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I'm working on building a collection whic...
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Hamp Goodwin
08/19/2025, 7:04 PM🧵
I'm working on building a collection which has an object type field. Is it possible to define the types in the object as well?
I've noticed that whether I flatten or use this syntax, the nested fields defined in schema do not show up until I've added documents to the collection which are objects meeting the schema I've defined.
I am trying to understand a couple of things: what is the proper way to give type definition to the object in typesense. I am also trying to understand how to add sorting to the nested objects string fields
Hamp Goodwin
08/19/2025, 7:06 PM"nested" fields declaration seems to work?
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[
{
"operation": "CREATE",
"resource": "collection",
"data": {
"enable_nested_fields": true,
"name": "admin_deals_initial",
"fields": [
{
"name": "accountManager",
"type": "object",
"fields": [
{
"name": "id",
"type": "int32"
},
{
"name": "fullName",
"type": "string",
"facet": true,
"index": true,
"sort": true
}
]
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[
{
"operation": "CREATE",
"resource": "collection",
"data": {
"enable_nested_fields": true,
"name": "admin_deals_initial",
"fields": [
{
"name": "accountManager",
"type": "object",
},
{
"name": "accountManager.id",
"type": "int32"
},
{
"name": "accountManager.fullName",
"type": "string",
"facet": true,
"index": true,
"sort": true
}
...Hamp Goodwin
08/19/2025, 7:26 PMI was wrong that nested definition does not work. I was conflating it with document data being of that shape/definition. the "flattened" dot notation is what works in the schema.
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Jason Bosco
08/20/2025, 1:27 AMDot notation would be the way to define the type for nested fields