Filter the sub array of an array by some criteria

Question

Hi have a document in the format :

{
   \"_id\":\"someId\",
   \"someArray\":[
      {
         \"subId\":1,
         \"subArray\":[
            {
                   


        

Answer 1

You just need a $filter inside a $map:

db.junk.aggregate([
  { "$project": {
    "someArray": {
      "$filter": {
        "input": {
          "$map": {
            "input": "$someArray",
             "as": "some",
             "in": {
               "subId": "$$some.subId",
               "subArray": {
                 "$filter": {
                   "input": "$$some.subArray",
                   "as": "sub",
                   "cond": { "$ne": [ "$$sub.filterMe", "YES" ] }
                 }
               }
             }
          }
        },
        "as": "some",
        "cond": { "$gt": [ { "$size": "$$some.subArray" }, 0 ] }
      }
    }
  }}
])

Produces:

{
        "_id" : "someId",
        "someArray" : [
                {
                        "subId" : 1,
                        "subArray" : [
                                {
                                        "field1" : "A",
                                        "filterMe" : "NO"
                                }
                        ]
                },
                {
                        "subId" : 2,
                        "subArray" : [
                                {
                                        "field1" : "D",
                                        "filterMe" : "NO"
                                }
                        ]
                }
        ]
}

I actually wrap that in an additional $filter to remove any someArray entries where the filtered subArray ended up being empty as a result. Mileage may vary on that being what you want to do.