Perform Dynamic Group By Query

Since RavenDB 4.0, the query optimizer supports dynamic group by queries and automatically creates auto map-reduce indexes.

You can create a dynamic query that does an aggregation by using the groupBy() method.

The supported aggregation operations are:

  • count
  • sum


Group By Single Field

const orders = await session.query({ collection: "Orders" })
    .groupBy("ShipTo.Country")
    .selectKey("ShipTo.Country", "Country")
    .selectSum(new GroupByField("Lines[].Quantity", "OrderedQuantity"))
    .ofType(CountryAndQuantity)
    .all();
from Orders
group by ShipTo.City
select ShipTo.City as Country, sum(Lines[].Quantity) as TotalQuantity

Group By Multiple Fields

const results = await session.query({ collection: "Orders" })
    .groupBy("Employee", "Company")
    .selectKey("Employee", "EmployeeIdentifier")
    .selectKey("Company")
    .selectCount()
    .ofType(CountByCompanyAndEmployee)
    .all();
from Orders
group by Employee, Company
select Employee as EmployeeIdentifier, Company, count() as Count

Select Composite GroupBy Key

const orders = await session.query({ collection: "Orders" })
    .groupBy("Employee", "Company")
    .selectKey("key()", "EmployeeCompanyPair")
    .selectCount("Count")
    .ofType(CountOfEmployeeAndCompanyPairs)
    .all();
from Orders 
group by Employee, Company
select key() as EmployeeCompanyPair, count() as Count

Group By Array

By Array Values

In order to group by values of array, you need to use groupBy(array(...)). The following query will group by product field from lines collection and calculate the count per ordered products. Underneath a fanout, an auto map-reduce index will be created to handle such query.

const products = await session.query({ collection: "Orders" })
    .groupBy(GroupBy.array("Lines[].Product"))
    .selectKey("key()", "Products")
    .selectCount()
    .ofType(ProductsInfo)
    .all();
from Orders 
group by Lines[].Product
select Lines[].Product, count() as Count

Inside a single group by statement you can mix collection values and value of another property. That's supported by DocumentQuery only:

const results = await session.advanced.documentQuery({ collection: "Orders" })
    .groupBy("Lines[].Product", "ShipTo.Country")
    .selectKey("Lines[].Product", "Product")
    .selectKey("ShipTo.Country", "Country")
    .selectCount()
    .ofType(ProductInfo)
    .all();
from Orders 
group by Lines[].Product, ShipTo.Country 
select Lines[].Product as Product, ShipTo.Country as Country, count() as Count

Grouping by multiple values from the same collection is supported as well:

const results = await session.query({ collection: "Orders" })
    .groupBy(GroupBy.array("Lines[].Product"), GroupBy.array("Lines[].Quantity"))
    .selectKey("Lines[].Product", "Product")
    .selectKey("Lines[].Quantity", "Quantity")
    .selectCount()
    .ofType(ProductInfo)
    .all();
from Orders 
group by Lines[].Product, Lines[].Quantity 
select Lines[].Product as Product, Lines[].Quantity as Quantity, count() as Count

By Array Content

Another option is to group by array content. The reduction key will be calculated based on all values of a collection specified in GroupBy. The client API exposes the GroupByArrayContent extension method for that purpose.

const results = await session.query({ collection: "Orders" })
    .groupBy(GroupBy.array("Lines[].Product"))
    .selectKey("key()", "Products")
    .selectCount()
    .ofType(ProductsInfo)
    .all();
from Orders
group by array(Lines[].Product)
select key() as Products, count() as Count

Grouping by array content and a value of another property is supported by DocumentQuery:

const results = await session.query({ collection: "Orders" })
    .groupBy(GroupBy.array("Lines[].Product"), GroupBy.field("ShipTo.Country"))
    .selectKey("Lines[].Product", "Products")
    .selectKey("ShipTo.Country", "Country")
    .selectCount()
    .ofType(ProductsInfo)
    .toList();
from Orders 
group by array(Lines[].Product), ShipTo.Country 
select Lines[].Product as Products, ShipTo.Country as Country, count() as Count

Grouping by multiple values from the same collection is also supported by DocumentQuery:

const results = await session.query({ collection: "Orders" })
    .groupBy(GroupBy.array("Lines[].Product"), GroupBy.array("Lines[].Quantity"))
    .selectKey("Lines[].Product", "Products")
    .selectKey("Lines[].Quantity", "Quantities")
    .selectCount()
    .ofType(ProductsInfo)
    .all();
from Orders 
group by array(Lines[].Product), array(Lines[].Quantity) 
select Lines[].Product as Products, Lines[].Quantity as Quantities, count() as Count