How to Create a nested index in MongoDB?

Question

A. How do I index "nested" and all of it's values?

B. How do I index valuetwo?

{
    id: 00000,
    attrs: {
        nested:{
            value: value1,
            valuetwo: value2,
        }
    }
}

I've looked here: http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Indexes, and the docs to my knowledge, aren't clear about indexing things that aren't nested.

Answer 1

A. to index all the properties in "nested" you will have to index them separately:

db.collection.createIndex({"attrs.nested.value": 1});
db.collection.createIndex({"attrs.nested.valuetwo": 1});

This can be done in one command with:

db.collection.createIndex({"attrs.nested.value": 1, "attrs.nested.valuetwo": 1});

B. to index just "valuetwo":

db.collection.createIndex({"attrs.nested.valuetwo": 1})

Use createIndex over ensureIndex as ensureIndex is Deprecated since version 3.0.0

Answer 2

MongoDB automatically creates a multikey index if any indexed field is an array; you do not need to explicitly specify the multikey type.

This will work for both the scenario's db.coll.createIndex( { "addr.pin": 1 } )

Scenario 1 nested OBJECTS

{
 userid:"1234",
 addr: {
        pin:"455522"
    }
},
{
 userid:"1234",
 addr: {
        pin:"777777"
    }
}

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Scenario 2 nested Arrays

{
 userid:"1234",
 addr: [
    pin:"455522",
    pin:"777777",
 ]
}

https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/core/index-multikey/

Answer 3

You'd create them just as if you were creating an index on a top level field:

db.collection.ensureIndex({"attrs.nested.value": 1})

You do need to explicitly create indexes on each field.