Can someone explain why I can't search on the "Ancestors&&String"

Can someone explain why I can't search on the "Ancestors&&String" property?

Andreas Johansson

Vote:

So I have a simple method that uses a "dummy"-interface to get the "Ancestors" name so the underlaying FInd API can target the correct property, like this ->

public interface ITracable
{
string[] Ancestors { get; set; }
string CreatedBy { get; set; }
}

mySearchClient.Search<IContent>().Filter(x => ((ITraceable)x).Ancestors.Match("100"))...

But it refuses to return results based on the search on that property. The document in Find looks like this (excerpt) ->

    "CreatedBy$$string": "andre",
    "Ancestors$$string": [
        "102486",
        "102485",
        "102481",
        "55",
        "1"
    ],

But with the same "Dummy interface" method I can target the "CreatedBy" property and I get search results. How can I correctly target the "Ancestors&&string" property? 
Thanks for pointing out what I do wrong!

#207033

Edited, Sep 06, 2019 15:20

Scott Reed

Vote:

Try following the method at the bottom of this doc page https://world.episerver.com/documentation/developer-guides/find/NET-Client-API/searching/Filtering/Complex-objects/

I think you need to use a filter expression such as the MatchContained

#207034

Edited, Sep 06, 2019 15:25