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>
