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DB script for changing the model of mongoDB collection [duplicate]

In MongoDB, is it possible to update the value of a field using the value from another field? The equivalent SQL would be something like:
UPDATE Person SET Name = FirstName + ' ' + LastName
And the MongoDB pseudo-code would be:
db.person.update( {}, { $set : { name : firstName + ' ' + lastName } );

The best way to do this is in version 4.2+ which allows using the aggregation pipeline in the update document and the updateOne, updateMany, or update(deprecated in most if not all languages drivers) collection methods.
MongoDB 4.2+
Version 4.2 also introduced the $set pipeline stage operator, which is an alias for $addFields. I will use $set here as it maps with what we are trying to achieve.
db.collection.<update method>(
{},
[
{"$set": {"name": { "$concat": ["$firstName", " ", "$lastName"]}}}
]
)
Note that square brackets in the second argument to the method specify an aggregation pipeline instead of a plain update document because using a simple document will not work correctly.
MongoDB 3.4+
In 3.4+, you can use $addFields and the $out aggregation pipeline operators.
db.collection.aggregate(
[
{ "$addFields": {
"name": { "$concat": [ "$firstName", " ", "$lastName" ] }
}},
{ "$out": <output collection name> }
]
)
Note that this does not update your collection but instead replaces the existing collection or creates a new one. Also, for update operations that require "typecasting", you will need client-side processing, and depending on the operation, you may need to use the find() method instead of the .aggreate() method.
MongoDB 3.2 and 3.0
The way we do this is by $projecting our documents and using the $concat string aggregation operator to return the concatenated string.
You then iterate the cursor and use the $set update operator to add the new field to your documents using bulk operations for maximum efficiency.
Aggregation query:
var cursor = db.collection.aggregate([
{ "$project": {
"name": { "$concat": [ "$firstName", " ", "$lastName" ] }
}}
])
MongoDB 3.2 or newer
You need to use the bulkWrite method.
var requests = [];
cursor.forEach(document => {
requests.push( {
'updateOne': {
'filter': { '_id': document._id },
'update': { '$set': { 'name': document.name } }
}
});
if (requests.length === 500) {
//Execute per 500 operations and re-init
db.collection.bulkWrite(requests);
requests = [];
}
});
if(requests.length > 0) {
db.collection.bulkWrite(requests);
}
MongoDB 2.6 and 3.0
From this version, you need to use the now deprecated Bulk API and its associated methods.
var bulk = db.collection.initializeUnorderedBulkOp();
var count = 0;
cursor.snapshot().forEach(function(document) {
bulk.find({ '_id': document._id }).updateOne( {
'$set': { 'name': document.name }
});
count++;
if(count%500 === 0) {
// Excecute per 500 operations and re-init
bulk.execute();
bulk = db.collection.initializeUnorderedBulkOp();
}
})
// clean up queues
if(count > 0) {
bulk.execute();
}
MongoDB 2.4
cursor["result"].forEach(function(document) {
db.collection.update(
{ "_id": document._id },
{ "$set": { "name": document.name } }
);
})

You should iterate through. For your specific case:
db.person.find().snapshot().forEach(
function (elem) {
db.person.update(
{
_id: elem._id
},
{
$set: {
name: elem.firstname + ' ' + elem.lastname
}
}
);
}
);

Apparently there is a way to do this efficiently since MongoDB 3.4, see styvane's answer.
Obsolete answer below
You cannot refer to the document itself in an update (yet). You'll need to iterate through the documents and update each document using a function. See this answer for an example, or this one for server-side eval().

For a database with high activity, you may run into issues where your updates affect actively changing records and for this reason I recommend using snapshot()
db.person.find().snapshot().forEach( function (hombre) {
hombre.name = hombre.firstName + ' ' + hombre.lastName;
db.person.save(hombre);
});
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/method/cursor.snapshot/

Starting Mongo 4.2, db.collection.update() can accept an aggregation pipeline, finally allowing the update/creation of a field based on another field:
// { firstName: "Hello", lastName: "World" }
db.collection.updateMany(
{},
[{ $set: { name: { $concat: [ "$firstName", " ", "$lastName" ] } } }]
)
// { "firstName" : "Hello", "lastName" : "World", "name" : "Hello World" }
The first part {} is the match query, filtering which documents to update (in our case all documents).
The second part [{ $set: { name: { ... } }] is the update aggregation pipeline (note the squared brackets signifying the use of an aggregation pipeline). $set is a new aggregation operator and an alias of $addFields.

Regarding this answer, the snapshot function is deprecated in version 3.6, according to this update. So, on version 3.6 and above, it is possible to perform the operation this way:
db.person.find().forEach(
function (elem) {
db.person.update(
{
_id: elem._id
},
{
$set: {
name: elem.firstname + ' ' + elem.lastname
}
}
);
}
);

I tried the above solution but I found it unsuitable for large amounts of data. I then discovered the stream feature:
MongoClient.connect("...", function(err, db){
var c = db.collection('yourCollection');
var s = c.find({/* your query */}).stream();
s.on('data', function(doc){
c.update({_id: doc._id}, {$set: {name : doc.firstName + ' ' + doc.lastName}}, function(err, result) { /* result == true? */} }
});
s.on('end', function(){
// stream can end before all your updates do if you have a lot
})
})

update() method takes aggregation pipeline as parameter like
db.collection_name.update(
{
// Query
},
[
// Aggregation pipeline
{ "$set": { "id": "$_id" } }
],
{
// Options
"multi": true // false when a single doc has to be updated
}
)
The field can be set or unset with existing values using the aggregation pipeline.
Note: use $ with field name to specify the field which has to be read.

Here's what we came up with for copying one field to another for ~150_000 records. It took about 6 minutes, but is still significantly less resource intensive than it would have been to instantiate and iterate over the same number of ruby objects.
js_query = %({
$or : [
{
'settings.mobile_notifications' : { $exists : false },
'settings.mobile_admin_notifications' : { $exists : false }
}
]
})
js_for_each = %(function(user) {
if (!user.settings.hasOwnProperty('mobile_notifications')) {
user.settings.mobile_notifications = user.settings.email_notifications;
}
if (!user.settings.hasOwnProperty('mobile_admin_notifications')) {
user.settings.mobile_admin_notifications = user.settings.email_admin_notifications;
}
db.users.save(user);
})
js = "db.users.find(#{js_query}).forEach(#{js_for_each});"
Mongoid::Sessions.default.command('$eval' => js)

With MongoDB version 4.2+, updates are more flexible as it allows the use of aggregation pipeline in its update, updateOne and updateMany. You can now transform your documents using the aggregation operators then update without the need to explicity state the $set command (instead we use $replaceRoot: {newRoot: "$$ROOT"})
Here we use the aggregate query to extract the timestamp from MongoDB's ObjectID "_id" field and update the documents (I am not an expert in SQL but I think SQL does not provide any auto generated ObjectID that has timestamp to it, you would have to automatically create that date)
var collection = "person"
agg_query = [
{
"$addFields" : {
"_last_updated" : {
"$toDate" : "$_id"
}
}
},
{
$replaceRoot: {
newRoot: "$$ROOT"
}
}
]
db.getCollection(collection).updateMany({}, agg_query, {upsert: true})

(I would have posted this as a comment, but couldn't)
For anyone who lands here trying to update one field using another in the document with the c# driver...
I could not figure out how to use any of the UpdateXXX methods and their associated overloads since they take an UpdateDefinition as an argument.
// we want to set Prop1 to Prop2
class Foo { public string Prop1 { get; set; } public string Prop2 { get; set;} }
void Test()
{
var update = new UpdateDefinitionBuilder<Foo>();
update.Set(x => x.Prop1, <new value; no way to get a hold of the object that I can find>)
}
As a workaround, I found that you can use the RunCommand method on an IMongoDatabase (https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/command/update/#dbcmd.update).
var command = new BsonDocument
{
{ "update", "CollectionToUpdate" },
{ "updates", new BsonArray
{
new BsonDocument
{
// Any filter; here the check is if Prop1 does not exist
{ "q", new BsonDocument{ ["Prop1"] = new BsonDocument("$exists", false) }},
// set it to the value of Prop2
{ "u", new BsonArray { new BsonDocument { ["$set"] = new BsonDocument("Prop1", "$Prop2") }}},
{ "multi", true }
}
}
}
};
database.RunCommand<BsonDocument>(command);

MongoDB 4.2+ Golang
result, err := collection.UpdateMany(ctx, bson.M{},
mongo.Pipeline{
bson.D{{"$set",
bson.M{"name": bson.M{"$concat": []string{"$lastName", " ", "$firstName"}}}
}},
)

Aggregation using MongoDB java driver

I'm using MongoDB java driver 3.2.2 to do some aggregation operations, but I'm not sure if something could be achieved through it.
The original query in MongoDB is:
db.getCollection('report').aggregate({
$group: {
_id: "$company_id",
count: {
$sum: {
$cond: [{
$eq: ["$idcard.status", "normal"]
},0,1]
}
}
}
})
I have no idea of how to put the "$cond" as a parameter of "$sum" operator in Java driver in the code section below:
AggregateIterable<Document> res = col.aggregate(Arrays.asList(
group("$company_id",
sum("count", ...)
)));
I've searched the official document about this with no result, anyone has experience of doing this? Thanks.

For 3.x drivers
Using BsonDocument : Type Safe Version
BsonArray cond = new BsonArray();
BsonArray eq = new BsonArray();
eq.add(new BsonString("$idcard.status"));
eq.add(new BsonString("normal"));
cond.add(new BsonDocument("$eq", eq));
cond.add(new BsonInt64(0));
cond.add(new BsonInt64(1));
AggregateIterable<BsonDocument> aggregate = dbCollection.aggregate(Arrays.asList(
group("$company_id",
sum("count", new BsonDocument("$cond", cond))
)));
Using Document - Less Code but Not Type Safe
List cond = new ArrayList();
cond.add(new Document("$eq", Arrays.asList("$idcard.status", "normal")));
cond.add(0);
cond.add(1);
AggregateIterable<Document> aggregate = dbCollection.aggregate(Arrays.asList(
group("$company_id",
sum("count", new Document("$cond", cond))
)));

To use $cond in Java use ArrayList.
{ $cond: [ { $eq: ["$idcard.status", "normal"] },0,1]
// To Acheive this - [ "$idcard.status", "normal" ]
ArrayList eqArrayList = new ArrayList();
eqArrayList.add("$idcard.status");
eqArrayList.add("normal");
// To Acheive this - [ { $eq: [ "$idcard.status", "normal" ] } , 1, 0 ]
ArrayList condArray = new ArrayList();
condArray.add(new BasicDBObject("$eq", eqArrayList));
condArray.add(1);
condArray.add(0);
// Finally - { $cond: [ { $eq: ["$idcard.status", "normal" ] } , 1, 0 ] }
BasicDBObject fullCond = new BasicDBObject("$cond", condArray);
Also see: MongoDB aggregation condition translated to JAVA driver

How to filter data without repeat values in mongodb with java

I'm trying to get data from mongoDB without repeat values. I want to filter following data
{"page":"www.abc.com","impressions":1,"position":144}
{"page":"www.abc.com","impressions":1,"position":8}
{"page":"www.xyz.com","impressions":7,"position":4}
{"page":"www.pqr.com","impressions":1,"position":7}
{"page":"www.abc.com","impressions":1,"position":19}
to filter as following. any idea how should I do that ?
{"page":"www.xyz.com","impressions":7,"position":4}
{"page":"www.pqr.com","impressions":1,"position":7}

In java for mongodb java driver 3.0+ it could be:
public static void main(String[] args) {
try (MongoClient client = new MongoClient("127.0.0.1")) {
MongoCollection<Document> col = client.getDatabase("test").getCollection("test");
Document groupFields = new Document("_id", "$page");
groupFields.put("count", new Document("$sum", 1));
groupFields.put("impressions", new Document("$first", "$impressions"));
groupFields.put("position", new Document("$first", "$position"));
Document matchFields = new Document("count", 1);
Document projectFields = new Document("_id", 0);
projectFields.put("page", "$_id");
projectFields.put("impressions", 1);
projectFields.put("position", 1);
AggregateIterable<Document> output = col.aggregate(Arrays.asList(
new Document("$group", groupFields),
new Document("$match", matchFields),
new Document("$project", projectFields)
));
for (Document doc : output) {
System.out.println(doc);
}
}
}
Output for your db is:
Document{{impressions=1.0, position=7.0, page=www.pqr.com}}
Document{{impressions=7.0, position=4.0, page=www.xyz.com}}

You should be able to run an aggregation pipeline that groups the documents by the page field using the $group pipeline operator, get a count of the documents using the $sum operator and retain the other two fields using the $first (or $last) operator.
The preceding pipeline after the $group should be able to filter the grouped documents on the count field, i.e. filter out the duplicates from the result. Use the $match pipeline operator for such query.
A final cosmetic pipeline would involve the $project stage which reshapes each document in the stream, include, exclude or rename fields, inject computed fields, create sub-document fields, using mathematical expressions, dates, strings and/or logical (comparison, boolean, control) expressions.
Run this aggregation pipeline to get the desired result:
db.collection.aggregate([
{
"$group": {
"_id": "$page",
"count": { "$sum": 1 },
"impressions": { "$first": "$impressions" },
"position": { "$first": "$position" }
}
},
{ "$match": { "count": 1 } },
{
"$project": {
"_id": 0,
"page": "$_id",
"impressions": 1,
"position": 1
}
}
])

Case insensitive sorting in MongoDB

How can I sort a MongoDB collection by a given field, case-insensitively? By default, I get A-Z before a-z.

Update:
As of now mongodb have case insensitive indexes:
Users.find({})
.collation({locale: "en" })
.sort({name: 1})
.exec()
.then(...)
shell:
db.getCollection('users')
.find({})
.collation({'locale':'en'})
.sort({'firstName':1})
Update: This answer is out of date, 3.4 will have case insensitive indexes. Look to the JIRA for more information https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-90
Unfortunately MongoDB does not yet have case insensitive indexes: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-90 and the task has been pushed back.
This means the only way to sort case insensitive currently is to actually create a specific "lower cased" field, copying the value (lower cased of course) of the sort field in question and sorting on that instead.

Sorting does work like that in MongoDB but you can do this on the fly with aggregate:
Take the following data:
{ "field" : "BBB" }
{ "field" : "aaa" }
{ "field" : "AAA" }
So with the following statement:
db.collection.aggregate([
{ "$project": {
"field": 1,
"insensitive": { "$toLower": "$field" }
}},
{ "$sort": { "insensitive": 1 } }
])
Would produce results like:
{
"field" : "aaa",
"insensitive" : "aaa"
},
{
"field" : "AAA",
"insensitive" : "aaa"
},
{
"field" : "BBB",
"insensitive" : "bbb"
}
The actual order of insertion would be maintained for any values resulting in the same key when converted.

This has been an issue for quite a long time on MongoDB JIRA, but it is solved now. Take a look at this release notes for detailed documentation. You should use collation.
User.find()
.collation({locale: "en" }) //or whatever collation you want
.sort({name:1})
.exec(function(err, users) {
// use your case insensitive sorted results
});

Adding the code .collation({'locale':'en'}) helped to solve my issue.

As of now (mongodb 4), you can do the following:
mongo shell:
db.getCollection('users')
.find({})
.collation({'locale':'en'})
.sort({'firstName':1});
mongoose:
Users.find({})
.collation({locale: "en" })
.sort({name: 1})
.exec()
.then(...)
Here are supported languages and locales by mongodb.

In Mongoose:-
Customer.find()
.collation({locale: "en" })
.sort({comapany: 1})

Here it is in Java. I mixed no-args and first key-val variants of BasicDBObject just for variety
DBCollection coll = db.getCollection("foo");
List<DBObject> pipe = new ArrayList<DBObject>();
DBObject prjflds = new BasicDBObject();
prjflds.put("field", 1);
prjflds.put("insensitive", new BasicDBObject("$toLower", "$field"));
DBObject project = new BasicDBObject();
project.put("$project", prjflds);
pipe.add(project);
DBObject sort = new BasicDBObject();
sort.put("$sort", new BasicDBObject("insensitive", 1));
pipe.add(sort);
AggregationOutput agg = coll.aggregate(pipe);
for (DBObject result : agg.results()) {
System.out.println(result);
}

If you want to sort and return all data in a document, you can add document: "$$ROOT"
db.collection.aggregate([
{
$project: {
field: 1,
insensitive: { $toLower: "$field" },
document: "$$ROOT"
}
},
{ $sort: { insensitive: 1 } }
]).toArray()

Tried all the above and answers
Consolidating the result
Answer-1:
db.collection.aggregate([
{ "$project": {
"field": 1,
"insensitive": { "$toLower": "$field" }
}},
{ "$sort": { "insensitive": 1 } } ])
Aggregate query converts the field into lower, So performance is low for large data.
Answer-2:
db.collection.find({}).collation({locale: "en"}).sort({"name":1})
By default mongo follows uft-8 encoding(Z has high piriority then a) rules ,So overriding with language-specific rules.
Its fast compare to above query
Look into an official document to customize rules
https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/collation/

We solve this problem with the help of .sort function in JavaScript array
Here is the code
function foo() {
let results = collections.find({
_id: _id
}, {
fields: {
'username': 1,
}
}).fetch();
results.sort((a, b)=>{
var nameA = a.username.toUpperCase();
var nameB = b.username.toUpperCase();
if (nameA nameB) {
return 1;
}
return 0;
});
return results;
}

MongoDB/Java SDK: Query elements with a value in array

I am very new to MongoDB and its Java... SDK? Api? I have a very simple question, but I haven't been able to find a satisfactory answer.
Let's say I have a collection of instances that are like:
{
"_id": {
"$oid": "5156171e5d451c136236e738"
},
"_types": [
"Sample"
],
"last_z": {
"$date": "2012-12-30T09:12:12.250Z"
},
"last": {
"$date": "2012-12-30T04:12:12.250Z"
},
"section": "5156171e5d451c136236e70f",
"s_mac": "AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA",
"_cls": "Sample",
}
And I have a hard-coded Java list:
static List<String> MAC_LIST = Arrays.asList("90:27:E4:0E:3D:D2", "A8:26:D9:E6:1D:8B");
What I would like to know is how to query the MongoDB so it will give me all the objects whose s_mac field has a value that appears in the MAC_LIST List.
I'm guessing I should use the $in operator, but I don't know how to translate it to Java code.
Any hint or link to pages with explanations of the use of the $in operator through the Java SDK would be appreciated!

Here is a contrived example that works for me (driver version 2.10.1) - you can adjust the IP address and run it as is to check if you get the same outcome:
public void gss() throws Exception{
MongoClient mongo = new MongoClient("192.168.1.1");
DB db = mongo.getDB("test");
DBCollection collection = db.getCollection("stackoverflow");
DBObject o1 = new BasicDBObject();
o1.put("s_mac", "AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA");
o1.put("_cls", "Sample1");
DBObject o2 = new BasicDBObject();
o2.put("s_mac", "90:27:E4:0E:3D:D2");
o2.put("_cls", "Sample2");
DBObject o3 = new BasicDBObject();
o3.put("s_mac", "A8:26:D9:E6:1D:8B");
o3.put("_cls", "Sample3");
collection.insert(o1, o2, o3);
System.out.println(collection.find().count());
List<String> MAC_LIST = Arrays.asList("90:27:E4:0E:3D:D2", "A8:26:D9:E6:1D:8B");
System.out.println(collection.find(new BasicDBObject("s_mac", new BasicDBObject("$in", MAC_LIST))).count());
}
It inserts the following documents:
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5159ff98567e143bff0668e9"),
"s_mac" : "AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA",
"_cls" : "Sample1"
}
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5159ff98567e143bff0668ea"),
"s_mac" : "90:27:E4:0E:3D:D2",
"_cls" : "Sample2"
}
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5159ff98567e143bff0668eb"),
"s_mac" : "A8:26:D9:E6:1D:8B",
"_cls" : "Sample3"
}
A call to collection.find().count() returns 3 and a call to collection.find(new BasicDBObject("s_mac", new BasicDBObject("$in", MAC_LIST))).count() returns 2 which I think is what you expected.