How do I reference a schema inside another schema with Mongo, NodeJS, and Angular? - angularjs

Question

I'm building a MEANjs app and I have two schemas: user and a claim. I want to be able to reference user information from a claim.
Right now I can successfully access the display name in my view by using the expression {{vm.claim.user.displayName}}. How do I access the other properties of the embedded user schema?
For example, I'd like to be able to reference a user's firstName and lastName. Something like {{vm.claim.user.firstName}} doesn't yield any result in my view.
user.server.model.js
/**
* User Schema
*/
var UserSchema = new Schema({
firstName: {
type: String,
trim: true,
default: '',
validate: [validateLocalStrategyProperty, 'Please fill in your first name']
},
lastName: {
type: String,
trim: true,
default: '',
validate: [validateLocalStrategyProperty, 'Please fill in your last name']
},
displayName: {
type: String,
trim: true
}
});
mongoose.model('User', UserSchema);
claim.server.model.js
'use strict';
/**
* Module dependencies.
*/
var mongoose = require('mongoose'),
Schema = mongoose.Schema;
/**
* Claim Schema
*/
var ClaimSchema = new Schema({
description: {
type: String,
default: '',
required: 'Please fill Claim description',
trim: true
},
created: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now
},
user: {
type: Schema.Types.ObjectID,
ref: 'User'
}
});
mongoose.model('Claim', ClaimSchema);

Answer 1

If you want use User schema in Claim schema you can do it like this:
/**
* Module dependencies.
*/
var mongoose = require('mongoose'),
Schema = mongoose.Schema,
User = require('./../models/user'); //proper path here
var UserSchema = require('mongoose').model('User').schema;
/**
* Claim Schema
*/
var ClaimSchema = new Schema({
description: {
type: String,
default: '',
required: 'Please fill Claim description',
trim: true
},
created: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now
},
user: {
type: UserSchema,
ref: 'User'
}
});
mongoose.model('Claim', ClaimSchema);
and User schema needs export statement. Replace mongoose.model('User', UserSchema); with:
exports.UserSchema = UserSchema;
module.exports = mongoose.model('User', UserSchema);
Regarding problems with proper path in dependencies, './../models/user' should work for
├── server
| ├── models
| | └──user.server.model.js
| └── server.js