Question

Does anyone know how to index and search embedded documents with sunpot_mongoid?

The question has been asked in the sunspot_mongoid issues, but has no solution, so far.

Answer 1

Just tried it. It’s a hack, but it works for searching embedded documents, and returning the parent document holding it. Is that what you want? If so, do this then. Define method that returns the embedded fields you want as an array, and then index that array.

Assuming you have class Company, with embedded departments

searchable do
  # Your regular index
  # ...
  text :company_departments
end

def company_departments
  departments.map(&:name).join(" ")
end

reindex and try to search.