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From: Kibana Machine <42973632+kibanamachine@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:34:51 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] [8.x] [Lens] escape backslash characters in the formula input
 (#196171) (#196237)

# Backport

This will backport the following commits from `main` to `8.x`:
- [[Lens] escape backslash characters in the formula input
(#196171)](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/196171)

<!--- Backport version: 9.4.3 -->

### Questions ?
Please refer to the [Backport tool
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Co-authored-by: Marta Bondyra <4283304+mbondyra@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../form_based/operations/definitions/formula/generate.ts       | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/generate.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/generate.ts
index a2f94fb437062..b13c3ff261207 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/generate.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/datasources/form_based/operations/definitions/formula/generate.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export function generateFormula(
     }
     previousFormula +=
       (previousColumn.filter.language === 'kuery' ? 'kql=' : 'lucene=') +
-      `'${previousColumn.filter.query.replace(/'/g, `\\'`)}'`; // replace all
+      `'${previousColumn.filter.query.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\').replace(/'/g, `\\'`)}'`; // replace all
   }
   if (previousColumn.timeShift) {
     if (