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Aggregate framework can't use indexes

I run this command:

db.ads_view.aggregate({$group: {_id : "$campaign", "action" : {$sum: 1} }});

ads_view : 500 000 documents.

this queries take 1.8s . this is its profile : https://gist.github.com/afecec63a994f8f7fd8a

indexed : db.ads_view.ensureIndex({campaign: 1});

But mongodb don't use index. Anyone know if can aggregate framework use indexes, how to index this query.

Solution

  • The $group operator is not one of the ones that will use an index currently. The list of operators that do (as of 2.2) are:

    $match
$sort
$limit
$skip

    From here:

    http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/applications/aggregation/#pipeline-operators-and-indexes

    Based on the number of yields going on in the gist, I would assume you either have a very active instance or that a lot of this data is not in memory when you are doing the group (it will yield on page fault usually too), hence the 1.8s

    Note that even if $group could use an index, and your index covered everything being grouped, it would still involve a full scan of the index to do the group, and would likely not be terrible fast anyway.