referencing in FromArray

[adrian-goe]

Hello, is it possible to use a reference to a FromArray?

If I see this correctly, only the type object is possible in the documentation.

This would be super helpful to link accounts with randomly generated data.

[feliixx]

Hi @adrian-goe, the documentation is a bit misleading, actually a the content of a "fromArray" can be anything: int, string, objectID...

for example, this is should work fine: ( mongoplayground.net/p/drVXEIX3whA )

[
  {
    "collection": "collection",
    "count": 10,
    "content": {
      "k": {
        "type": "fromArray",
        "in": [
          3,
          12,
          5363
        ]
      }
    }
  }
] 

What are you trying to achieve exactly ?

[adrian-goe]

I have 2 collections.
collection a withIch habe 2 Sammlungen
Sammlung a beinhaltet unteranderem diesen Teil:

"partnerId": {
        "type": "ref",
        "id": 1000,
        "refContent": {
          "type": "objectId"
        }
      },

And then have ic collection b with the login data to be associated with its partnerId.
But the whole thing is stored as an object:

"linkedPartner": {
        "type": "fromArray",
        "in": [
          {
            "confirmed": true,
            "partnerId": "5ddd5ef88c545922857cefa7"
          },

So what i want is something like this:

"linkedPartner": {
        "type": "fromArray",
        "in": [
          {
            "confirmed": true,
            "partnerId": {
               "type": "ref",
               "id": 1000
            },
          },

I use the fromArray here so that I can use the same login data as test data over and over again. But for the test data it doesn't matter which partnerId is linked there.
Maybe there is a better way.

[feliixx]

@adrian-goe maybe something like this : mongoplayground.net/p/XGi6544IH7S ?

[
  {
    "collection": "a",
    "count": 3,
    "content": {
      "partnerId": {
        "type": "ref",
        "id": 1,
        "refContent": {
          "type": "objectId"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "collection": "b",
    "count": 3,
    "content": {
      "linkedPartner": {
        "type": "object",
        "objectContent": {
          "partnerId": {
            "type": "ref",
            "id": 1
          },
          "confirmed": {
            "type": "boolean"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
]

[adrian-goe]

this will work, but its not beautiful for many users

[adrian-goe]

Never mind. I saw my mistake.

Thanks for the help :-)