Function Within Subquery Can't Access $loop_object

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I added a function into my functions.php file. The function successfully echos to a heading element. When I try to insert a value into a subquery in the query editor, the function cannot access the loop object.

Functions.php

function get_custom_loop_object_column_value( $column_name ) {
    $loop_object = \Bricks\Query::get_loop_object();
	
    #if ( ! $loop_object ) return false;
	if ( ! $loop_object ) return "! $loop_object";
	
    #if ( ! is_array( $loop_object ) ) return false;
	if ( ! is_array( $loop_object ) ) return "! is_array( $loop_object )";
	
    #if ( ! array_key_exists( $column_name, $loop_object ) ) return false;
	if ( ! array_key_exists( $column_name, $loop_object ) ) return "! array_key_exists( $column_name, $loop_object )";
	
	return $loop_object[$column_name];
}

Query Editor

$year = intval("{echo:get_custom_loop_object_column_value(year)}");
error_log( "int year is " . $year );

return [
  'post_type' => 'minutes',
  'date_query' => array(
  	array('year' => $year)
   )
];

Any suggestions?
THANKS!