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MongoDB - Structure an array without using key field in Aggregration

I'm having an issue with making count for items returned from an array without assuming or using those fields in my aggregration.
Data structure looks like this:
[
{
"_id": "1",
"title": "Vanella Icream",
"contain": "sugar",
"details": [
{
"flavour": "Vanella"
},
{
"weight": "10KG"
},
{
"sugar": "15KG"
}
]
},
{
"_id": "2",
"title": "Pretzels",
"contain": "salt",
"details": [
{
"flavour": "Wheat"
},
{
"weight": "10KG"
},
{
"sugar": "15KG"
}
]
},
{
"_id": "3",
"title": "Rasmalai Icream",
"contain": "sugar",
"details": [
{
"flavour": "Vanella"
},
{
"weight": "15KG"
},
{
"sugar": "12KG"
}
]
},
{
"_id": "4",
"title": "Vanella Icream",
"contain": "sugar",
"details": [
{
"flavour": "Vanella"
},
{
"weight": "15KG"
},
{
"sugar": "12KG"
}
]
}
]
Output I want:
[
{
"details": {
"flavour": {
"Vanella": 3, //Number of times Vanella present in each document.
"Wheat": 1,
},
"weight": {
"10KG": 2,
"15KG": 2
},
"sugar": {
"12KG": 2,
"15KG": 2
}
}
}
]
Query:
db.collection.aggregate([
{
"$unwind": {
"path": "$details"
}
},
{
"$replaceRoot": {
"newRoot": {
"$mergeObjects": [
"$details",
"$$ROOT"
]
}
}
},
{
"$facet": {
"flavour": [
{
"$group": {
"_id": "$flavour",
"sum": {
"$sum": 1
}
}
},
{
"$addFields": {
"flavour": "$_id"
}
},
{
"$project": {
"_id": 0
}
}
],
"weight": [
{
"$group": {
"_id": "$weight",
"sum": {
"$sum": 1
}
}
},
{
"$addFields": {
"weight": "$_id"
}
},
{
"$project": {
"_id": 0
}
}
]
}
},
{
"$addFields": {
"flavour": {
"$reduce": {
"input": {
"$filter": {
"input": {
"$map": {
"input": "$flavour",
"as": "w",
"in": {
"$cond": [
{
"$ne": [
"$$w.flavour",
null
]
},
{
"$let": {
"vars": {
"o": [
[
"$$w.flavour",
"$$w.sum"
]
]
},
"in": {
"$arrayToObject": "$$o"
}
}
},
null
]
}
}
},
"as": "f",
"cond": {
"$ne": [
"$$f",
null
]
}
}
},
"initialValue": {},
"in": {
"$let": {
"vars": {
"d": "$$value",
"p": "$$this"
},
"in": {
"$mergeObjects": [
"$$d",
"$$p"
]
}
}
}
}
},
"weight": {
"$reduce": {
"input": {
"$filter": {
"input": {
"$map": {
"input": "$weight",
"as": "w",
"in": {
"$cond": [
{
"$ne": [
"$$w.weight",
null
]
},
{
"$let": {
"vars": {
"o": [
[
"$$w.weight",
"$$w.sum"
]
]
},
"in": {
"$arrayToObject": "$$o"
}
}
},
null
]
}
}
},
"as": "f",
"cond": {
"$ne": [
"$$f",
null
]
}
}
},
"initialValue": {},
"in": {
"$let": {
"vars": {
"d": "$$value",
"p": "$$this"
},
"in": {
"$mergeObjects": [
"$$d",
"$$p"
]
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
{
"$project": {
"details": "$$ROOT"
}
}
])
Here I'm trying to get the flavour and weight with their count, with manually adding those fields in $filter stage. I want to do it without assuming those keys. So, even if there is 20 items present in array details it will map those items and shows me output with their counts respectively.
I hope you guys understand.
Playground:https://mongoplayground.net/p/j1mzgWvcmvd

You need to change the schema, the thing you want to do is easy, and both those queries are so complicated and slow, even the second that is much smaller has 2 $unwind and 3 $group with 3 $arrayToObject and 8 stages total because of the schema and the schema of the answer.
Don't store data in the keys of the documents, people that are new to MongoDB do those, i was doing it also, but it makes all things harder.(i can't say like never do it but you dont need it here)
Your schema should be something like
{
"_id": "2",
"title": "Pretzels",
"contain": "salt",
"details": [
{
"type" : "flavour",
"value" : "Wheat"
},
{
"type" : "weight",
"value" : "10KG"
},
{
"type" : "sugar",
"value" : "15KG"
}
]
}
See this example
Converts your schema, to the new schema and produce the results you
want but without data in keys (the first part you wouldnt need it you would need only the bellow query if you had that schema from start)
Query with the new Schema (no data in keys)
[{"$unwind": { "path": "$details"}},
{"$replaceRoot": {"newRoot": "$details"}},
{
"$group": {
"_id": {
"type": "$type",
"value": "$value"
},
"sum": {"$sum": 1}
}
},
{
"$replaceRoot": {
"newRoot": {"$mergeObjects": ["$_id","$$ROOT"]}
}
},
{"$project": {"_id": 0}},
{
"$group": {
"_id": "$type",
"values": {
"$push": {
"value": "$value",
"sum": "$sum"
}
}
}
},
{"$addFields": {"type": "$_id"}},
{"$project": {"_id": 0}}
]
MongoDB operators are not made to support for data in keys or dynamic keys(uknown keys) (to do it you do complicated things like the above)
If you want to change your schema, either do it with update in the database,
Or take the documents to the application and do it with javascript, and re-insert.
Even if you solve this question in the next one, you will have again problems.

I'm the guy from Mongodb Forum:
Try this out https://mongoplayground.net/p/tfyfpIkHilQ

join object from another documnt with localfield key

i have a competition doc with field teams array of object with _id of team and a score doc with teamId field
competitions.teams = [{_id: 100,..}, {..}]
score.teamId = 100
when aggregatig score i want to group it to the competition teams but imm getting all team inside the group innstead of matching id
sample document https://mongoplayground.net/p/yJ34IBnnuf5
db.scores.aggregate([
{
"$match": {
"type": "league"
}
},
{
"$lookup": {
"from": "competitions",
"localField": "competitionId",
"foreignField": "_id",
"as": "comp"
}
},
{
"$unwind": {
"path": "$comp",
"preserveNullAndEmptyArrays": true
}
},
{
"$project": {
"comp.teams": 1,
"teamId": 1
}
},
{
"$group": {
"_id": "$teamId",
"results": {
"$push": "$comp.teams"
}
}
}
])
returns all team in group instead of matched teamid
{
"_id" : 100
"results" : [
{
"_id": 100,
"name": "team 1"
},
{
"_id": 101,
"name": "team 2"
}
]
}
{
"_id" 101
"results" : [
{
"_id": 100,
"name": "team 1"
},
{
"_id": 101,
"name": "team 2"
}
]
}
this is the result im trying to accomplish please guide me
{
"_id" : 100
"results" : [
{
"_id": 100,
"name": "team 1"
}
]
}
{
"_id" 101
"results" : [
{
"_id": 101,
"name": "team 2"
}
]
}
what should i do i've read the docs this seems to be the way?

Demo - https://mongoplayground.net/p/ETeroLftcZZ
You have to add $unwind: { "path": "$comp.teams" }
and after that group by { $group: { "_id": "$comp.teams._id" ... }
db.scores.aggregate([
{ $match: { "type": "league" } },
{ $lookup: { "from": "competitions", "localField": "competitionId", "foreignField": "_id", "as": "comp" } },
{ $unwind: { "path": "$comp", "preserveNullAndEmptyArrays": true } },
{ $unwind: { "path": "$comp.teams", "preserveNullAndEmptyArrays": true }},
{ $group: { "_id": "$comp.teams._id", "results": { $push: "$comp.teams" } } }
])
Demo with more data - https://mongoplayground.net/p/b41Ch5ge2Wp

Group Distinct Values and Counts for Each Property in One Query

I have a data in profile collection
[
{
name: "Harish",
gender: "Male",
caste: "Vokkaliga",
education: "B.E"
},
{
name: "Reshma",
gender: "Female",
caste: "Vokkaliga",
education: "B.E"
},
{
name: "Rangnath",
gender: "Male",
caste: "Lingayath",
education: "M.C.A"
},
{
name: "Lakshman",
gender: "Male",
caste: "Lingayath",
education: "B.Com"
},
{
name: "Reshma",
gender: "Female",
caste: "Lingayath",
education: "B.E"
}
]
here I need to calculate total Number of different gender, total number of different caste and total number of different education.
Expected o/p
{
gender: [{
name: "Male",
total: "3"
},
{
name: "Female",
total: "2"
}],
caste: [{
name: "Vokkaliga",
total: "2"
},
{
name: "Lingayath",
total: "3"
}],
education: [{
name: "B.E",
total: "3"
},
{
name: "M.C.A",
total: "1"
},
{
name: "B.Com",
total: "1"
}]
}
using mongodb aggregation how can I get the expected result.

There are different approaches depending on the version available, but they all essentially break down to transforming your document fields into separate documents in an "array", then "unwinding" that array with $unwind and doing successive $group stages in order to accumulate the output totals and arrays.
MongoDB 3.4.4 and above
Latest releases have special operators like $arrayToObject and $objectToArray which can make transfer to the initial "array" from the source document more dynamic than in earlier releases:
db.profile.aggregate([
{ "$project": {
"_id": 0,
"data": {
"$filter": {
"input": { "$objectToArray": "$$ROOT" },
"cond": { "$in": [ "$$this.k", ["gender","caste","education"] ] }
}
}
}},
{ "$unwind": "$data" },
{ "$group": {
"_id": "$data",
"total": { "$sum": 1 }
}},
{ "$group": {
"_id": "$_id.k",
"v": {
"$push": { "name": "$_id.v", "total": "$total" }
}
}},
{ "$group": {
"_id": null,
"data": { "$push": { "k": "$_id", "v": "$v" } }
}},
{ "$replaceRoot": {
"newRoot": {
"$arrayToObject": "$data"
}
}}
])
So using $objectToArray you make the initial document into an array of it's keys and values as "k" and "v" keys in the resulting array of objects. We apply $filter here in order to select by "key". Here using $in with a list of keys we want, but this could be more dynamically used as a list of keys to "exclude" where that was shorter. It's just using logical operators to evaluate the condition.
The end stage here uses $replaceRoot and since all our manipulation and "grouping" in between still keeps that "k" and "v" form, we then use $arrayToObject here to promote our "array of objects" in result to the "keys" of the top level document in output.
MongoDB 3.6 $mergeObjects
As an extra wrinkle here, MongoDB 3.6 includes $mergeObjects which can be used as an "accumulator" in a $group pipeline stage as well, thus replacing the $push and making the final $replaceRoot simply shifting the "data" key to the "root" of the returned document instead:
db.profile.aggregate([
{ "$project": {
"_id": 0,
"data": {
"$filter": {
"input": { "$objectToArray": "$$ROOT" },
"cond": { "$in": [ "$$this.k", ["gender","caste","education"] ] }
}
}
}},
{ "$unwind": "$data" },
{ "$group": { "_id": "$data", "total": { "$sum": 1 } }},
{ "$group": {
"_id": "$_id.k",
"v": {
"$push": { "name": "$_id.v", "total": "$total" }
}
}},
{ "$group": {
"_id": null,
"data": {
"$mergeObjects": {
"$arrayToObject": [
[{ "k": "$_id", "v": "$v" }]
]
}
}
}},
{ "$replaceRoot": { "newRoot": "$data" } }
])
This is not really that different to what is being demonstrated overall, but simply demonstrates how $mergeObjects can be used in this way and may be useful in cases where the grouping key was something different and we did not want that final "merge" to the root space of the object.
Note that the $arrayToObject is still needed to transform the "value" back into the name of the "key", but we just do it during the accumulation rather than after the grouping, since the new accumulation allows the "merge" of keys.
MongoDB 3.2
Taking it back a version or even if you have a MongoDB 3.4.x that is less than the 3.4.4 release, we can still use much of this but instead we deal with the creation of the array in a more static fashion, as well as handling the final "transform" on output differently due to the aggregation operators we don't have:
db.profile.aggregate([
{ "$project": {
"data": [
{ "k": "gender", "v": "$gender" },
{ "k": "caste", "v": "$caste" },
{ "k": "education", "v": "$education" }
]
}},
{ "$unwind": "$data" },
{ "$group": {
"_id": "$data",
"total": { "$sum": 1 }
}},
{ "$group": {
"_id": "$_id.k",
"v": {
"$push": { "name": "$_id.v", "total": "$total" }
}
}},
{ "$group": {
"_id": null,
"data": { "$push": { "k": "$_id", "v": "$v" } }
}},
/*
{ "$replaceRoot": {
"newRoot": {
"$arrayToObject": "$data"
}
}}
*/
]).map( d =>
d.data.map( e => ({ [e.k]: e.v }) )
.reduce((acc,curr) => Object.assign(acc,curr),{})
)
This is exactly the same thing, except instead of having a dynamic transform of the document into the array, we actually "explicitly" assign each array member with the same "k" and "v" notation. Really just keeping those key names for convention at this point since none of the aggregation operators here depend on that at all.
Also instead of using $replaceRoot, we just do exactly the same thing as what the previous pipeline stage implementation was doing there but in client code instead. All MongoDB drivers have some implementation of cursor.map() to enable "cursor transforms". Here with the shell we use the basic JavaScript functions of Array.map() and Array.reduce() to take that output and again promote the array content to being the keys of the top level document returned.
MongoDB 2.6
And falling back to MongoDB 2.6 to cover the versions in between, the only thing that changes here is the usage of $map and a $literal for input with the array declaration:
db.profile.aggregate([
{ "$project": {
"data": {
"$map": {
"input": { "$literal": ["gender","caste", "education"] },
"as": "k",
"in": {
"k": "$$k",
"v": {
"$cond": {
"if": { "$eq": [ "$$k", "gender" ] },
"then": "$gender",
"else": {
"$cond": {
"if": { "$eq": [ "$$k", "caste" ] },
"then": "$caste",
"else": "$education"
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}},
{ "$unwind": "$data" },
{ "$group": {
"_id": "$data",
"total": { "$sum": 1 }
}},
{ "$group": {
"_id": "$_id.k",
"v": {
"$push": { "name": "$_id.v", "total": "$total" }
}
}},
{ "$group": {
"_id": null,
"data": { "$push": { "k": "$_id", "v": "$v" } }
}},
/*
{ "$replaceRoot": {
"newRoot": {
"$arrayToObject": "$data"
}
}}
*/
])
.map( d =>
d.data.map( e => ({ [e.k]: e.v }) )
.reduce((acc,curr) => Object.assign(acc,curr),{})
)
Since the basic idea here is to "iterate" a provided array of the field names, the actual assignment of values comes by "nesting" the $cond statements. For three possible outcomes this means only a single nesting in order to "branch" for each outcome.
Modern MongoDB from 3.4 have $switch which makes this branching simpler, yet this demonstrates the logic was always possible and the $cond operator has been around since the aggregation framework was introduced in MongoDB 2.2.
Again, the same transformation on the cursor result applies as there is nothing new there and most programming languages have the ability to do this for years, if not from inception.
Of course the basic process can even be done way back to MongoDB 2.2, but just applying the array creation and $unwind in a different way. But no-one should be running any MongoDB under 2.8 at this point in time, and official support even from 3.0 is even fast running out.
Output
For visualization, the output of all demonstrated pipelines here has the following form before the last "transform" is done:
/* 1 */
{
"_id" : null,
"data" : [
{
"k" : "gender",
"v" : [
{
"name" : "Male",
"total" : 3.0
},
{
"name" : "Female",
"total" : 2.0
}
]
},
{
"k" : "education",
"v" : [
{
"name" : "M.C.A",
"total" : 1.0
},
{
"name" : "B.E",
"total" : 3.0
},
{
"name" : "B.Com",
"total" : 1.0
}
]
},
{
"k" : "caste",
"v" : [
{
"name" : "Lingayath",
"total" : 3.0
},
{
"name" : "Vokkaliga",
"total" : 2.0
}
]
}
]
}
And then either by the $replaceRoot or the cursor transform as demonstrated the result becomes:
/* 1 */
{
"gender" : [
{
"name" : "Male",
"total" : 3.0
},
{
"name" : "Female",
"total" : 2.0
}
],
"education" : [
{
"name" : "M.C.A",
"total" : 1.0
},
{
"name" : "B.E",
"total" : 3.0
},
{
"name" : "B.Com",
"total" : 1.0
}
],
"caste" : [
{
"name" : "Lingayath",
"total" : 3.0
},
{
"name" : "Vokkaliga",
"total" : 2.0
}
]
}
So whilst we can put some new and fancy operators into the aggregation pipeline where we have those available, the most common use case is in these "end of pipeline transforms" in which case we may as well simply do the same transformation on each document in the cursor results returned instead.

How can I put null values to separate field and others to different to field in MongoDB aggregation?

I have the following document in my collection.
{
"_id" : ObjectId("55961a28bffebcb8058b4570"),
"title" : "BackOffice 2",
"cts" : NumberLong(1435900456),
"todo_items" : [
{
"id" : "55961a42bffebcb7058b4570",
"task_desc" : "test 1",
"completed_by" : "557fccb5bffebcf7048b457c",
"completed_date" : NumberLong(1436161096)
},
{
"id" : "559639afbffebcc7098b45a6",
"task_desc" : "test 2",
"completed_by" : "557fccb5bffebcf7048b457c",
"completed_date" : NumberLong(1435911809)
},
{
"id" : "559a22f5bffebcb0048b476c",
"task_desc" : "test 3",
}
],
"uts" : NumberLong(1436164853)
}
I need an aggregation query to perform following, if there is field "completed_by" and "completed_date" and if there is a value which is not null push in to the "completed" array field, otherwise push them into the "incomplete" field.
Following is a sample result I want.
{
"_id" : ObjectId("55961a28bffebcb8058b4570"),
"completed" : [
{
"id":"557fccb5bffebcf7048b457c",
"title":"test 1",
"completed_by" : "557fccb5bffebcf7048b457c",
"completed_date" : NumberLong(1436161096)
},
{
"id":"557fccb5bffebcf7048b457c",
"title":"test 1",
"completed_by" : "557fccb5bffebcf7048b457c",
"completed_date" : NumberLong(1436161096)
}
],
"incomplete":[
{
"id" : "559a22f5bffebcb0048b476c",
"title" : "test 3"
}
]
}

As long as your "array" items have "distinct" identifiers ( which they have ) there are a couple of approaches to this;
Firstly, without actually "aggregating accross documents":
db.collection.aggregate([
{ "$project": {
"title": 1,
"cts": 1,
"completed": { "$setDifference": [
{ "$map": {
"input": "$todo_items",
"as": "i",
"in": {
"$cond": [
"$$i.completed_date",
"$$i",
false
]
}
}},
[false]
]},
"incomplete": { "$setDifference": [
{ "$map": {
"input": "$todo_items",
"as": "i",
"in": {
"$cond": [
"$$i.completed_date",
false,
"$$i"
]
}
}},
[false]
]}
}}
])
That requires that you at least have MongoDB 2.6 available on the server in order to use the required $map and $setDifference operators. It's pretty fast considering that all the work is done in a single $project stage.
The alternative, which you should only use when "aggregating across documents", is available to all versions supporting the aggregation framework post MongoDB 2.2:
db.collection.aggregate([
{ "$unwind": "$todo_items" },
{ "$group": {
"_id": "$_id",
"title": { "$first": "$title" },
"cts": { "$first": "$cts" },
"completed": {
"$addToSet": {
"$cond": [
"$todo_items.completed_date",
"$todo_items",
null
]
}
},
"incomplete": {
"$addToSet": {
"$cond": [
"$todo_items.completed_date",
null,
"$todo_items",
]
}
}
}},
{ "$unwind": "$completed" },
{ "$match": { "completed": { "$ne": null } } },
{ "$group": {
"_id": "$_id",
"title": { "$first": "$title" },
"cts": { "$first": "$cts" },
"completed": { "$push": "$completed" },
"incomplete": { "$first": "$incomplete" }
}}
{ "$unwind": "$incomplete" },
{ "$match": { "incomplete": { "$ne": null } } },
{ "$group": {
"_id": "$_id",
"title": { "$first": "$title" },
"cts": { "$first": "$cts" },
"completed": { "$first": "$completed" },
"incomplete": { "$push": "$incomplete" }
}}
])
Which isn't entirely all there since you need to cater for conditions where an array may end up empty. But that is not the real lesson here since MongoDB 2.6 is already a couple of years in circulation.
In aggregation, you cannot really exclude the "null/false" results, but you can "filter" them.
Also, unless you are actually "aggregating accross documents" as mentioned already, then the second form with $unwind to process the arrays comes with a "lot" of overhead. So you really should be altering the array contents in your client code as each document is read.

Can you please check the below :
db.collection.aggregate([
{$unwind : "$todo_items"},
{$group: {_id : "$_id" , completed : {{$cond :
{
if : { $and : [ {"todo_items.completed_by" : {$exists: true, $ne : null }},
{"todo_items.completed_date" : {$exists : true, $ne : null}} ] } },
then : {$push : {"old_completed" : "$todo_items"}},
else: {$push : {"old_incompleted" : "$todo_items"}}
} } } },
{$project: {_id : "$_id", completed : "$completed.old_completed" ,
incompleted : "$completed.old_incompleted"}}
]);

Correct Mongoose Syntax to Query messages that user1 archived?

Is this the correct query for finding all docs that user1 received where archived = true for user1?
var query = {
"to.username": user1,
"to.section.archive": true
};
Models.Message.find( query ).sort([['to.updated','descending']]).exec(function (err, messages) {
A sample embedded 'To' array of a messages Schema looks like this:
"to" : [
{
"user" : ObjectId("53b96c735f4a3902008aa019"),
"username" : "user1",
"updated" : ISODate("2014-07-08T06:23:43.000Z"),
"_id" : ObjectId("53bb8e6f1e2e72fd04009dad"),
"section" : {
"in" : true,
"out" : false,
"archive" : true
}
}
]
The query should only return the doc above (user1 and archive is true)..not this next doc (archive is true, but not user1):
"to" : [
{
"user" : ObjectId("53b96c735f4a3902008aa019"),
"username" : "user2",
"updated" : ISODate("2014-07-08T06:24:42.000Z"),
"_id" : ObjectId("53bb8e6f1e2e72fd04009dad"),
"section" : {
"in" : true,
"out" : false,
"archive" : true
}
}
]

You want the $elemMatch operator to select the element that has both conditions and the positional $ operator for projection:
Models.Message.find(
{
"to": {
"$elemMatch": {
"username": "user2",
"section.archive": true
}
}
},
{ "created": 1, "message": 1, "to.$": 1 }
).sort([['to.updated','descending']]).exec(function (err, messages) {
});
Please note that this only works in matching the "first" element for projection. Also you want to "sort" on the value of the matching array element, and you cannot do that with .find() and the .sort() modifier.
If you want more than one match in the array then you need to use the aggregate method. This does more complex "filtering" and "projection" than is possible otherwise:
Models.Message.aggregate([
// Match documents
{ "$match": {
"to": {
"$elemMatch": {
"username": "user2",
"section.archive": true
}
}
}},
// Unwind to de-normalize
{ "$unwind": "$to" },
// Match the array elements
{ "$match": {
"to.username": "user2",
"to.section.archive": true
}},
// Group back to the original document
{ "$group": {
"_id": "$_id",
"created": { "$first": "$created" },
"message": { "$first": "$message" },
"to": { "$push": "$to" }
}}
// Sort the results "correctly"
{ "$sort": { "to.updated": -1 } }
],function(err,messages) {
});
Or you can avoid using $unwind and $group by applying some logic with the $map operator in MongoDB 2.6 or greater. Just watching that your array contents are "truly" unique as $setDifference is applied to the resulting "filtered" array:
Models.Message.aggregate([
{ "$match": {
"to": {
"$elemMatch": {
"username": "user2",
"section.archive": true
}
}
}},
{ "$project": {
"created": 1,
"message": 1,
"_id": 1,
"to": {
"$setDifference": [
{
"$map": {
"input": "$to",
"as": "el",
"in": {
"$cond": [
{
"$and": [
{ "$eq": [ "$$el.username", "user2" ] },
"$$el.section.archive"
]
},
"$$el",
false
]
}
}
},
[false]
]
}
}},
{ "$sort": { "to.updated": -1 } }
],function(err,messages) {
});
Or even using $redact:
Models.Messages.aggregate([
{ "$match": {
"to": {
"$elemMatch": {
"username": "user2",
"section.archive": true
}
}
}},
{ "$redact": {
"$cond": {
"if": {
"$and": [
{ "$eq": [
{ "$ifNull": [ "$username", "user2" ] },
"user2"
] },
{ "$ifNull": [ "$section.archive", true ] }
]
},
"then": "$$DESCEND",
"else": "$$PRUNE"
}
}},
{ "$sort": { "to.updated": -1 } }
],function(err,messages) {
});
But be careful as $redact operates over all levels of the document, so your result might be unexpected.
Likely your "to" array actually only has single entries that will match though, so generally the standard projection should be fine. But here is how you do "multiple" matches in an array element with MongoDB.