fix: Always use temporal type for dttm columns [ID-2] (#17458)

* fix: Always use temporal type for dttm columns

* move inference and implement in chart postproc

* fix test

* fix test case

Co-authored-by: Ville Brofeldt <ville.v.brofeldt@gmail.com>

superset/charts/data/api.py

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 from superset.charts.post_processing import apply_post_process
 from superset.charts.schemas import ChartDataQueryContextSchema
 from superset.common.chart_data import ChartDataResultFormat, ChartDataResultType
+from superset.connectors.base.models import BaseDatasource
 from superset.exceptions import QueryObjectValidationError
 from superset.extensions import event_logger
 from superset.utils.async_query_manager import AsyncQueryTokenException
@@ -158,7 +159,9 @@ def get_data(self, pk: int) -> Response:
         except (TypeError, json.decoder.JSONDecodeError):
             form_data = {}
 
-        return self._get_data_response(command, form_data=form_data)
+        return self._get_data_response(
+            command=command, form_data=form_data, datasource=query_context.datasource
+        )
 
     @expose("/data", methods=["POST"])
     @protect()
@@ -327,7 +330,10 @@ def _run_async(
         return self.response(202, **result)
 
     def _send_chart_response(
-        self, result: Dict[Any, Any], form_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        self,
+        result: Dict[Any, Any],
+        form_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        datasource: Optional[BaseDatasource] = None,
     ) -> Response:
         result_type = result["query_context"].result_type
         result_format = result["query_context"].result_format
@@ -336,7 +342,7 @@ def _send_chart_response(
         # This is needed for sending reports based on text charts that do the
         # post-processing of data, eg, the pivot table.
         if result_type == ChartDataResultType.POST_PROCESSED:
-            result = apply_post_process(result, form_data)
+            result = apply_post_process(result, form_data, datasource)
 
         if result_format == ChartDataResultFormat.CSV:
             # Verify user has permission to export CSV file
@@ -364,6 +370,7 @@ def _get_data_response(
         command: ChartDataCommand,
         force_cached: bool = False,
         form_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        datasource: Optional[BaseDatasource] = None,
     ) -> Response:
         try:
             result = command.run(force_cached=force_cached)
@@ -372,7 +379,7 @@ def _get_data_response(
         except ChartDataQueryFailedError as exc:
             return self.response_400(message=exc.message)
 
-        return self._send_chart_response(result, form_data)
+        return self._send_chart_response(result, form_data, datasource)
 
     # pylint: disable=invalid-name, no-self-use
     def _load_query_context_form_from_cache(self, cache_key: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:

superset/charts/post_processing.py

@@ -27,13 +27,16 @@
 """
 
 from io import StringIO
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import pandas as pd
 
 from superset.common.chart_data import ChartDataResultFormat
 from superset.utils.core import DTTM_ALIAS, extract_dataframe_dtypes, get_metric_name
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from superset.connectors.base.models import BaseDatasource
+
 
 def get_column_key(label: Tuple[str, ...], metrics: List[str]) -> Tuple[Any, ...]:
     """
@@ -284,7 +287,9 @@ def table(df: pd.DataFrame, form_data: Dict[str, Any]) -> pd.DataFrame:
 
 
 def apply_post_process(
-    result: Dict[Any, Any], form_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+    result: Dict[Any, Any],
+    form_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+    datasource: Optional["BaseDatasource"] = None,
 ) -> Dict[Any, Any]:
     form_data = form_data or {}
 
@@ -306,7 +311,7 @@ def apply_post_process(
 
         query["colnames"] = list(processed_df.columns)
         query["indexnames"] = list(processed_df.index)
-        query["coltypes"] = extract_dataframe_dtypes(processed_df)
+        query["coltypes"] = extract_dataframe_dtypes(processed_df, datasource)
         query["rowcount"] = len(processed_df.index)
 
         # Flatten hierarchical columns/index since they are represented as

superset/common/query_actions.py

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def _get_full(
     if status != QueryStatus.FAILED:
         payload["colnames"] = list(df.columns)
         payload["indexnames"] = list(df.index)
-        payload["coltypes"] = extract_dataframe_dtypes(df)
+        payload["coltypes"] = extract_dataframe_dtypes(df, datasource)
         payload["data"] = query_context.get_data(df)
         payload["result_format"] = query_context.result_format
     del payload["df"]

superset/utils/core.py

@@ -1597,7 +1597,9 @@ def get_column_names_from_metrics(metrics: List[Metric]) -> List[str]:
     return [col for col in map(get_column_name_from_metric, metrics) if col]
 
 
-def extract_dataframe_dtypes(df: pd.DataFrame) -> List[GenericDataType]:
+def extract_dataframe_dtypes(
+    df: pd.DataFrame, datasource: Optional["BaseDatasource"] = None,
+) -> List[GenericDataType]:
     """Serialize pandas/numpy dtypes to generic types"""
 
     # omitting string types as those will be the default type
@@ -1612,11 +1614,21 @@ def extract_dataframe_dtypes(df: pd.DataFrame) -> List[GenericDataType]:
         "date": GenericDataType.TEMPORAL,
     }
 
+    columns_by_name = (
+        {column.column_name: column for column in datasource.columns}
+        if datasource
+        else {}
+    )
     generic_types: List[GenericDataType] = []
     for column in df.columns:
+        column_object = columns_by_name.get(column)
         series = df[column]
         inferred_type = infer_dtype(series)
-        generic_type = inferred_type_map.get(inferred_type, GenericDataType.STRING)
+        generic_type = (
+            GenericDataType.TEMPORAL
+            if column_object and column_object.is_dttm
+            else inferred_type_map.get(inferred_type, GenericDataType.STRING)
+        )
         generic_types.append(generic_type)
 
     return generic_types

tests/integration_tests/utils_tests.py

@@ -1121,7 +1121,9 @@ def test_get_form_data_token(self):
         generated_token = get_form_data_token({})
         assert re.match(r"^token_[a-z0-9]{8}$", generated_token) is not None
 
+    @pytest.mark.usefixtures("load_birth_names_dashboard_with_slices")
     def test_extract_dataframe_dtypes(self):
+        slc = self.get_slice("Girls", db.session)
         cols: Tuple[Tuple[str, GenericDataType, List[Any]], ...] = (
             ("dt", GenericDataType.TEMPORAL, [date(2021, 2, 4), date(2021, 2, 4)]),
             (
@@ -1147,10 +1149,13 @@ def test_extract_dataframe_dtypes(self):
             ("float_null", GenericDataType.NUMERIC, [None, 0.5]),
             ("bool_null", GenericDataType.BOOLEAN, [None, False]),
             ("obj_null", GenericDataType.STRING, [None, {"a": 1}]),
+            # Non-timestamp columns should be identified as temporal if
+            # `is_dttm` is set to `True` in the underlying datasource
+            ("ds", GenericDataType.TEMPORAL, [None, {"ds": "2017-01-01"}]),
         )
 
         df = pd.DataFrame(data={col[0]: col[2] for col in cols})
-        assert extract_dataframe_dtypes(df) == [col[1] for col in cols]
+        assert extract_dataframe_dtypes(df, slc.datasource) == [col[1] for col in cols]
 
     def test_normalize_dttm_col(self):
         def normalize_col(