🧩 How to Flatten Nested Fields in Directus GraphQL Response (Like SQL Join)?

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:puzzle_piece: How to Flatten Translation Fields in Directus GraphQL Response (Field: entries)

Hi everyone :waving_hand:

I’m using Directus with GraphQL and trying to simplify the structure of a multilingual response. We have a collection (nav) with translations handled through a field called entries, which is a relational field that holds localized content.

Here’s the GraphQL query we’re using:

query GetNav($lang: String!) {
  nav {
    uuid
    entries(filter: {languages_code: {code: {_eq: $lang}}}) {
      title
    }
  }
}

And the current response looks like this:

{
  "data": {
    "nav": [
      {
        "uuid": "1ce10140-f646-40a8-bf2a-51ef21e212df",
        "entries": [
          {
            "title": "en"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

We would like to flatten the entries field and return something like this instead:

{
  "data": {
    "nav": [
      {
        "uuid": "1ce10140-f646-40a8-bf2a-51ef21e212df",
        "title": "en"
      }
    ]
  }
}

I understand that entries is a relation (probably 1:N), but since it always returns only one translation per language, we’d love to know if there’s a way to flatten or alias it in the GraphQL response without having to do it manually in frontend code.

Thanks in advance for any ideas or best practices! :folded_hands: