diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/app/blocks/CardListWithSearch.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/app/blocks/CardListWithSearch.svelte
index a750a37361..7c9a067bd6 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/app/blocks/CardListWithSearch.svelte
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/app/blocks/CardListWithSearch.svelte
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     columns?.forEach(column => {
       enrichedFilter.push({
         field: column.name,
-        operator: "equal",
+        operator: column.type === "string" ? "string" : "equal",
         type: "string",
         valueType: "Binding",
         value: `{{ [${formId}].[${column.name}] }}`,
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
         enrichedColumns.push({
           name: column,
           componentType,
+          type: schemaType,
         })
       }
     })
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/app/blocks/TableWithSearch.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/app/blocks/TableWithSearch.svelte
index 378a111571..12a2022686 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/app/blocks/TableWithSearch.svelte
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/app/blocks/TableWithSearch.svelte
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     columns?.forEach(column => {
       enrichedFilter.push({
         field: column.name,
-        operator: "equal",
+        operator: column.type === "string" ? "string" : "equal",
         type: "string",
         valueType: "Binding",
         value: `{{ [${formId}].[${column.name}] }}`,
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
         enrichedColumns.push({
           name: column,
           componentType,
+          type: schemaType,
         })
       }
     })