diff --git a/client/src/components/Grid/GridList.vue b/client/src/components/Grid/GridList.vue
index cb0402f8350f..acf7dd58d470 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Grid/GridList.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Grid/GridList.vue
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ watch(operationMessage, () => {
                             :value="rowData[fieldEntry.key]"
                             :disabled="fieldEntry.disabled"
                             @input="onTagInput(rowData, $event, fieldEntry.handler)"
-                            @tag-click="applyFilter('tag', $event)" />
+                            @tag-click="applyFilter('tag', $event, true)" />
                         <span v-else v-localize> Not available. </span>
                     </div>
                     <FontAwesomeIcon v-else icon="fa-shield-alt" />
diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowCard.vue b/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowCard.vue
index f82a13870038..70b52af65315 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowCard.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowCard.vue
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<Props>(), {
 const emit = defineEmits<{
     (e: "tagClick", tag: string): void;
     (e: "refreshList", overlayLoading?: boolean, b?: boolean): void;
+    (e: "update-filter", key: string, value: any): void;
 }>();
 
 const userStore = useUserStore();
@@ -126,7 +127,10 @@ async function onTagClick(tag: string) {
             <div>
                 <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center mb-1">
                     <div>
-                        <WorkflowIndicators :workflow="workflow" :published-view="publishedView" />
+                        <WorkflowIndicators
+                            :workflow="workflow"
+                            :published-view="publishedView"
+                            @update-filter="(k, v) => emit('update-filter', k, v)" />
 
                         <span class="workflow-name font-weight-bold">
                             {{ workflow.name }}
diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowIndicators.vue b/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowIndicators.vue
index 340361143de1..225295b91398 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowIndicators.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowIndicators.vue
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ interface Props {
 
 const props = defineProps<Props>();
 
+const emit = defineEmits<{
+    (e: "update-filter", key: string, value: any): void;
+}>();
+
 const router = useRouter();
 const userStore = useUserStore();
 
@@ -69,10 +73,12 @@ function onCopyLink() {
 
 function onViewMySharedByUser() {
     router.push(`/workflows/list_shared_with_me?owner=${props.workflow.owner}`);
+    emit("update-filter", "user", `'${props.workflow.owner}'`);
 }
 
 function onViewUserPublished() {
     router.push(`/workflows/list_published?owner=${props.workflow.owner}`);
+    emit("update-filter", "user", `'${props.workflow.owner}'`);
 }
 </script>
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowList.vue b/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowList.vue
index 865515ca4e86..9d8abcc2f7e1 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowList.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowList.vue
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ watch([filterText, sortBy, sortDesc, showBookmarked], async () => {
 
 onMounted(() => {
     if (router.currentRoute.query.owner) {
-        updateFilterValue("user", router.currentRoute.query.owner);
+        updateFilterValue("user", `'${router.currentRoute.query.owner}'`);
     }
     load();
 });
@@ -273,9 +273,9 @@ onMounted(() => {
                         >: {{ value }}
                     </li>
                 </ul>
-                <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="ui-link" @click="filterText = validatedFilterText()"
-                    >Remove invalid filters from query</a
-                >
+                <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="ui-link" @click="filterText = validatedFilterText()">
+                    Remove invalid filters from query
+                </a>
             </BAlert>
         </span>
 
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ onMounted(() => {
                 :grid-view="view === 'grid'"
                 :class="view === 'grid' ? 'grid-view' : 'list-view'"
                 @refreshList="load"
-                @tagClick="(tag) => updateFilterValue('tag', tag)" />
+                @tagClick="(tag) => updateFilterValue('tag', `'${tag}'`)"
+                @update-filter="updateFilterValue" />
 
             <BPagination
                 v-if="!loading && totalWorkflows > limit"
diff --git a/client/src/utils/filtering.ts b/client/src/utils/filtering.ts
index dd5f7247dc05..fa4d859978e0 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/filtering.ts
+++ b/client/src/utils/filtering.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export function toLowerNoQuotes<T>(value: T): string {
 
 /** Converts name tags starting with '#' to 'name:'
  * @param value
- * @returns Lowercase value with 'name:' replaced with '#'
+ * @returns String value with 'name:' replaced with '#'
  * */
 export function expandNameTag<T>(value: T): string {
     if (value && typeof value === "string") {
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export function expandNameTag<T>(value: T): string {
             value = value.replace(/^#/, "name:") as T;
         }
     }
-    return toLower(value);
+    return value as string;
 }
 
 /** Converts string alias to string operator, e.g.: 'gt' to '>'
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ export function compare<T>(attribute: string, variant: string, converter?: Conve
  * @param validAliases: Array of valid aliases for filters
  * @param quoteStrings: Whether to auto quote filter strings in the query
  * @param nameMatching: Whether to apply name filter for unspecified filterText
- *                      (e.g. filterText = 'foo' -> 'name:foo')
+ *                      (e.g. filterText = 'foo' -> 'name:foo').
+ *                      Typically, when this is false, we index every field in
+ *                      the backend for unspecified filterText.
  * @returns Filtering object
  * */
 export default class Filtering<T> {
@@ -588,11 +590,10 @@ export default class Filtering<T> {
             if (converter) {
                 if (
                     (converter == toBool && filterValue == "any") ||
-                    (!backendFormatted && /^(['"]).*\1$/.test(filterValue as string))
+                    (!backendFormatted && /^(['"]).*\1$/.test(filterValue as string)) ||
+                    (!backendFormatted && ([expandNameTag, toDate] as Converter<T>[]).includes(converter))
                 ) {
                     return filterValue;
-                } else if (!backendFormatted && ([expandNameTag, toDate] as Converter<T>[]).includes(converter)) {
-                    return toLower(filterValue) as T;
                 }
                 return converter(filterValue);
             } else {