MongoDB: How to update a nested array value after checking if greater than zero? - mongodb

Question

I'm able to decrease a value in a nested array, but I want to check that the value is greater than zero (so never go to the negative numbers). For example, I have this:
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5a3b0bd69c0000c2a1d839af"),
"slots" : [
{
"id" : "V2qlAEk7Wp0tWwlyWSfX7KRZ",
"number" : 5.0
},
.......
.......
{
"id" : "VfB4f8G1KcgRA8qx0aby5nI0",
"number" : 0.0
}]
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5a3b0bd69c0000c2a1d839ag"),
"slots" : [
{
"id" : "V2qlAEEESbrEB4bwberbResbd",
"number" : 10.0
},
.......
.......
{
"id" : "DFwseEb5enRbfsbre54rtFfds",
"number" : 1.0
}]
}
If I want to decrease the number value of the first document [id=5a3b0bd69c0000c2a1d839af] of the slots.id = V2qlAEk7Wp0tWwlyWSfX7KRZ, I use:
db.getCollection('schedulers').update(
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5a3b0bd69c0000c2a1d839af"),
"slots.id" :"V2qlAEk7Wp0tWwlyWSfX7KRZ"
},
{
"$inc":{"slots.$.number":-1}
})
But I don't know how to check if the number is greater than 0 before decrease the value. I tried to use The filtered positional operator $[<identifier>], but I have an error:
db.getCollection('schedulers').update(
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5a3b0bd69c0000c2a1d839af"),
"slots.id" :"V2qlAEk7Wp0tWwlyWSfX7KRZ"
},
{
"$inc":{"slots.$[elm].number":-1}
},
{
arrayFilters: [ { "elm.number": {"$gt" : 0}} ]
})
The error is:
cannot use the part (slots of slots.$[elm].number) to traverse the element....
Also, apply the condition in the first part of the query doesn't fix the problem, cause mongo traverses all the array, so also if the number is zero it simply move to another element in the array until it finds number > 0 and when it finds it, it starts to decrease the number value of another element completely ignoring the two id conditions [because now the $ then point to another element of the array]:
db.getCollection('schedulers').update(
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5a3b0bd69c0000c2a1d839af"),
"slots.id" :"V2qlAEk7Wp0tWwlyWSfX7KRZ",
"slots.number":{"$gt" : 0}
},
{
"$inc":{"slots.$.number":-1}
})
I think the correct way to obtain what I want is to use the arrayFilters but I don't understand where is the problem.

Answer 1

Fixed using:
db.getCollection('schedulers').update(
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5a3b0bd69c0000c2a1d839af"),
"slots" :
{
"$elemMatch":
{
"id":"V2qlAEk7Wp0tWwlyWSfX7KRZ",
"number":
{
"$gt" : 0
}
}
}
},
{
"$inc":
{
"slots.$.number":-1
}
})
Thanks