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src/agents/agents.service.ts

@@ -503,9 +503,17 @@ export class AgentsService {
 
             const matchingIds = matchingValues
               .filter((fv) => {
-                const jsonVal = fv.jsonValue as string[] | null;
+                const jsonVal = fv.jsonValue as unknown;
-                if (!jsonVal || !Array.isArray(jsonVal)) return false;
+                if (!Array.isArray(jsonVal)) return false;
-                return selectedValues.some((sv) => jsonVal.includes(sv));
+                // Direct match (normalized option values stored in jsonVal)
+                if (selectedValues.some((sv) => jsonVal.includes(sv))) return true;
+                // TAG_INPUT fallback: strip " - N yrs" suffix and normalize
+                const normalized = (jsonVal as unknown[])
+                  .map((item) => typeof item === 'string' ? item : '')
+                  .map((s) => s.replace(/\s*[-–]\s*\d+\s*(yrs?|years?)\s*$/i, '').trim())
+                  .map((s) => s.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '_').replace(/^_+|_+$/g, ''))
+                  .filter(Boolean);
+                return selectedValues.some((sv) => normalized.includes(sv));
               })
               .map((fv) => fv.agentProfileId);
 
@@ -664,11 +672,17 @@ export class AgentsService {
               const agentFieldValues = (agent.fieldValues || []) as any[];
               const fieldMatch = agentFieldValues.some((fv: any) => {
                 if (fv.field?.slug !== filterSlug) return false;
-                const jsonVal = fv.jsonValue as string[] | null;
+                const jsonVal = fv.jsonValue as unknown;
-                if (jsonVal && Array.isArray(jsonVal)) {
+                if (!Array.isArray(jsonVal)) return false;
-                  return selectedValues.some(sv => jsonVal.includes(sv));
+                // Direct match (normalized option values already stored in jsonVal)
-                }
+                if (selectedValues.some(sv => jsonVal.includes(sv))) return true;
-                return false;
+                // TAG_INPUT fallback: strip " - N yrs" suffix and normalize to match aggregated expertise values
+                const normalized = (jsonVal as unknown[])
+                  .map((item) => typeof item === 'string' ? item : '')
+                  .map((s) => s.replace(/\s*[-–]\s*\d+\s*(yrs?|years?)\s*$/i, '').trim())
+                  .map((s) => s.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '_').replace(/^_+|_+$/g, ''))
+                  .filter(Boolean);
+                return selectedValues.some(sv => normalized.includes(sv));
               });
               if (fieldMatch) matchedFilters++;
             }

src/profile-fields/profile-fields.service.ts

@@ -298,8 +298,16 @@ export class ProfileFieldsService {
     // Map normalized names to their primary slug for de-duplication
     const nameToSlugMap = new Map<string, string>();
 
+    // Options to exclude from search filters (still available on profile forms via admin)
+    const EXCLUDED_OPTION_VALUES = new Set(['prefer_not_to_say', 'prefer-not-to-say', 'preferNotToSay']);
+    const isExcludedOption = (opt: { label: string; value: string }) => {
+      if (EXCLUDED_OPTION_VALUES.has(opt.value)) return true;
+      return opt.label.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '_').replace(/^_+|_+$/g, '') === 'prefer_not_to_say';
+    };
+
     for (const field of fields) {
-      const fieldOptions = (field.options as { label: string; value: string }[]) || [];
+      const rawOptions = (field.options as { label: string; value: string }[]) || [];
+      const fieldOptions = rawOptions.filter((opt) => !isExcludedOption(opt));
       const normalizedName = field.name.toLowerCase().trim();
 
       // Check if we already have a field with this name (different slug, same name)
@@ -341,6 +349,61 @@ export class ProfileFieldsService {
       }
     }
 
+    // Append TAG_INPUT expertise_areas as a dynamic filter — options aggregated from agent-entered values
+    const expertiseField = await this.prisma.profileField.findFirst({
+      where: {
+        slug: 'expertise_areas',
+        isActive: true,
+        fieldType: FieldType.TAG_INPUT,
+        section: {
+          isActive: true,
+          OR: [
+            { isGlobal: true },
+            { agentTypeSections: { some: {} } },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+      select: { id: true, name: true, slug: true, fieldType: true },
+    });
+
+    if (expertiseField && !mergedFields.has(expertiseField.slug)) {
+      const fieldValues = await this.prisma.profileFieldValue.findMany({
+        where: {
+          fieldId: expertiseField.id,
+          jsonValue: { not: Prisma.JsonNull },
+        },
+        select: { jsonValue: true },
+      });
+
+      // value → label (preserve first-seen label casing)
+      const areaMap = new Map<string, string>();
+      for (const fv of fieldValues) {
+        const arr = fv.jsonValue as unknown;
+        if (!Array.isArray(arr)) continue;
+        for (const item of arr) {
+          if (typeof item !== 'string') continue;
+          // Strip " - N yrs" / " – N years" suffix used in the profile UI
+          const areaName = item.replace(/\s*[-–]\s*\d+\s*(yrs?|years?)\s*$/i, '').trim();
+          if (!areaName) continue;
+          const value = areaName.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '_').replace(/^_+|_+$/g, '');
+          if (!value) continue;
+          if (!areaMap.has(value)) areaMap.set(value, areaName);
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (areaMap.size > 0) {
+        const options = Array.from(areaMap.entries())
+          .map(([value, label]) => ({ label, value }))
+          .sort((a, b) => a.label.localeCompare(b.label));
+        mergedFields.set(expertiseField.slug, {
+          slug: expertiseField.slug,
+          name: expertiseField.name,
+          fieldType: expertiseField.fieldType,
+          options,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
     return Array.from(mergedFields.values());
   }
 }