[Due for payment 2025-06-12] [$250] [Better Expense Report View] `IOU` is displayed within the iouReport preview instead of `X owes $y`

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Version Number: v9.1.53-2
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @trjExpensify
Slack conversation (hyperlinked to channel name): #expensify-bugs

Action Performed:

Use an expensifail.com account or one on the tableReportView beta.

1. As User A, create an expense and submit it to UserB
2. As UserB, create an expense and submit it to UserA
3. Observe the iouReport preview title in the DM.

Expected Result:

The title in bold within the iouReport should read <payerName|primaryLogin> owes $x just like the title of the report does when you click into the report.

Actual Result:

The title in bold within the iouReport preview reads IOU

Note: Please make sure you do not change the logic for expenseReport inside workspace chats, everything works great there.

Workaround:

Can the user still use Expensify without this being fixed? Have you informed them of the workaround?

Platforms:

Select the officially supported platforms where the issue was reproduced:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Platforms Tested:

On which of our officially supported platforms was this issue tested:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

The title in bold within the iouReport preview reads IOU

What is the root cause of that problem?

We're displaying action.childReportName here which is IOU for iou report.

App/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestReportPreview/MoneyRequestReportPreviewContent.tsx

Lines 439 to 445 in 7f840a5

	const getPreviewName = () => {
	if (isInvoice && isActionOfType(action, CONST.REPORT.ACTIONS.TYPE.REPORT_PREVIEW)) {
	const originalMessage = getOriginalMessage(action);
	return originalMessage && translate('iou.invoiceReportName', originalMessage);
	}
	return action.childReportName;
	};

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We should use getReportName function here with the report is the iouReport instead.

return getReportName(iouReport) || action.childReportName;   

App/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestReportPreview/MoneyRequestReportPreviewContent.tsx

Lines 439 to 445 in 7f840a5

	const getPreviewName = () => {
	if (isInvoice && isActionOfType(action, CONST.REPORT.ACTIONS.TYPE.REPORT_PREVIEW)) {
	const originalMessage = getOriginalMessage(action);
	return originalMessage && translate('iou.invoiceReportName', originalMessage);
	}
	return action.childReportName;
	};

What specific scenarios should we cover in automated tests to prevent reintroducing this issue in the future?

None

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

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[FitseTLT]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

IOU is displayed within the iouReport preview instead of X owes $y

What is the root cause of that problem?

We are displaying childReportName of the repor preview for iou report here

App/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestReportPreview/MoneyRequestReportPreviewContent.tsx

Lines 439 to 445 in 7f840a5

	const getPreviewName = () => {
	if (isInvoice && isActionOfType(action, CONST.REPORT.ACTIONS.TYPE.REPORT_PREVIEW)) {
	const originalMessage = getOriginalMessage(action);
	return originalMessage && translate('iou.invoiceReportName', originalMessage);
	}
	return action.childReportName;
	};

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

As inidicated in the OP we shouldn't touch the logic for expense report and only apply the fix for iou reports so we can set the title to iou report name when the report is iou report one

if (isIOUReport(iouReport)) {
            return getReportName(iouReport);
        }
        return action.childReportName;

What specific scenarios should we cover in automated tests to prevent reintroducing this issue in the future?

Not needed

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)