Mongodb aggregate three collections - mongodb

Question

Learning MongoDB for the past two days and I am trying to aggregate three collections but unable to achieve it
Below are the four collection maintaining in the database
university
{
"_id" : "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d82",
"name": "NIFT"
}
college
{
"_id" : "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d83",
"name": "NIFT Hyderabad",
"university_id":"5834ecf7432d92675bde9d82"
}
departments
{
"_id" : "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d84",
"department_name": "Fashion Technology",
"college_id" : "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d83"
},
{
"_id" : "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d85",
"department_name": "Merchandising",
"college_id" : "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d83"
}
Sections
{
"_id" : "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d86",
"section_name": "A",
"students" : "56",
"department_id":"5834ecf7432d92675bde9d84"
},
{
"_id" : "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d87",
"section_name": "B",
"students" : "60",
"department_id":"5834ecf7432d92675bde9d84"
},
{
"_id" : "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d86",
"section_name": "A",
"students" : "55",
"department_id":"5834ecf7432d92675bde9d85"
},
{
"_id" : "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d87",
"section_name": "B",
"students" : "44",
"department_id":"5834ecf7432d92675bde9d85"
}
Here I am trying to achieve the output in the below format
Expected Output
[{
"_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d83",
"name": "NIFT Hyderabad",
"university_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d82",
"departments": [{
"_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d84",
"department_name": "CSE",
"college_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d83",
"sections": [{
"_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d86",
"section_name": "A",
"students": "56",
"department_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d84"
}, {
"_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d87",
"section_name": "B",
"students": "60",
"department_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d84"
}]
},
{
"_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d85",
"department_name": "Mechanical",
"college_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d83",
"sections": [{
"_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d86",
"section_name": "A",
"students": "55",
"department_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d85"
},
{
"_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d87",
"section_name": "B",
"students": "44",
"department_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d85"
}
]
}
]
}]
But, I am getting department and sections in separate arrays for college but not able to get like in the above format
Query
db.college.aggregate([
{"$match": { "university_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d82" } },
{"$lookup": {
"localField": "_id",
"from": "departments",
"foreignField": "college_id",
"as": "departments"
}},
{"$unwind":"$departments"},
{$group : {_id : "$_id", departments : {$push : "$departments" }}},
{"$lookup": {
"localField": "departments._id",
"from": "sections",
"foreignField": "department_id",
"as": "sections"}
}
])
Can any one help me to solve this issue, it will be very helpful for me.

Answer 1

You can try below aggregation query.
The below query pushes the sections into department when they are joined and $group to push department to create the final structure.
db.college.aggregate([
{
"$match": {
"university_id": "5834ecf7432d92675bde9d82"
}
},
{
"$lookup": {
"localField": "_id",
"from": "departments",
"foreignField": "college_id",
"as": "departments"
}
},
{
"$unwind": {
"path": "$departments",
"preserveNullAndEmptyArrays": true
}
},
{
"$lookup": {
"localField": "departments._id",
"from": "sections",
"foreignField": "department_id",
"as": "departments.sections"
}
},
{
"$group": {
"_id": "$_id",
"name": {
"$first": "$name"
},
"university_id": {
"$first": "$university_id"
},
"departments": {
"$push": "$departments"
}
}
}
])