Join collection with array object field with another collection in MongoDB - arrays

Question

I'm working in MongoDB and getting stuck at one aggregation case. Let me show you my collection.
First collection (data):
[
{
"_id": "8e7b3fa0-4230-448c-8f70-1d7300632834",
"data": [
{
"animal" : "7d44251a-b308-4deb-875a-33ef0a69fe2b",
"place": "Chennai"
},
{
"animal" : "fcfdd527-5885-48b0-a91f-03f72f78528f",
"place": "Kolkata"
}
]
}
]
Second collection (Animal):
[
{
"_id": "7d44251a-b308-4deb-875a-33ef0a69fe2b",
"name": "Dog"
},
{
"_id": "7d44251a-b308-4deb-875a-33ef0a69fe2b",
"name": "Cat"
}
]
I'm using this query:
db.data.aggregate([
{
"$lookup": {
"from": "animal",
"localField": "data.animal",
"foreignField": "_id",
"as": "doc"
}
},
{
"$unwind": "$doc"
},
{
"$project": {
"_id": 1,
"data.animal": "$doc.name",
"data.place": 1
}
}
])
and it result me this
[
{
"_id": "8e7b3fa0-4230-448c-8f70-1d7300632834",
"data": [
{
"animal": "Dog",
"place": "Chennai"
},
{
"animal": "Dog",
"place": "Kolkata"
}
]
},
{
"_id": "8e7b3fa0-4230-448c-8f70-1d7300632834",
"data": [
{
"animal": "Cat",
"place": "Chennai"
},
{
"animal": "Cat",
"place": "Kolkata"
}
]
}
]
Where I'm expecting like this
[
{
"_id": "8e7b3fa0-4230-448c-8f70-1d7300632834",
"data": [
{
"animal": "Dog",
"place": "Chennai"
},
{
"animal": "Cat",
"place": "Kolkata"
}
]
}
]
Mongo Playground
Also sharing this question in Mongo playgroud. Thanks in advance!!

Answer 1

Solution 1
$unset - Deconstruct the data array into multiple documents.
$lookup - Perform join with animal collection.
$project - Decorate the output document. For data.animal field, get the first value via $first.
$group - Group by _id. Push the data document into the data array.
db.data.aggregate([
{
"$unwind": "$data"
},
{
"$lookup": {
"from": "animal",
"localField": "data.animal",
"foreignField": "_id",
"as": "doc"
}
},
{
"$project": {
"_id": 1,
"data.animal": {
$first: "$doc.name"
},
"data.place": 1
}
},
{
$group: {
_id: "$_id",
data: {
$push: "$data"
}
}
}
])
Demo Solution 1 # Mongo Playground
Solution 2
$lookup
$set - Set data field.
2.1. $map - Iterate the data array and returns a new array.
2.1.1. $mergeObjects - Merge current iterated document with place field and the document from 2.1.1.1.
2.1.1.1. $first - Get the first document from the filtered doc arrays by matching the ids via $filter.
$unset - Remove _id and animals._id fields.
db.data.aggregate([
{
"$lookup": {
"from": "animal",
"localField": "data.animal",
"foreignField": "_id",
"as": "doc"
}
},
{
$set: {
data: {
$map: {
input: "$data",
as: "data",
in: {
$mergeObjects: [
{
place: "$$data.place"
},
{
$first: {
$filter: {
input: "$doc",
cond: {
$eq: [
"$$this._id",
"$$data.animal"
]
}
}
}
}
]
}
}
}
}
},
{
$unset: [
"doc",
"data._id"
]
}
])
Demo Solution 2 # Mongo Playground