Firebase Database Normalization

Question

So I made a simple app, a Tricycle Patrol app which you can report reckless tricycle drivers (no 1 problem here in our city) by logging in and filling up forms. The report f

Answer 1

I would suggest keeping reports separate and don't group them under users. just keep a reports id inside users record with created date as a value if you need to sort reports based on created date. Something like this

reports
    9F0A756DF0B849CCAB7FAA0AC089475E
       - created_at:14804893896
       ...
    1C060A2CA16D42CF9DF53FD80A9C6ECA
    ADC4582B3C5746A487178887A495E005

users
    F4C8F5642EC44727B929E3E408321122
        - email: ....
        - reports
            9F0A756DF0B849CCAB7FAA0AC089475E:14804893896
            1C060A2CA16D42CF9DF53FD80A9C6ECA:14865486878
    C9E0FAF081AC4447B0C194811314DF0F