In Firestore, how can you do a compound query involving a key in a map without creating an index for every key?

Question

In Firestore, how can you do a compound query involving a key in a map without creating an index for every key?

For example, consider a collection which holds blog posts

Answer 1

This is doable by setting the value of each category to what you want to sort on. Firestore has a guide that covers this.

Post {
    title: ..
    ...
    categories: {
        cats: createdAt
        puppies: createdAt
    }   
}

let query = db.collection(`/posts`)
    .where(`categories.${categoryId}`, '>', 0)
    .orderBy(`categories.${categoryId}`)
    .startAfter(lastDate)
    .limit(5);