Exists filter not working

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1

Hi guys

My exists filter is not working for the array stucture. The query is as
follows:

{
"query": {
"filtered": {
"query": {
"term": {
"subtype": {
"value": "izapregistereduser",
"boost": 1
}
}
},
"filter": {
"exists": {
"field": "posts"
}
}
}
}
}
Here the posts is a nested array stucture,but if i run the following query,
its giving the results:

{
"query": {
"filtered": {
"query": {
"term": {
"subtype": {
"value": "izapregistereduser",
"boost": 1
}
}
},
"filter": {
"exists": {
"field": "guid"
}
}
}
}
}

Here the guid can be a numeric or string value

Can anyone tell me the reason and solution plz???

2

What si posts? Is it an actual field that gets indexed? Can you gist an example of the data you index?

On Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Narinder Kaur wrote:

Hi guys

My exists filter is not working for the array stucture. The query is as follows:

{
"query": {
"filtered": {
"query": {
"term": {
"subtype": {
"value": "izapregistereduser",
"boost": 1
}
}
},
"filter": {
"exists": {
"field": "posts"
}
}
}
}
}
Here the posts is a nested array stucture,but if i run the following query, its giving the results:

{
"query": {
"filtered": {
"query": {
"term": {
"subtype": {
"value": "izapregistereduser",
"boost": 1
}
}
},
"filter": {
"exists": {
"field": "guid"
}
}
}
}
}

Here the guid can be a numeric or string value

Can anyone tell me the reason and solution plz???

3 
       Its an nested array structure, that has some ids and related

attributes to those ids. and I wanted to get only those documents which has
this posts or non-empty posts . You can have an idea about its structure
from the following example.

posts: [

{
    id: 195098
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    pushed_owner_guid: 57
    relations: null
}
{
    id: 195097
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    relations: [
        friend_of
        all
    ]
}
{
    id: 195096
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    relations: [
        friend_of
        all
    ]
}
{
    id: 195095
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195084
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195083
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195082
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195072
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195071
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195070
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195069
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    relations: [
        friend_of
        all
    ]
}
{
    id: 195059
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    pushed_owner_guid: 57
    relations: null
}
{
    id: null
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    pushed_owner_guid: 57
    relations: null
}
{
    id: null
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    pushed_owner_guid: 57
    relations: null
}
{
    id: 195034
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195033
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195032
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195031
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195028
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195027
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195009
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    relations: [
        all
        follower_of
    ]
}
{
    id: 195008
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    relations: [
        all
        follower_of
    ]
}

]

4

You can only do exists on a specific actual "core" field that has data, not on a json object, for example, on posts.id

On Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Narinder Kaur wrote:

       Its an nested array structure, that has some ids and related attributes to those ids. and I wanted to get only those documents which has this posts or non-empty posts . You can have an idea about its structure from the following example.

posts: [

{
    id: 195098
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    pushed_owner_guid: 57
    relations: null
}
{
    id: 195097
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    relations: [
        friend_of
        all
    ]
}
{
    id: 195096
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    relations: [
        friend_of
        all
    ]
}
{
    id: 195095
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195084
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195083
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195082
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195072
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195071
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195070
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195069
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    relations: [
        friend_of
        all
    ]
}
{
    id: 195059
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    pushed_owner_guid: 57
    relations: null
}
{
    id: null
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    pushed_owner_guid: 57
    relations: null
}
{
    id: null
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    pushed_owner_guid: 57
    relations: null
}
{
    id: 195034
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195033
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195032
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195031
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195028
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195027
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 57
    relations: [ ]
}
{
    id: 195009
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    relations: [
        all
        follower_of
    ]
}
{
    id: 195008
    can_reply: true
    owner_guid: 194988
    relations: [
        all
        follower_of
    ]
}

]

5

Thanks for the solution, its working now

6

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I think I'm trying to achieve the
same as the OP, but I have no alternatives other than to check whether or
not a json object exists. For example the structure:

[
{
"User" : "Marcus",
"Content" : {
"Content" : "This is a post",
"Title" : "The title of this post"
},
"Media" : {
"Header" : "http://.../images/one.jpg"
}
},
{
"User" : "Marcus",
"Content" : {
"Content" : "This is another post, but without a header",
"Title" : "The title of this other post"
}
}
]

These objects are representative of the problem, but are not my structures.
I need to be able to find all documents with a "Media" object.

As long as I can retrieve the objects in the above structure I am open to
adding an array of the keys present as long as I can remove it before
retrieval.

One workaround I was pondering was to use the filter on one of the core
fields in the "Media" object, but the keys are subject to change so there
isn't a single key which is present for all "Media" objects.

Is there a technical reason why the exists filter isn't implemented on
objects?