MongoDB query to find text in third level array of objects - regex

Question

I have a Mongo collection that contains data on saved searches in a Vue/Laravel app, and it contains records like the following:
{
"_id" : ObjectId("6202f3357a02e8740039f343"),
"q" : null,
"name" : "FCA last 3 years",
"frequency" : "Daily",
"scope" : "FederalContractAwardModel",
"filters" : {
"condition" : "AND",
"rules" : [
{
"id" : "awardDate",
"operator" : "between_relative_backward",
"value" : [
"now-3.5y/d",
"now/d"
]
},
{
"id" : "subtypes.extentCompeted",
"operator" : "in",
"value" : [
"Full and Open Competition"
]
}
]
},
The problem is the value in the item in the rules array that has the decimal.
"value" : [
"now-3.5y/d",
"now/d"
]
in particular the decimal. Because of a UI error, the user was allowed to enter a decimal value, and so this needs to be fixed to remove the decimal like so.
"value" : [
"now-3y/d",
"now/d"
]
My problem is writing a Mongo query to identify these records (I'm a Mongo noob). What I need is to identify records in this collection that have an item in the filters.rules array with an item in the 'value` array that contains a decimal.
Piece of cake, right?
Here's as far as I've gotten.
myCollection.find({"filters.rules": })
but I'm not sure where to go from here.
UPDATE: After running the regex provided by #R2D2, I found that it also brings up records with a valid date string , e.g.
"rules" : [
{
"id" : "dueDate",
"operator" : "between",
"value" : [
"2018-09-10T19:04:00.000Z",
null
]
},
so what I need to do is filter out cases where the period has a double 0 on either side (i.e. 00.00). If I read the regex correctly, this part
[^\.]
is excluding characters, so I would want something like
[^00\.00]
but running this query
db.collection.find( {
"filters.rules.value": { $regex: /\.[^00\.00]*/ }
} )
still returns the same records, even though it works as expected in a regex tester. What am I missing?

Answer 1

To find all documents containing at least one value string with (.) , try:
db.collection.find( {
"filters.rules.value": { $regex: /\.[^\.]*/ }
} )
Or you can filter only the fields that need fix via aggregation as follow:
[direct: mongos]> db.tes.aggregate([ {$unwind:"$filters.rules"}, {$unwind:"$filters.rules.value"}, {$match:{ "filters.rules.value": {$regex: /\.[^\.]*/ } }} ,{$project:{_id:1,oldValue:"$filters.rules.value"}} ])
[
{ _id: ObjectId("6202f3357a02e8740039f343"), oldValue: 'now-3.5y/d' }
]
[direct: mongos]>
Later to update those values:
db.collection.update({
"filters.rules.value": "now-3.5y/d"
},
{
$set: {
"filters.rules.$[x].value.$": "now-3,5y/d-CORRECTED"
}
},
{
arrayFilters: [
{
"x.value": "now-3.5y/d"
}
]
})
playground