Query for deeply nested array in mongodb - arrays

Question

How do I query a deeply nested docs like show in the below image.
Here columns is an array of unknown size. Each element in the column contains a record that is again an array. Each element of the record array contains an array called fields. Each entry in the field contains 2 keys called name and value.
I'm querying the name of the innermost array (in fields array). I couldn't go above level 1 order of nesting.
JSON doc of the above image
"data" : {
"columns" : [
{
"name" : "styleId",
"record" : [
{
"fname" : "column_mapping",
"_id" : ObjectId("5ba488c79dc6d62c90257752"),
"fields" : [
{
"name" : "column_mapping_form",
"value" : "styleId"
}
],
"rules" : [
[
]
]
}
]
},
{
"name" : "vendorArticleNumber",
"record" : [
{
"fname" : "column_mapping",
"_id" : ObjectId("5ba488c79dc6d62c90257753"),
"fields" : [
{
"name" : "column_mapping_form",
"value" : "vendorArticleNumber"
}
],
"rules" : [
[
]
]
}
]
},
{
"name" : "vendorArticleName",
"record" : [
{
"fname" : "column_mapping",
"_id" : ObjectId("5ba488c79dc6d62c90257754"),
"fields" : [
{
"name" : "column_mapping_form",
"value" : "vendorArticleName"
}
],
"rules" : [
[
]
]
}
]
}
}
What can be the solutions if such kind of heaving nesting is there?

Answer 1

db.collection.find("data.columns.record.fields.name" : "column_mapping_form")
will match all documents where there is at least one element of columns has at least one record with at least one field where name is "column_mapping_form".
https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/query-array-of-documents/ has very good explanation, examples, and interactive shell to play with.