related: #45993
This commit extends nullable vector support to the proxy layer,
querynode,
and adds comprehensive validation, search reduce, and field data
handling
for nullable vectors with sparse storage.
Proxy layer changes:
- Update validate_util.go checkAligned() with getExpectedVectorRows()
helper
to validate nullable vector field alignment using valid data count
- Update checkFloatVectorFieldData/checkSparseFloatVectorFieldData for
nullable vector validation with proper row count expectations
- Add FieldDataIdxComputer in typeutil/schema.go for logical-to-physical
index translation during search reduce operations
- Update search_reduce_util.go reduceSearchResultData to use
idxComputers
for correct field data indexing with nullable vectors
- Update task.go, task_query.go, task_upsert.go for nullable vector
handling
- Update msg_pack.go with nullable vector field data processing
QueryNode layer changes:
- Update segments/result.go for nullable vector result handling
- Update segments/search_reduce.go with nullable vector offset
translation
Storage and index changes:
- Update data_codec.go and utils.go for nullable vector serialization
- Update indexcgowrapper/dataset.go and index.go for nullable vector
indexing
Utility changes:
- Add FieldDataIdxComputer struct with Compute() method for efficient
logical-to-physical index mapping across multiple field data
- Update EstimateEntitySize() and AppendFieldData() with fieldIdxs
parameter
- Update funcutil.go with nullable vector support functions
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **New Features**
* Full support for nullable vector fields (float, binary, float16,
bfloat16, int8, sparse) across ingest, storage, indexing, search and
retrieval; logical↔physical offset mapping preserves row semantics.
* Client: compaction control and compaction-state APIs.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Improved validation for adding vector fields (nullable + dimension
checks) and corrected search/query behavior for nullable vectors.
* **Chores**
* Persisted validity maps with indexes and on-disk formats.
* **Tests**
* Extensive new and updated end-to-end nullable-vector tests.
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Signed-off-by: marcelo-cjl <marcelo.chen@zilliz.com>
issue: https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/issues/42148
For a vector field inside a STRUCT, since a STRUCT can only appear as
the element type of an ARRAY field, the vector field in STRUCT is
effectively an array of vectors, i.e. an embedding list.
Milvus already supports searching embedding lists with metrics whose
names start with the prefix MAX_SIM_.
This PR allows Milvus to search embeddings inside an embedding list
using the same metrics as normal embedding fields. Each embedding in the
list is treated as an independent vector and participates in ANN search.
Further, since STRUCT may contain scalar fields that are highly related
to the embedding field, this PR introduces an element-level filter
expression to refine search results.
The grammar of the element-level filter is:
element_filter(structFieldName, $[subFieldName] == 3)
where $[subFieldName] refers to the value of subFieldName in each
element of the STRUCT array structFieldName.
It can be combined with existing filter expressions, for example:
"varcharField == 'aaa' && element_filter(struct_field, $[struct_int] ==
3)"
A full example:
```
struct_schema = milvus_client.create_struct_field_schema()
struct_schema.add_field("struct_str", DataType.VARCHAR, max_length=65535)
struct_schema.add_field("struct_int", DataType.INT32)
struct_schema.add_field("struct_float_vec", DataType.FLOAT_VECTOR, dim=EMBEDDING_DIM)
schema.add_field(
"struct_field",
datatype=DataType.ARRAY,
element_type=DataType.STRUCT,
struct_schema=struct_schema,
max_capacity=1000,
)
...
filter = "varcharField == 'aaa' && element_filter(struct_field, $[struct_int] == 3 && $[struct_str] == 'abc')"
res = milvus_client.search(
COLLECTION_NAME,
data=query_embeddings,
limit=10,
anns_field="struct_field[struct_float_vec]",
filter=filter,
output_fields=["struct_field[struct_int]", "varcharField"],
)
```
TODO:
1. When an `element_filter` expression is used, a regular filter
expression must also be present. Remove this restriction.
2. Implement `element_filter` expressions in the `query`.
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Signed-off-by: SpadeA <tangchenjie1210@gmail.com>
See #36264
In this PR:
- Enhanced error handling in parse of grouping field.
- Fixed null handling in reduce tasks in proxy nodes.
- Updated tests to reflect changes in error handling and data processing
logic.
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Signed-off-by: Ted Xu <ted.xu@zilliz.com>
