also accepting objects and coercing them on way in.

packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.js

@@ -282,12 +282,13 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
       const secondRow = (await createRow({
         name: "Test 2",
         description: "og desc",
-        link: [firstRow._id],
+        link: [{_id: firstRow._id}],
         tableId: table._id,
       })).body
       const enriched = await outputProcessing(appId, table, [secondRow])
       expect(enriched[0].link.length).toBe(1)
-      expect(enriched[0].link[0]).toBe("Test Contact")
+      expect(enriched[0].link[0]._id).toBe(firstRow._id)
+      expect(enriched[0].link[0].primaryDisplay).toBe("Test Contact")
     })
   })
 

packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/index.js

@@ -175,11 +175,12 @@ exports.attachLinkedPrimaryDisplay = async (appId, table, rows) => {
       if (!linkedRow || !linkedTable) {
         continue
       }
-      // need to handle an edge case where relationship just wasn't found
+      const obj = { _id: linkedRow._id }
-      const value = linkedRow[linkedTable.primaryDisplay] || linkedRow._id
+      // if we know the display column, add it
-      if (value) {
+      if (linkedRow[linkedTable.primaryDisplay] != null) {
-        row[link.fieldName].push(value)
+        obj.primaryDisplay = linkedRow[linkedTable.primaryDisplay]
       }
+      row[link.fieldName].push(obj)
     }
   }
   return rows

packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor.js

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ const TYPE_TRANSFORM_MAP = {
     [null]: [],
     [undefined]: undefined,
     parse: link => {
+      if (Array.isArray(link) && typeof link[0] === "object") {
+        return link.map(el => (el && el._id ? el._id : el))
+      }
       if (typeof link === "string") {
         return [link]
       }