Is it possible to rename _id field after mongo's group aggregation?

Question

I have a query like this (simplified):

db.report.aggregate([{
        $match: {
            main_id: ObjectId(\"58f0f67f50c6af16709fd2c7\")
        }
    },          


        

Answer 1

From mongo v3.4 you could use $addFields in conjunction with $project to avoid to write all the fields in $project that could be very tedious.

This happen in $project because if you include specifically a field, the other fields will be automatically excluded.

Example:

{ 
  $addFields: { my_new_id_name: "$_id" }
},
{
  $project: { _id: 0 }
}

Answer 2

if you are using find method you can't do this, but if you using aggregation it is very easy like this:

db.collectionName.aggregate([
    {
        $project: {
            newName: "$existingKeyName"
        }
    }
]);

Answer 3

You can achieve this by adding a $project stage at the end of your pipeline like this :

{ $project: {  
      _id: 0,
      name: "$_id",
      count: 1,
      sum: 1
   }
}

try it online: mongoplayground.net/p/QpVyh-0I-bP

Answer 4

 db.report.aggregate(   
{     
$group: {_id: '$name'} 
},
{
$project:{
  name:"$_id",
 _id:false} }
 )