Laravel Scout with Meilisearch - Filter & Sort data based on Relational attributes

Laravel Scout Meilisearch - Role, Creator, and Updater Attributes Missing After Import

Environment:

• Laravel: 12.0
• Scout: 10.13
• Scout Driver: Meilisearch

I'm using spatie/laravel-permissions for role and permission management.

I have a datatable that shows the list of users with basic user model details along with role, creator (created_by), and updater (updated_by) columns.

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Meilisearch Config (config/scout.php)

'meilisearch' => [
    'host' => env('MEILISEARCH_HOST', 'localhost:7700'),
    'key' => env('MEILISEARCH_KEY'),
    'index-settings' => [
        'users' => [
            'filterableAttributes' => User::getFilterableAttributes(),
            'sortableAttributes' => User::getSortableAttributes(),
        ],
    ],
],

User Model

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    /** @use HasFactory<\Database\Factories\UserFactory> */
    use HasApiTokens, HasFactory, Notifiable, HasRoles, SoftDeletes, HasUserStamps, Searchable, BelongsToTenant;

    protected $fillable = [
        'name',
        'email',
        'password',
        'status',
        'organization_id',
    ];

    protected $hidden = [
        'password',
        'remember_token',
    ];

    protected $with = [
        'roles',
        'creator',
        'updater'
    ];

    protected function casts(): array
    {
        return [
            'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
            'password' => 'hashed',
            'status' => 'boolean',
        ];
    }

    public function employee(): HasOne
    {
        return $this->hasOne(Employee::class);
    }

    public function getRoleAttribute()
    {
        return $this->roles->first() ? $this->roles->first()->name : null;
    }

    public function makeSearchableUsing(Collection $models): Collection
    {
        return $models->load(['roles', 'creator', 'updater']);
    }

    public function toSearchableArray()
    {
        return [
            'id' => (string) $this->id,
            'name' => $this->name,
            'email' => $this->email,
            'roles' => $this->roles->pluck('name')->toArray(),
            'role' => $this->roles->first() ? $this->roles->first()->name : null,
            'status' => $this->status ? 'Active' : 'Inactive',
            'created_at' => $this->created_at->timestamp,
            'created_by' => $this->creator ? $this->creator->name : null,
            'updated_at' => $this->updated_at->timestamp,
            'updated_by' => $this->updater ? $this->updater->name : null,
            'organization_id' => $this->organization_id,
        ];
    }

    public static function getFilterableAttributes(): array
    {
        return [
            'role',
            'status',
            'created_by',
            'updated_by',
            'organization_id',
        ];
    }

    public static function getSortableAttributes(): array
    {
        return [
            'id',
            'name',
            'email',
            'roles',
            'role',
            'status',
            'created_at',
            'updated_at',
        ];
    }
}

The Issue:

• The role attribute is derived from the getRoleAttribute function.
• The creator and updater attributes come from the HasUserStamps trait, which sets created_by and updated_by values and includes two BelongsTo relationships.
• After importing users into Meilisearch using:

php artisan scout:import "App\Models\User"

The users are successfully imported, but role, creator, and updater attributes appear as null.

Am I missing something? Why are these attributes not being indexed properly? Any insights would be appreciated!