Should a query hook change data with the content manager

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I have a very simple bit code to add a % sign on the end of a number:

export function Moviesx_afterQuery(item, context) {
item.femalePercent = item.femalePercent + ‘%’
return item;
}

And on my site, I do indeed get the desired result - .e.g. 12%

But what surprises me is when I look in the content manager the ‘femalePercent’ now shows with % (together with an ! " The value does not match the field type Number". ), instead of just an interger.

Is this expected behaviour? I only expected the query hook to only apply on the client-side , not when viewing the data in the content manager.

Thanks

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I don’t think it does any harm but maybe you’d prefer to use different field names, so it’ll look OK when you load the content manager. something like:

export function Moviesx_afterQuery(item, context) {
item.femalePercentFormat = item.femalePercent + '%';
 return item; }

and use the new field on the front-end page.

3

Yes, that is a good solution for many situations but some plugins such as the Pro Galleries seem only to be able to access the collection’s fields, not ones generated in JS.

4

You can also create an empty text field in your collection with field key " femalePercentFormat " and then use my code.

5

Ta, I’ll give that a try.