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
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const mongoose = require('mongoose');
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const schema = mongoose.Schema({
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  'person': {
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    firstname: String,
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    lastname: String,
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    email: String,
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  },
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}, {
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  timestamps: false,
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});
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​
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module.exports = mongoose.model('users', schema, 'users');
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Directory: /forest
This directory contains the users.js file where the Smart Field fistnameis declared.
/forest/users.js
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const { collection } = require('forest-express-mongoose');
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collection('users', {
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  fields: [{
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    field: 'firstname',
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    type: 'String',
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    // Display the firstname
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    get: (user) => {
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      return user.person.firstname;
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    },
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    // Edit the firstname
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    set: ((user, value) => {
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      if (!user.person) {
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        user.person = {};
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      }
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      user.person.firstname = value;
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    })
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  }],
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});
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