Akita: Just a question (Not an isssue)

[johanrin]

Is is possible to select an entity with another field than the ID?

For instance, I have the following model:

export interface User {
  _id: ID;
  status: string;
  gender: string;
  familyName: string;
  givenName: string;
  [ ... ]
  sub: string;
  [ ... ]
  createdAt: Date;
  updatedAt: Date;
}

and I'd like to select my User by its sub (which is another ID) because it is more convenient for me.

[edmundo096]

That would be a custom filtering.
I think you want selectAll().filter(). The filter operator comes from RxJs.

[NetanelBasal]

You can treat the sub key as the id by doing the following:

@StoreConfig({ name: '...', idKey: 'sub' })
export class ...
}

Note that it will act like an id so it should be unique.

[johanrin]

The problem is I already use idKey for my _id field.
Can I use 2 ID for the same entity?

[NetanelBasal]

No. But if the sub key is also your id why you are not using it instead of _id?

[johanrin]

The entity is first created without sub. This operation is done by a user.
After that an admin check this entity and update if it's ok by assigning a sub and others parameters.
So, I cannot use the sub as id at the beginning because it does not exist.

[NetanelBasal]

What is the problem using the _id? Can you explain why using sub is more convenient?

[johanrin]

On further consideration, there is no problem using _id. Thanks for the answer.