WHERE

Takes an array of objects, a path and a value (optional). The path can be a single key or a dot-separated series of keys. Returns a new array containing only the objects where the value at the key/path matches the provided value. If value is not provided, it returns an array containing only the objects where the value at the key/path is present.

If you try to pass NULL in for value, it will be treated as not provided, so you cannot use this function to check for NULL values. Instead, you can use FILTER to find NULL values like so:

FILTER(data, LAMBDA(object, object["key"] = NULL)). To return NULL when path has a value of NULL, set the null_on_path_error parameter to TRUE. null_on_path_error is FALSE by default.

Syntax 

WHERE(array, path, [value], [null_on_path_error: FALSE])

Usage examples 

Example 1

Input

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{
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"staff": [
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{
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"name": "Alice",
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"department": "engineering"
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},
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{
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"name": "Bob",
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"department": "sales"
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},
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{
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"name": "Charlie",
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"department": "engineering"
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}
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]
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}

Formula

WHERE(staff, "department", "engineering")

Output

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[
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{
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"name": "Alice",
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"department": "engineering"
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},
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{
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"name": "Charlie",
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"department": "engineering"
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}
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]

Example 2

Input

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{
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"staff": [
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{
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"name": "Alice",
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"department": {
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"name": "engineering",
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"role": "manager"
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}
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},
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{
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"name": "Bob",
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"department": {
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"name": "sales",
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"role": "assistant"
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}
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},
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{
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"name": "Charlie",
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"department": {
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"name": "sales",
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"role": "manager"
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}
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}
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]
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}

Formula

WHERE(staff, "department.role", "manager")

Output

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[
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{
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"name": "Alice",
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"department": {
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"name": "engineering",
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"role": "manager"
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}
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},
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{
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"name": "Charlie",
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"department": {
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"name": "sales",
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"role": "manager"
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}
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}
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]

Example 3

If 'value' isn't provided, return all objects where the path exists and the value at that path IS_PRESENT.

Input

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{
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"staff": [
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{
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"name": "Alice",
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"department": {
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"name": "engineering",
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"role": "manager",
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"team": "AI"
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}
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},
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{
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"name": "Bob",
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"department": {
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"name": "sales",
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"role": "assistant",
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"team": " "
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}
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},
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{
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"name": "Charlie"
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},
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{
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"name": "Denise",
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"department": {
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"name": "sales",
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"role": "manager"
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}
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}
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]
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}

Formula

WHERE(data.staff, "department.team")

Output

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[
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{
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"name": "Alice",
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"department": {
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"name": "engineering",
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"role": "manager",
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"team": "AI"
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}
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}
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]

Example 4

If 'path' is provided NULL and 'null_on_path_error' is provided TRUE, return NULL.

Input

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{
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"staff": [
3
{
4
"name": "Alice",
5
"department": {
6
"name": "engineering",
7
"role": "manager",
8
"team": "AI"
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}
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}
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]
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}

Formula

WHERE(data.staff, NULL, null_on_path_error: TRUE)

Output

"NULL"

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