[HOLD for payment 2024-01-26] [$250] [MEDIUM] IOU - IOU preview shows (none) in the main chat for request with receipt and no merchant

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Version Number: 1.4.21-1
Reproducible in staging?: y
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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
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Action Performed:

1. Go to FAB > Request money > Manual.
2. Enter amount and select a user.
3. On the confirmation page, click 3-dot menu > Add a receipt.
4. Create the request after adding a receipt.

Expected Result:

IOU preview will not show (none) in the main chat. It won't show anything in that row, ie. now 1 request,

Actual Result:

IOU preview shows (none) in the main chat.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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Bug6331369_1704295453619.bandicam_2024-01-03_16-35-55-955__1_.mp4

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Triggered auto assignment to @mallenexpensify (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @rushatgabhane (External)

[lindseydortch]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

When entering in an IOU manually and then going to upload the receipt, the chat is showing none as the recipient.

What is the root cause of that problem?

The variable PARTIAL_TRANSACTION_MERCHANT which is set to "(none)" is being loaded here instead of receiptMissingDetails which is set to "Receipt missing details"

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We need to change out the variable from PARTIAL_TRANSACTION_MERCHANT to receiptMissingDetails or the other options listed below.

We need to set the variable being loaded to something else besides PARTIAL_TRANSACTION_MERCHANT if we want text there, but not sure receipt is missing details is what we want in replace of that. If we want to recipient or the person sending it, then we need to put that variable in instead.

Another option instead of "(none)" as the PARTIAL_TRANSACTION_MERCHANT we set it to "Receipt missing details" or something like "Not able to read merchant". Additionally maybe adding in a field to put the merchant name in if it can't read the receipt would be a good idea here.

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[rojiphil]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

(None) is displayed in report preview while we show empty value for merchant during money request generation.

What is the root cause of that problem?

Here, we format the merchant value for display. However, since (none) is a default text which do not display, we are not skipping here. This is the root cause.

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We can check if the merchant is partial and reset the formattedMerchant like this here to solve this problem.

if(TransactionUtils.isPartialMerchant(formattedMerchant)) {
    formattedMerchant = null;
}    

The helper function isPartialMerchant can be like this in TransactionUtils:

  function isPartialMerchant(merchant: string): boolean {
      return merchant === CONST.TRANSACTION.PARTIAL_TRANSACTION_MERCHANT || merchant === CONST.TRANSACTION.UNKNOWN_MERCHANT;
  }

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

[mallenexpensify]

Was able to reproduce and updated the Expected Behaviour in the OP.
@rushatgabhane plz review the proposals above.
Thx

[DylanDylann]

@mountiny @mallenexpensify This has the same root cause with #33818 and #33798 . So I think we should hold this issue

[rojiphil]

This has the same root cause with #33818 and #33798 . So I think we should hold this issue

@DylanDylann
I am not sure if I understand the correlation (i.e. same root cause) between this issue and the mentioned ones.
Can you please explain?

[mountiny]

We can fix this now.

I think we want to create a helper method if it does not exist, which will check for partial merchant so isPartialMerchant that will be true if the merchant is (none) or Unknown Merchant.

I think this is super simple fix which I could otherwise give back to @waterim as PR author, but I will export it and make it $250 to reflect the scope of this issue.

@rushatgabhane can you please review the proposals?

[melvin-bot]

Upwork job price has been updated to $250

[rojiphil]

Proposal

Updated proposal to include the helper function as per feedback here

[mountiny]

@rushatgabhane can you have a look please?

[rushatgabhane]

@rojiphil's proposal LGTM
🎀 👀 🎀

[melvin-bot]

Current assignee @mountiny is eligible for the choreEngineerContributorManagement assigner, not assigning anyone new.

[mountiny]

@rojiphil can you please raise a PR? thanks!

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Reviewing label has been removed, please complete the "BugZero Checklist".

[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 1.4.27-1 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• hide partial merchant name #34359

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2024-01-26. 🎊

For reference, here are some details about the assignees on this issue:

• @rojiphil requires payment automatic offer (Contributor)
• @rushatgabhane requires payment through NewDot Manual Requests

[melvin-bot]

BugZero Checklist: The PR fixing this issue has been merged! The following checklist (instructions) will need to be completed before the issue can be closed:

• [@rushatgabhane] The PR that introduced the bug has been identified. Link to the PR:
• [@rushatgabhane] The offending PR has been commented on, pointing out the bug it caused and why, so the author and reviewers can learn from the mistake. Link to comment:
• [@rushatgabhane] A discussion in #expensify-bugs has been started about whether any other steps should be taken (e.g. updating the PR review checklist) in order to catch this type of bug sooner. Link to discussion:
• [@rushatgabhane] Determine if we should create a regression test for this bug.
• [@rushatgabhane] If we decide to create a regression test for the bug, please propose the regression test steps to ensure the same bug will not reach production again.
• [@mallenexpensify] Link the GH issue for creating/updating the regression test once above steps have been agreed upon:

[rushatgabhane]

1. The PR that introduced the bug has been identified. Link to the PR: Workspace currency optimistic actions update #33171

2. The offending PR has been commented on, pointing out the bug it caused and why, so the author and reviewers can learn from the mistake. Link to comment: https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/33171/files#r1495220198

3. A discussion in #expensify-bugs has been started about whether any other steps should be taken (e.g. updating the PR review checklist) in order to catch this type of bug sooner. Link to discussion: N.A.

4. Determine if we should create a regression test for this bug. Yes

5. If we decide to create a regression test for the bug, please propose the regression test steps to ensure the same bug will not reach production again

   1. Click FAB > Request money > Manual
   2. Enter amount and select a user.
   3. On the confirmation page, click 3-dot menu > Add a receipt.
   4. Create the request after adding a receipt.
   5. Verify that preview subtitle is not displayed in Report Preview. i.e. neither (none) nor 1 Request is
      displayed.

[rojiphil]

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2024-01-26

@mallenexpensify
Overdue on payment for almost a week now.
Gentle bump on this.

[mallenexpensify]

Contributor: @rojiphil paid $250 via Upwork
Contributor+: @rushatgabhane due $250 via NewDot

@rojiphil apologies for the delay

@rushatgabhane , can you please finish the checklist above so we can get this closed?

[JmillsExpensify]

$250 approved for @rushatgabhane based on summary above.

[rushatgabhane]

sorry, didn't get time yet to complete the checklist

[mallenexpensify]

Please prioritize @rushatgabhane since it's been a month and we wanna get this closed.

[rushatgabhane]

@mallenexpensify all done #33874 (comment)

[mallenexpensify]

Tahnks @rushatgabhane , closing

• https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify/issues/372509