Why is the Search Feature within Workflows Failing to Find Variables in Pipedream?

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I have experienced issues with the search feature within workflows, when I want to find a variable to use it, typing the variable’s name shows empty result even though it should. I’ve had to rely on the browser native search (cmd+f) feature to search properly.
This has been a pain, my client decided not to use Pipedream because of that. :confused:

Hi , thanks for sharing! I don’t totally follow which search you’re referring to. Is it this one in the screenshot below?

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Thank you for sharing! Will share with the team

Interesting, I wonder if there is a prop type mismatch that’s causing this. At first I thought maybe it was a nesting issue, but that doesn’t appear to be the case

I tried a few things and didn’t notice a clear pattern either. It worked when I expected it to fail :shrug:

Can you confirm if the prop types match? As in, is the prop you are looking for the same as the prop in which you’re searching? (Type could be integer, string, object, etc)

FYI I figured out the spaces between the words in the object keys (steps.trigger.event…) are breaking the search

Interesting, I wonder if a backslash would help or not

Oh lemme try, I have an example wired up

Did you mean a \ in the search, or in the referenced key?

In the search

Nah, doesn’t work. You mean like this?

Yeah, bummer

This is a legendary-level bug, I bet it’s there since the beginning, might have made believe a lot of people that pipedream doesn’t work well :confused:
Nice finding, totally makes sense to me, i never use spaces, programming background and all, but my clients… :smile:

Agreed!
And nice finding, Danny!