Display/edit a nested document

This example shows you how to use a smart field to display and update a nested document.
Nested document in Forest Admin are not visible in the table view and are are displayed as a JSON in the details view. To make the document information more visible you can choose to display a smart field.
Requirements
An admin backend running on forest-express-mongoose
How it works
Directory: /models
This directory contains the users.js file where the model is declared.
/models/users.js
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
​
const schema = mongoose.Schema({
  'person': {
    firstname: String,
    lastname: String,
    email: String,
  },
}, {
  timestamps: false,
});
​
module.exports = mongoose.model('users', schema, 'users');
Directory: /forest
This directory contains the users.js file where the Smart Field fistnameis declared.
/forest/users.js
const { collection } = require('forest-express-mongoose');
​
collection('users', {
  fields: [{
    field: 'firstname',
    type: 'String',
    // Display the firstname
    get: (user) => {
      return user.person.firstname;
    },
    // Edit the firstname
    set: ((user, value) => {
      if (!user.person) {
        user.person = {};
      }
      user.person.firstname = value;
    })
  }],
});

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