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Runnable filter objects, paired with the SQL FilterBuilder produces for them. Copy the shape closest to what you need. For the operators themselves, start at the Filter System Overview.

Soft delete ​

Goal: return only non-deleted rows, or only deleted ones.

typescript
// Active (non-deleted) records
const activeRecords = await repository.find({
  filter: { where: { deletedAt: { is: null } } },
});
// SQL: SELECT * FROM "Record" WHERE "deleted_at" IS NULL

// ONLY soft-deleted records
const deletedRecords = await repository.find({
  filter: { where: { deletedAt: { isn: null } } },
});
// SQL: SELECT * FROM "Record" WHERE "deleted_at" IS NOT NULL

Notice: is/isn against a nullable timestamp is the whole pattern - no separate deleted: boolean column needed.

If every query on a model should exclude deleted rows, encode this once as settings.defaultFilter instead of repeating it at every call site. See Default Filter.

Goal: a price range, a minimum quantity, and a status, sorted and paged for a listing page.

typescript
const products = await productRepository.find({
  filter: {
    where: {
      category: 'electronics',
      price: { between: [100, 500] },
      quantity: { gt: 0 },
      status: 'active',
    },
    order: ['rating DESC', 'reviewCount DESC'],
    fields: ['id', 'name', 'price', 'rating', 'imageUrl'],
    limit: 24,
  },
});

// SQL:
// SELECT "id", "name", "price", "rating", "image_url"
// FROM "Product"
// WHERE "category" = 'electronics'
//   AND "price" BETWEEN 100 AND 500
//   AND "quantity" > 0
//   AND "status" = 'active'
// ORDER BY "rating" DESC, "review_count" DESC
// LIMIT 24

Notice: four where keys AND-compose automatically - no explicit and needed for a flat condition list.

Admin dashboard: recent users ​

Goal: users created in the last 30 days, excluding banned or suspended accounts, with a verified email.

typescript
const thirtyDaysAgo = new Date();
thirtyDaysAgo.setDate(thirtyDaysAgo.getDate() - 30);

const recentUsers = await userRepository.find({
  filter: {
    where: {
      createdAt: { gte: thirtyDaysAgo },
      status: { nin: ['banned', 'suspended'] },
      emailVerifiedAt: { isn: null },
    },
    order: ['createdAt DESC'],
    fields: ['id', 'email', 'name', 'createdAt', 'status'],
    limit: 50,
  },
});

// SQL:
// SELECT "id", "email", "name", "created_at", "status"
// FROM "User"
// WHERE "created_at" >= '2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z'
//   AND "status" NOT IN ('banned', 'suspended')
//   AND "email_verified_at" IS NOT NULL
// ORDER BY "created_at" DESC
// LIMIT 50

Notice: nin on status silently drops any row where status is NULL. See Tips & Edge Cases before relying on this for a nullable column.

Multi-tenant isolation at the call site ​

settings.defaultFilter (see Default Filter) is the model-level way to enforce a tenant scope. The alternative below is a helper that injects tenantId at every call site instead. Use it when tenant isolation is a caller concern, not a per-model constant.

typescript
const getTenantProducts = (tenantId: string, filter: TFilter<TProductSchema>) =>
  productRepository.find({
    filter: {
      ...filter,
      where: { ...filter.where, tenantId, deletedAt: { is: null } },
    },
  });

await getTenantProducts('tenant-abc', {
  where: { category: 'electronics' },
  order: ['createdAt DESC'],
  limit: 20,
});

// SQL:
// SELECT * FROM "Product"
// WHERE "category" = 'electronics' AND "tenant_id" = 'tenant-abc' AND "deleted_at" IS NULL
// ORDER BY "created_at" DESC
// LIMIT 20

Notice: this is a plain object spread, not mergeFilter's narrowing merge - tenantId/deletedAt overwrite same-named keys from filter.where because they're spread last.

Task management: priority tags ​

Goal: open tasks assigned to the current user that carry an urgent or high-priority tag, with the parent project loaded.

typescript
const priorityTasks = await taskRepository.find({
  filter: {
    where: {
      status: { nin: ['completed', 'cancelled'] },
      tags: { overlaps: ['urgent', 'high-priority'] },
      assigneeId: currentUserId,
    },
    order: ['dueDate ASC', 'createdAt ASC'],
    include: [{ relation: 'project' }],
  },
});

// SQL:
// SELECT "Task".*
// FROM "Task"
// WHERE "status" NOT IN ('completed', 'cancelled')
//   AND "tags"::text[] && ARRAY['urgent', 'high-priority']::text[]
//   AND "assignee_id" = 'user-123'
// ORDER BY "due_date" ASC, "created_at" ASC
//
// -- Separate query for relation:
// SELECT * FROM "Project" WHERE "id" IN (...)

Notice: include runs as a separate query, not a SQL JOIN - see Relations & Includes.

Date range queries ​

Goal: a closed window (a specific week) versus a rolling window (the last 7 days).

typescript
const startOfWeek = new Date('2024-12-29');
const endOfWeek = new Date('2025-01-04');

const weekEvents = await eventRepository.find({
  filter: {
    where: { eventDate: { between: [startOfWeek, endOfWeek] } },
    order: ['eventDate ASC'],
  },
});
// SQL: SELECT * FROM "Event" WHERE "event_date" BETWEEN '2024-12-29' AND '2025-01-04' ORDER BY "event_date" ASC
typescript
const sevenDaysAgo = new Date();
sevenDaysAgo.setDate(sevenDaysAgo.getDate() - 7);

const recentOrders = await orderRepository.find({
  filter: {
    where: {
      createdAt: { gte: sevenDaysAgo },
      status: { in: ['completed', 'shipped'] },
      total: { gte: 100 },
    },
    order: ['total DESC'],
    limit: 100,
  },
});
// SQL:
// SELECT * FROM "Order"
// WHERE "created_at" >= '2024-12-24T00:00:00.000Z' AND "status" IN ('completed', 'shipped') AND "total" >= 100
// ORDER BY "total" DESC LIMIT 100

Notice: between needs exactly two elements - FilterBuilder throws on any other array length.

Inventory low-stock alert ​

Goal: active products at or under a reorder threshold, flagged critical below 5 units or fast-moving stock at 10 or fewer.

typescript
const lowStockProducts = await productRepository.find({
  filter: {
    where: {
      status: 'active',
      quantity: { lte: 10 },
      'metadata.reorderPoint': { isn: null },
      or: [
        { quantity: { lt: 5 } }, // Critical: below 5
        { and: [{ quantity: { lte: 10 } }, { 'metadata.fastMoving': true }] },
      ],
    },
    order: ['quantity ASC'],
    fields: ['id', 'name', 'quantity', 'metadata'],
  },
});

// SQL:
// SELECT "id", "name", "quantity", "metadata"
// FROM "Product"
// WHERE "status" = 'active'
//   AND "quantity" <= 10
//   AND "metadata" #>> '{reorderPoint}' IS NOT NULL
//   AND (
//     "quantity" < 5
//     OR ("quantity" <= 10 AND "metadata" #>> '{fastMoving}' = 'true')
//   )
// ORDER BY "quantity" ASC

Notice: or nests an and group one level deep - FilterBuilder recurses through logical groups, so nesting depth is not limited to one.

Complex authorization filter ​

Goal: an admin sees everything; everyone else sees only what they own, what is public, or what is shared with them.

typescript
const getAuthorizedFilter = (user: User): TWhere<TDocumentSchema> => {
  if (user.role === 'admin') {
    return { deletedAt: { is: null } };
  }

  return {
    deletedAt: { is: null },
    or: [
      { ownerId: user.id },
      { isPublic: true },
      { sharedWithTeams: { overlaps: user.teamIds } },
      { sharedWithUsers: { contains: [user.id] } },
    ],
  };
};

const documents = await documentRepository.find({
  filter: { where: getAuthorizedFilter(currentUser), order: ['updatedAt DESC'], limit: 100 },
});

// SQL (regular user):
// SELECT * FROM "Document"
// WHERE "deleted_at" IS NULL
//   AND (
//     "owner_id" = 'user-123'
//     OR "is_public" = true
//     OR "shared_with_teams"::text[] && ARRAY['team-1', 'team-2']::text[]
//     OR "shared_with_users"::text[] @> ARRAY['user-123']::text[]
//   )
// ORDER BY "updated_at" DESC LIMIT 100

Notice: a plain TypeScript function builds the where, branching on role. A filter is a normal object, not a DSL with its own control flow.

Full-text search with metadata ​

Goal: assemble a where clause from optional caller input, adding a key only when the caller supplied it.

typescript
const searchProducts = async (
  query: string,
  filters: { minRating?: number; maxPrice?: number; categories?: string[] },
) => {
  const where: TWhere<TProductSchema> = { status: 'active', deletedAt: { is: null } };

  if (query) {
    where.or = [
      { name: { ilike: `%${query}%` } },
      { description: { ilike: `%${query}%` } },
      { 'metadata.keywords': { ilike: `%${query}%` } },
    ];
  }
  if (filters.minRating) where.rating = { gte: filters.minRating };
  if (filters.maxPrice) where.price = { lte: filters.maxPrice };
  if (filters.categories?.length) where.categories = { contains: filters.categories };

  return productRepository.find({
    filter: { where, order: ['rating DESC', 'createdAt DESC'], limit: 50 },
  });
};

// searchProducts('wireless', { minRating: 4, maxPrice: 200, categories: ['electronics'] })
//
// SQL:
// SELECT * FROM "Product"
// WHERE "status" = 'active'
//   AND "deleted_at" IS NULL
//   AND ("name" ILIKE '%wireless%' OR "description" ILIKE '%wireless%' OR "metadata" #>> '{keywords}' ILIKE '%wireless%')
//   AND "rating" >= 4
//   AND "price" <= 200
//   AND "categories"::text[] @> ARRAY['electronics']::text[]
// ORDER BY "rating" DESC, "created_at" DESC LIMIT 50

Notice: ilike reaches into a JSON path ('metadata.keywords') the same way it reaches a top-level column.

Everything at once ​

Every operator family, a JSON path, a three-way or, and a scoped relation include - all in one filter. This is the ceiling of what a single TFilter can express.

typescript
const massiveFilter: TFilter<TProductSchema> = {
  where: {
    status: 'active',
    deletedAt: { is: null },
    price: { gte: 50, lte: 500 },
    quantity: { gt: 0 },
    tags: { contains: ['electronics', 'portable'] },
    'metadata.priority': { gte: 3 },
    'metadata.features.wireless': true,
    or: [
      { rating: { gte: 4.5 } },
      {
        and: [
          { isFeatured: true },
          { 'metadata.promotion.active': true },
          { 'metadata.promotion.discount': { gte: 20 } },
        ],
      },
      { createdAt: { gte: new Date('2024-12-01') }, 'metadata.isNewArrival': true },
    ],
    category: { nin: ['discontinued', 'recalled'] },
    suppliers: { overlaps: ['supplier-a', 'supplier-b'] },
  },
  fields: ['id', 'name', 'price', 'rating', 'tags', 'metadata'],
  order: ['metadata.priority DESC', 'rating DESC', 'createdAt DESC'],
  limit: 20,
  skip: 0,
  include: [
    { relation: 'category' },
    { relation: 'reviews', scope: { where: { rating: { gte: 4 } }, order: ['createdAt DESC'], limit: 5 } },
  ],
};

const products = await productRepository.find({ filter: massiveFilter });

// SQL:
// SELECT "id", "name", "price", "rating", "tags", "metadata"
// FROM "Product"
// WHERE "status" = 'active'
//   AND "deleted_at" IS NULL
//   AND "price" >= 50 AND "price" <= 500
//   AND "quantity" > 0
//   AND "tags"::text[] @> ARRAY['electronics', 'portable']::text[]
//   AND CASE WHEN ("metadata" #>> '{priority}') ~ '^-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?$'
//       THEN ("metadata" #>> '{priority}')::numeric ELSE NULL END >= 3
//   AND "metadata" #>> '{features,wireless}' = 'true'
//   AND (
//     "rating" >= 4.5
//     OR ("is_featured" = true AND "metadata" #>> '{promotion,active}' = 'true'
//         AND CASE WHEN ("metadata" #>> '{promotion,discount}') ~ '^-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?$'
//             THEN ("metadata" #>> '{promotion,discount}')::numeric ELSE NULL END >= 20)
//     OR ("created_at" >= '2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z' AND "metadata" #>> '{isNewArrival}' = 'true')
//   )
//   AND "category" NOT IN ('discontinued', 'recalled')
//   AND "suppliers"::text[] && ARRAY['supplier-a', 'supplier-b']::text[]
// ORDER BY "metadata" #> '{priority}' DESC, "rating" DESC, "created_at" DESC
// LIMIT 20 OFFSET 0
//
// -- Separate queries for relations:
// SELECT * FROM "Category" WHERE "id" IN (...)
// SELECT * FROM "Review" WHERE "product_id" IN (...) AND "rating" >= 4 ORDER BY "created_at" DESC LIMIT 5

Notice: 'metadata.priority': { gte: 3 } gets the numeric CASE cast because the operand is a number. 'metadata.isNewArrival': true does not, because it compares as text. See Tips & Edge Cases for the full casting rule.

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