From be7198a875c98a58a8e9d4ecf69e04b131327626 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fendy Heryanto <fendy@nocodb.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:56:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] handle empty meta during v3 transform

---
 packages/nocodb/src/helpers/formulaHelpers.ts    |  2 +-
 .../utils/api-v3-data-transformation.builder.ts  | 16 +++++-----------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/helpers/formulaHelpers.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/helpers/formulaHelpers.ts
index 9667229724..b36ffbb830 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/helpers/formulaHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/helpers/formulaHelpers.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export async function getFormulasReferredTheColumn(
     if (UITypes.Button === c.uidt && (formula as ButtonColumn)?.type !== 'url')
       return columns;
 
-    if (fn(formulaJsep(formula.formula))) {
+    if (formula.formula && fn(formulaJsep(formula.formula))) {
       columns.push(c);
     }
     return columns;
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/utils/api-v3-data-transformation.builder.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/utils/api-v3-data-transformation.builder.ts
index a2262db071..c2cb3bc146 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/utils/api-v3-data-transformation.builder.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/utils/api-v3-data-transformation.builder.ts
@@ -430,8 +430,7 @@ export const columnBuilder = builderGenerator<Column | ColumnType, FieldV3Type>(
       }
 
       if (data.type === UITypes.Checkbox) {
-        const { icon, iconIdx, ...rest } = data.options as Record<string, any>;
-
+        const { icon, iconIdx, ...rest } = options;
         // extract option meta and include only label and color
         options = rest;
 
@@ -443,7 +442,7 @@ export const columnBuilder = builderGenerator<Column | ColumnType, FieldV3Type>(
           )?.label;
         }
       } else if (data.type === UITypes.Rating) {
-        const { icon, iconIdx, ...rest } = data.options as Record<string, any>;
+        const { icon, iconIdx, ...rest } = options;
 
         // extract option meta and include only label and color
         options = rest;
@@ -456,10 +455,7 @@ export const columnBuilder = builderGenerator<Column | ColumnType, FieldV3Type>(
           )?.label;
         }
       } else if (data.type === UITypes.Duration) {
-        const { duration, duration_format, ...rest } = data.options as Record<
-          string,
-          any
-        >;
+        const { duration, duration_format, ...rest } = options;
         const durationFormat = duration ?? duration_format;
         // extract option meta and include only label and color
         options = rest;
@@ -468,7 +464,7 @@ export const columnBuilder = builderGenerator<Column | ColumnType, FieldV3Type>(
           options.duration_format = durationOptions[durationFormat]?.title;
         }
       } else if (data.type === UITypes.Button) {
-        const { type, ...rest } = data.options as Record<string, any>;
+        const { type, ...rest } = options;
 
         // Transform button properties based on type
         if (type === 'formula') {
@@ -514,11 +510,9 @@ export const columnBuilder = builderGenerator<Column | ColumnType, FieldV3Type>(
           options = { ...rest, button_type: type };
         }
       } else if (isLinksOrLTAR(data.type)) {
-        const { type, ...rest } =
-          (data.options as Record<string, any>) ?? options;
+        const { type, ...rest } = options;
         options = { ...rest, relation_type: type };
       }
-      options = options || data.options;
 
       // exclude rollup function if Links
       if (data.type === UITypes.Links && options && options.rollup_function) {