To Search a collection of dates

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Hi,

I am using Episerver Find and the version is 6R2.

It is an event that can be occured on multiple dates.

I have two filters DateFrom and DateEnd.

I have list of date collection on which the event can happen.

I need to create a find filter which can look into DateCollection and filter the result. I need to apply in range as well as match here.

The following query gives me an error:-

query = query.Filter(x => x.EventDatesCollection.Match(DateFrom));

"Cannot resolve method Match(system.datetime). It does not seem to match datetime field."

Can anyone share the idea, how can I implement this?

Many thanks

Naz

#88799
Jul 30, 2014 18:41
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Hi Nazim,

There was a similar question on the forums not too long ago. But that used Nested2Find which I don't think is available for Find 1 (CMS 6 R2). But maybe you can use the source code to make it Find 1 compatible?

http://world.episerver.com/Forum/Developer-forum/EPiServer-Search/Thread-Container/2014/6/Searching-a-list-of-complex-objects/

#88801
Jul 30, 2014 23:53
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Hi,

Thanks Toni very much for your reply, Here is the code where I am defining the Nested object.

//Custom class for EventOccurances defined

 public class EventOccurances
    {
        public PageReference EventId{ get; set; }
        public DateTime EventDate { get; set; }

        public string Location
        {
            get; set;
            
        }
    }

 // PageType defined where I am filling the nested collection

 public class EventPageType : BaseTypedPageData
    {

        public virtual NestedList EventOccuranceCollection
         {
            get
            {
 
                var eventOccuranceList = new NestedList();
                IEnumerable children = DataFactory.Instance.GetChildren(this.PageLink).Cast();
                foreach (var pd in children)
                {
                    EventOccurances eventOcc = new EventOccurances();

                    if (pd.LocationName != null)
                    {
                        // eventOcc.EventId = pd.PageLink;
                        eventOcc.Location = pd.LocationName;

                    }
                    if (pd.EventDateTime != DateTime.MinValue)
                    {
                        eventOcc.EventDate = pd.EventDateTime;
                    }

                    if (eventOcc.Location != null || eventOcc.EventDate != DateTime.MinValue)
                    {
                        eventOccuranceList.Add(eventOcc);
                    }
                }

                return eventOccuranceList;  //Fill the nested list from the child pages only locations and dates
            }
            
        }

}

Now on the Search Results page:-

  SearchClient.Instance.Conventions.AddNestedConventions();  //Added the nested convention
  var query = SearchClient.Instance.Search();

if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Location))
            {

                query = query.Filter(x => x.EventOccurances.MatchItem(p => p.Location.Match(Location)));
            }

           var result = query.Select(x => new BaseSearchResult.SearchHit
            {
                Title = x.PageName,
                Url = x.LinkURL(),
                Text = x.Description,
                PageList = x.PageaHierarchyList,
                PublishedDate = x.SearchPublishDate(),
                EventType = x.EventType,
                EventSubject = x.MastercourseSubject,
                PageDataForSearch = x.PageLink
             

            }).GetResult();

It is throwing the same exception which is mentioned in the post you mentioned

The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request.

[nested] failed to find nested object under path [EventOccuranceCollection$$nested]]

On the Find Index parser:- it does not give me the value of collection as EventOccuranceCollection$$nested but as EventOccuranceCollection

property.PropertyName = property.PropertyName + "$$nested";  //this code is already definied in ModifyContract

Do you spot any problem in the code.
Did I miss anything? Why it is not adding nested keyword around it. Please if anyone can reply.

Many thanks,
Nazim

#88821
Jul 31, 2014 13:46
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