If I have a complex object with objects as property values, how can I filter by one of the nested properties?

Can this be done with the OOB ng-repeat filter?

Data

{
  Name: 'John Smith',
  Manager: {
     id: 123,
     Name: 'Bill Lumburg'
  }
}

ngRepeat

<li ng-repeat="e in emps | filter:Manager.Name">{{ e.Name }}</li>

You need to pass in the argument to filter by:

<input ng-model="filter.key">
<ul>
  <li ng-repeat="e in list | filter: {Manager: {Name: filter.key}}">
    {{e.Name}}  (Manager: {{e.Manager.Name}})
  </li>
</ul>

Example on Plunker


If you are filtering multiple properties then the syntax would be similar to below.

<ul>
  <li ng-repeat="item in list | {filter: top_object_property_name: value, top_object_property_with_nested_objects_name: {nested_object_property_name: value}}">
       ...
  </li>
</ul>

eg:

        var employees = [name: 'John', roles: [{roleName: 'Manager'},{roleName: 'Supervisor'}]];

        <li ng-repeat="staff in employees | {filter: name: 'John', roles: {roleName: 'Manager'}}">
              ...
        </li>