Add tests to support existing configs

packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { generator, mocks } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
 import { DatabaseName, getDatasource } from "../../../integrations/tests/utils"
 import merge from "lodash/merge"
 import { quotas } from "@budibase/pro"
-import { roles } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { db, roles } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 
 describe.each([
   ["internal", undefined],
@@ -840,6 +840,52 @@ describe.each([
         })
       )
     })
+
+    it("updating schema will only validate modified field", async () => {
+      let view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+        tableId: table._id!,
+        name: generator.guid(),
+        schema: {
+          id: { visible: true },
+          Price: {
+            visible: true,
+          },
+          Category: { visible: true },
+        },
+      })
+
+      // Update the view to an invalid state
+      const tableToUpdate = await config.api.table.get(table._id!)
+      ;(tableToUpdate.views![view.name] as ViewV2).schema!.id.visible = false
+      await db.getDB(config.appId!).put(tableToUpdate)
+
+      view = await config.api.viewV2.get(view.id)
+      await config.api.viewV2.update({
+        ...view,
+        schema: {
+          ...view.schema,
+          Price: {
+            visible: false,
+          },
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(await config.api.viewV2.get(view.id)).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          schema: {
+            id: expect.objectContaining({
+              visible: false,
+            }),
+            Price: expect.objectContaining({
+              visible: false,
+            }),
+            Category: expect.objectContaining({
+              visible: true,
+            }),
+          },
+        })
+      )
+    })
   })
 
   describe("delete", () => {

packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 import { HTTPError, db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { features } from "@budibase/pro"
 import { helpers } from "@budibase/shared-core"
-import { cloneDeep } from "lodash"
+import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
 
 import * as utils from "../../../db/utils"
 import { isExternalTableID } from "../../../integrations/utils"
@@ -68,12 +68,21 @@ async function guardViewSchema(
     }
   }
 
+  const existingView =
+    table?.views && (table.views[view.name] as ViewV2 | undefined)
+
   for (const field of Object.values(table.schema)) {
     if (!helpers.schema.isRequired(field.constraints)) {
       continue
     }
 
     const viewSchemaField = viewSchema[field.name]
+    const existingViewSchema =
+      existingView?.schema && existingView.schema[field.name]
+    if (!viewSchemaField && !existingViewSchema?.visible) {
+      // Supporting existing configs with required columns but hidden in views
+      continue
+    }
 
     if (!viewSchemaField?.visible) {
       throw new HTTPError(