[Bug]: groupBy doesn't work when an alias is defined for a field

What happened?

Given this table in a SQL Server database:

CREATE TABLE dbo.Products
(
    id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
    name NVARCHAR(1000) NOT NULL,
    price DECIMAL(10, 2) NOT NULL,
    category NVARCHAR(1000) NOT NULL
)

insert into dbo.Products(id, name, price, category) values(1, 'Milk',  1.99, 'milk');
insert into dbo.Products(id, name, price, category) values(2, 'Apple', 2.39, 'fruit');
insert into dbo.Products(id, name, price, category) values(3, 'Kiwi', 2.99, 'fruit');
insert into dbo.Products(id, name, price, category) values(4, 'Onions', 1.29, 'vegetable');

And this entities definition in dab-config.json, first without an alias:

"entities": {
    "Products": {
      "source": {
        "object": "dbo.Products",
        "type": "table"
      },
      "graphql": {
        "enabled": true,
        "type": {
          "singular": "Products",
          "plural": "Products"
        }
      },
      "permissions": [
        {
          "role": "anonymous",
          "actions": [
            {
              "action": "*"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }

If i run this query:

query Products {
    products {
        groupBy(fields: [category]) {
            fields {
                category
            }
            aggregations {
                sum(field: price)
            }
        }
    }
}

I get this result, the sum of prices grouped by category, as expected:

{
  "data": {
    "products": {
      "groupBy": [
        {
          "fields": {
            "category": "fruit"
          },
          "aggregations": {
            "sum": 5.38
          }
        },
        {
          "fields": {
            "category": "milk"
          },
          "aggregations": {
            "sum": 1.99
          }
        },
        {
          "fields": {
            "category": "vegetable"
          },
          "aggregations": {
            "sum": 1.29
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Everything good so far. But now i want to add an alias for the category column to cat. Therefore i add a fields definition like this:

"entities": {
    "Products": {
      "source": {
        "object": "dbo.Products",
        "type": "table"
      },
      "graphql": {
        "enabled": true,
        "type": {
          "singular": "Products",
          "plural": "Products"
        }
      },
      "fields": [
        {
          "name": "category",
          "alias": "cat"
        }
      ],
      "permissions": [
        {
          "role": "anonymous",
          "actions": [
            {
              "action": "*"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }

When i now try to run the modified query:

query Products {
    products {
        groupBy(fields: [cat]) {
            fields {
                cat
            }
            aggregations {
                sum(field: price)
            }
        }
    }
}

... I get this error:

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "Invalid column name 'cat'.",
      "path": [
        "products"
      ],
      "extensions": {
        "code": "DatabaseOperationFailed"
      }
    }
  ],
  "data": null
}

I also doesn't work if i use the original column name category.
I tested with CLI tool (dab) and docker containers with version 1.7.93 and 2.0.8. Same error every time.

Version

1.7.93, 2.0.8

What database are you using?

Azure SQL

What hosting model are you using?

Container Apps

Which API approach are you accessing DAB through?

GraphQL

Relevant log output

dab-1  | dbug: Azure.DataApiBuilder.Core.Resolvers.IQueryExecutor[0]
dab-1  |       40228e5f-f4f8-42aa-8e68-afbe9a5ba9fe Executing query: SELECT TOP 100 [table0].[cat] AS [category] ,sum([table0].[price])  AS [sum] FROM [dbo].[Products] AS [table0] WHERE 1 = 1 GROUP BY [table0].[category] FOR JSON PATH, INCLUDE_NULL_VALUES
dab-1  | fail: Azure.DataApiBuilder.Core.Resolvers.IQueryExecutor[0]
dab-1  |       40228e5f-f4f8-42aa-8e68-afbe9a5ba9fe Query execution error due to:
dab-1  |       Invalid column name 'cat'.
dab-1  |       Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Invalid column name 'cat'.
dab-1  |          at Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.<>c.<ExecuteDbDataReaderAsync>b__195_0(Task`1 result)
dab-1  |          at System.Threading.Tasks.ContinuationResultTaskFromResultTask`2.InnerInvoke()
dab-1  |          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
dab-1  |       --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
dab-1  |          at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
dab-1  |          at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ExecuteWithThreadLocal(Task& currentTaskSlot, Thread threadPoolThread)
dab-1  |       --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
dab-1  |          at Azure.DataApiBuilder.Core.Resolvers.QueryExecutor`1.ExecuteQueryAgainstDbAsync[TResult](TConnection conn, String sqltext, IDictionary`2 parameters, Func`3 dataReaderHandler, HttpContext httpContext, String dataSourceName, List`1 args) in /_/src/Core/Resolvers/QueryExecutor.cs:line 296

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