SailsJs Querying Model Associations Workaround - using json attribute and find() 'contains'

Reports.js

module.exports = {

  attributes: {
    users : {
      type : 'json',
      defaultsTo : []
    }

  }
};

Users.js

module.exports = {

  attributes: {
    reports : {
      type : 'json',
      defaultsTo : []
    }

  }
};

UsersController.js

module.exports = {
  // get records where this user is listed in Report models
  findUserReportAssociations : function (req, res, next) {
    var user = req.param('user'); // userId
    
    Reports.find({ users : { 'contains' : user } }).exec(function(err, reportsWithUser) {
      res.send(reportsWithUser);
    });
  },
  
  
  
};