How to sum the length of particular array field present in all objects inside an array in mongodb document

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This is the sample of my mongodb document( try to use jsonformatter.com to analyse it):

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I want to sum the length of catches array field of all objects inside score array. I know, I can achieve it using aggregation framework, but I am begineer in mongodb and does not have knowledge of many aggregation operators. Here is the aggregation pipeline I have tried but it returns the number of existence of this field, not the sum of length of this array:

[
    "totalCatches": {
        $size: "$score.catches"
     }
]

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '21 at 00:10

$unwind - Descontruct score array field to multiple documents.
$group - Group by null (for all objects), next $sum for the $size of score.catches.

db.collection.aggregate([
  {
    $unwind: "$score"
  },
  {
    $group: {
      _id: null,
      "totalCatches": {
        $sum: {
          $size: "$score.catches"
        }
      }
    }
  }
])

Sample Mongo Playground

Note: If you want the result to be based on each document (not combine all documents), then you need to change the $group's _id as:

{
    $group: {
      _id: "$_id",
      ...
   }   
}

How to sum the length of particular array field present in all objects inside an array in mongodb document

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