octobercms/october · error · Error

Cannot find the requested row group.

Error message

Cannot find the requested row group.

What it means

ReportDataOrderRule describes a sort rule for dashboard report data. Its constructor whitelists `$dataAttributeType` against exactly three constants — ATTR_TYPE_DIMENSION ('dimension'), ATTR_TYPE_METRIC ('metric'), ATTR_TYPE_DIMENSION_FIELD ('dimension_field') — and throws this ApplicationException (the message appends the supported list) for any other string. Using the class constants instead of raw strings avoids the whole class of mistake.

Source

Thrown at modules/backend/assets/foundation/controls/inspector/inspector.groups.js:101

    GroupManager.prototype.writeGroupStatuses = function(updatedStatuses) {
        var statuses = getInspectorGroupStatuses()

        statuses[this.controlId] = updatedStatuses
        setInspectorGroupStatuses(statuses)

        this.cachedGroupStatuses = updatedStatuses
    }

    GroupManager.prototype.findGroupByIndex = function(index) {
        return this.rootGroup.findGroupByIndex(index)
    }

    GroupManager.prototype.findGroupRows = function(table, index, ignoreCollapsedSubgroups) {
        var group = this.findGroupByIndex(index)

        if (!group) {
            throw new Error('Cannot find the requested row group.')
        }

        return group.findGroupRows(table, ignoreCollapsedSubgroups, this)
    }

    GroupManager.prototype.markGroupRowInvalid = function(group, table) {
        var currentGroup = group

        while (currentGroup) {
            var row = currentGroup.findGroupRow(table)
            if (row) {
                $.oc.foundation.element.addClass(row, 'invalid')
            }

            currentGroup = currentGroup.parentGroup
        }
    }

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Solutions

1. Pass one of the class constants: ReportDataOrderRule::ATTR_TYPE_DIMENSION, ATTR_TYPE_METRIC or ATTR_TYPE_DIMENSION_FIELD.
2. Validate/whitelist user input against the same list before constructing the rule.
3. Check for typos and plurals ('metric' not 'metrics', 'dimension' not 'dim').

Example fix

// before
new ReportDataOrderRule('dim');

// after
new ReportDataOrderRule(ReportDataOrderRule::ATTR_TYPE_DIMENSION);

// Whitelist before constructing
use Dashboard\Classes\ReportDataOrderRule;
$allowed = [
    ReportDataOrderRule::ATTR_TYPE_DIMENSION,
    ReportDataOrderRule::ATTR_TYPE_METRIC,
    ReportDataOrderRule::ATTR_TYPE_DIMENSION_FIELD,
];
$type = (string) request()->input('order_type');
if (!in_array($type, $allowed, true)) {
    throw new ValidationException(['order_type' => 'Unsupported sort type']);
}
return new ReportDataOrderRule($type, $name);

/**
 * @param mixed $type
 * @returns {boolean}
 */
function isKnownAttrType($type)
{
    return is_string($type) && in_array($type, [
        \Dashboard\Classes\ReportDataOrderRule::ATTR_TYPE_DIMENSION,
        \Dashboard\Classes\ReportDataOrderRule::ATTR_TYPE_METRIC,
        \Dashboard\Classes\ReportDataOrderRule::ATTR_TYPE_DIMENSION_FIELD,
    ], true);
}

When it happens

Trigger: Constructing `new ReportDataOrderRule('dim')` or `'metrics'` (typo/plural); building rules from user-supplied sort parameters without validating them; passing an attribute *name* where the *type* belongs.

Common situations: Mapping HTTP sort parameters straight into the constructor; copying example code with the wrong literal; version changes introducing dimension_field after code was written against two types.

Understand the failure class

Background: Invalid enum value errors: "Unknown type", "Invalid scope", "must be one of" — when a string is not on the library's allowed list — this error's family across 23 libraries.

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