How to filter entities with nested arrays with CosmosDB - sql

Question

I have an entity like this:
{
"id": "xxxx",
"attributes": [{
"name": "name-01",
"value": "value-01"
}, {
"name": "name-02",
"value": "value-02"
}
]
}
Our "questions" to data usually: Give me entities with attribute or attribute with particular value;
in SQL it was written like as:
select *
from c
where
and array_contains(c.attributes, { "name": "name-01", "value": "value-01" }, true)
and array_contains(c.attributes, { "name": "name-02", "value": "value-02" }, true)
but I would like to extend a model to allow have suggestion of values in each attribute by transform an entity to:
{
"id": "xxxx",
"attributes": [{
"name": "name_01",
"value": "value-01",
"suggestions": ["a", "b", "c"]
}, {
"name": "name_02",
"value": "value-02",
"suggestions": ["a", "d", "e"]
}
]
}
With that structure I would like to ask: Give me all entities that has specified attribute and value equals to "XYZ" or suggestions array contains "XYZ";
In general scenario if always add value into array of suggestions the ask would be "Give me all entities that has specified attribute and suggestions contains XYZ"
N.B. Also I would like to make queries : Give me all entities that has more ALL specified attributes with constraints per each by suggestions?
Please suggest how to write such queries or rebuild a structure of entities in Cosmos DB;
P.S. We can technically switch from SQL to other protocol to better make such queries;

Answer 1

This should be doable using ARRAY_CONTAINS along with iterating the attributes array.
Give me items with value "value-01" or suggestion "f":
SELECT DISTINCT VALUE(c)
FROM c JOIN attr IN c.attributes
WHERE attr["value"] = "value-01" OR ARRAY_CONTAINS(attr.suggestions, "f")
Give me items with value "value-01" or both suggestions "a" and "f":
SELECT DISTINCT VALUE(c)
FROM c JOIN attr IN c.attributes
WHERE attr["value"] = "value-01" OR
ARRAY_CONTAINS(attr.suggestions, "a") AND ARRAY_CONTAINS(attr.suggestions, "f")