Array of Pointers issue with displaying data

[gateway]

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Environment Setup

OSX Dashboard

Steps to reproduce

In the old version of the Parse Server we are saving a array of pointers to facebook friends.. something similar to this:

[{"__type":"Pointer","className":"_User","objectId":"eLNmQ8vx39"},{"__type":"Pointer","className":"_User","objectId":"WCCx0rNaki"}]

When you look at it in the new dashboard it has a bunch of extraneous data, basically all the info from the users in the array instead of a nice array listed above.

Data in New Dashboard for that same column.

Old Dashboard

EDIT: Checked MongoLab (Mlab) to view the data in the database here is the raw data

Logs/Trace

[drew-gross]

That looks like pointer is getting inflated into an object at some point, when it shouldn't be. This might be an issue with Parse Server. Can check the console and show the response to the classes/_User request? I want to to determine if the server is inflating when it shouldn't or if the dashboard is doing the inflation.

[drew-gross]

That does look like an issue. Does it happen with all arrays of pointers, only arrays of pointers to users, or only to this specific column? A short script or set of steps that reproduces the issue would be very helpful in finding the root cause.

[gateway]

@drew-gross well its in swift in our iOS app.. I can paste the function.. but I would assume doing this in php or js wouldnt be to hard.. Loop though 3 existing users and add them as an array of pointers.. granted we get all the other users data in the browser, their access token, etc.. as you can see above.. thoughts?

[drew-gross]

OK, I've managed to reproduce the issue. This does seem to be an issue with the dashboard, and not the server. I'll look into a fix.

[gateway]

👍

[gateway]

I can confirm this is fixed on my end.. thanks.