diff --git a/awx/ui/src/components/Search/Search.js b/awx/ui/src/components/Search/Search.js
index f38f609e18..3cd1fac4a4 100644
--- a/awx/ui/src/components/Search/Search.js
+++ b/awx/ui/src/components/Search/Search.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import styled from 'styled-components';
 import { parseQueryString } from 'util/qs';
 import { QSConfig, SearchColumns } from 'types';
 import AdvancedSearch from './AdvancedSearch';
+import getChipsByKey from './getChipsByKey';
 
 const NoOptionDropdown = styled.div`
   align-self: stretch;
@@ -95,66 +96,11 @@ function Search({
     }
   };
 
-  const filterDefaultParams = (paramsArr, config) => {
-    const defaultParamsKeys = Object.keys(config.defaultParams || {});
-    return paramsArr.filter((key) => defaultParamsKeys.indexOf(key) === -1);
-  };
-
-  const getLabelFromValue = (value, colKey) => {
-    let label = value;
-    const currentSearchColumn = columns.find(({ key }) => key === colKey);
-    if (currentSearchColumn?.options?.length) {
-      [, label] = currentSearchColumn.options.find(
-        ([optVal]) => optVal === value
-      );
-    } else if (currentSearchColumn?.booleanLabels) {
-      label = currentSearchColumn.booleanLabels[value];
-    }
-    return (label || colKey).toString();
-  };
-
-  const getChipsByKey = () => {
-    const queryParams = parseQueryString(qsConfig, location.search);
-
-    const queryParamsByKey = {};
-    columns.forEach(({ name, key }) => {
-      queryParamsByKey[key] = { key, label: name, chips: [] };
-    });
-    const nonDefaultParams = filterDefaultParams(
-      Object.keys(queryParams || {}),
-      qsConfig
-    );
-
-    nonDefaultParams.forEach((key) => {
-      const columnKey = key;
-      const label = columns.filter(
-        ({ key: keyToCheck }) => columnKey === keyToCheck
-      ).length
-        ? `${
-            columns.find(({ key: keyToCheck }) => columnKey === keyToCheck).name
-          } (${key})`
-        : columnKey;
-
-      queryParamsByKey[columnKey] = { key, label, chips: [] };
-
-      if (Array.isArray(queryParams[key])) {
-        queryParams[key].forEach((val) =>
-          queryParamsByKey[columnKey].chips.push({
-            key: `${key}:${val}`,
-            node: getLabelFromValue(val, columnKey),
-          })
-        );
-      } else {
-        queryParamsByKey[columnKey].chips.push({
-          key: `${key}:${queryParams[key]}`,
-          node: getLabelFromValue(queryParams[key], columnKey),
-        });
-      }
-    });
-    return queryParamsByKey;
-  };
-
-  const chipsByKey = getChipsByKey();
+  const chipsByKey = getChipsByKey(
+    parseQueryString(qsConfig, location.search),
+    columns,
+    qsConfig
+  );
 
   const { name: searchColumnName } = columns.find(
     ({ key }) => key === searchKey
diff --git a/awx/ui/src/components/Search/getChipsByKey.js b/awx/ui/src/components/Search/getChipsByKey.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1fe025859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui/src/components/Search/getChipsByKey.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+function filterDefaultParams(paramsArr, config) {
+  const defaultParamsKeys = Object.keys(config.defaultParams || {});
+  return paramsArr.filter((key) => defaultParamsKeys.indexOf(key) === -1);
+}
+
+function getLabelFromValue(columns, value, colKey) {
+  let label = value;
+  const currentSearchColumn = columns.find(({ key }) => key === colKey);
+  if (currentSearchColumn?.options?.length) {
+    [, label] = currentSearchColumn.options.find(
+      ([optVal]) => optVal === value
+    );
+  } else if (currentSearchColumn?.booleanLabels) {
+    label = currentSearchColumn.booleanLabels[value];
+  }
+  return (label || colKey).toString();
+}
+
+export default function getChipsByKey(queryParams, columns, qsConfig) {
+  const queryParamsByKey = {};
+  columns.forEach(({ name, key }) => {
+    queryParamsByKey[key] = { key, label: `${name} (${key})`, chips: [] };
+  });
+  const nonDefaultParams = filterDefaultParams(
+    Object.keys(queryParams || {}),
+    qsConfig
+  );
+
+  nonDefaultParams.forEach((key) => {
+    const columnKey = key;
+    const label = columns.filter(
+      ({ key: keyToCheck }) => columnKey === keyToCheck
+    ).length
+      ? `${
+          columns.find(({ key: keyToCheck }) => columnKey === keyToCheck).name
+        } (${key})`
+      : columnKey;
+
+    queryParamsByKey[columnKey] = { key, label, chips: [] };
+
+    if (Array.isArray(queryParams[key])) {
+      queryParams[key].forEach((val) =>
+        queryParamsByKey[columnKey].chips.push({
+          key: `${key}:${val}`,
+          node: getLabelFromValue(columns, val, columnKey),
+        })
+      );
+    } else {
+      queryParamsByKey[columnKey].chips.push({
+        key: `${key}:${queryParams[key]}`,
+        node: getLabelFromValue(columns, queryParams[key], columnKey),
+      });
+    }
+  });
+  return queryParamsByKey;
+}
diff --git a/awx/ui/src/components/Search/getChipsByKey.test.js b/awx/ui/src/components/Search/getChipsByKey.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf53a2641c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui/src/components/Search/getChipsByKey.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import getChipsByKey from './getChipsByKey';
+
+describe('getChipsByKey', () => {
+  const qsConfig = {
+    namespace: 'job',
+    defaultParams: {
+      order_by: '-finished',
+      page: 1,
+      page_size: 20,
+    },
+    integerFields: ['id', 'page', 'page_size'],
+    dateFields: ['modified', 'created'],
+  };
+  const columns = [
+    { name: 'Name', key: 'name__icontains', isDefault: true },
+    { name: 'ID', key: 'id' },
+    {
+      name: 'Job Type',
+      key: 'or__type',
+      options: [
+        ['project_update', 'Source Control Update'],
+        ['inventory_update', 'Inventory Sync'],
+        ['job', 'Playbook Run'],
+        ['ad_hoc_command', 'Command'],
+        ['system_job', 'Management Job'],
+        ['workflow_job', 'Workflow Job'],
+      ],
+    },
+    { name: 'Limit', key: 'job__limit' },
+  ];
+  const defaultQueryParams = {
+    page: 1,
+    page_size: 20,
+    order_by: '-finished',
+  };
+
+  test('should get initial chips', () => {
+    expect(getChipsByKey(defaultQueryParams, columns, qsConfig)).toEqual({
+      id: {
+        key: 'id',
+        label: 'ID (id)',
+        chips: [],
+      },
+      job__limit: {
+        key: 'job__limit',
+        label: 'Limit (job__limit)',
+        chips: [],
+      },
+      name__icontains: {
+        key: 'name__icontains',
+        label: 'Name (name__icontains)',
+        chips: [],
+      },
+      or__type: {
+        key: 'or__type',
+        label: 'Job Type (or__type)',
+        chips: [],
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('should get chips from query string', () => {
+    const queryParams = {
+      page: 1,
+      page_size: 20,
+      order_by: '-finished',
+      name__icontains: 'job',
+    };
+
+    expect(getChipsByKey(queryParams, columns, qsConfig)).toEqual({
+      id: {
+        key: 'id',
+        label: 'ID (id)',
+        chips: [],
+      },
+      job__limit: {
+        key: 'job__limit',
+        label: 'Limit (job__limit)',
+        chips: [],
+      },
+      name__icontains: {
+        key: 'name__icontains',
+        label: 'Name (name__icontains)',
+        chips: [
+          {
+            key: 'name__icontains:job',
+            node: 'job',
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      or__type: {
+        key: 'or__type',
+        label: 'Job Type (or__type)',
+        chips: [],
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});