mongoose subdocument reference populate code example
Example: populate subdocument mongoose
ProjectMetadata.findOne({id:req.params.prjId})
.populate(
[{
path:'tasks',
model:TaskMetadata,
populate:[{
path:'assigned_to',
model:User,
select:'name employee_id'
},
{
path:'priority',
model:Priority,
select:'id title'
}],
select:"task_name id code assign_to stage priority_id"
},
{
path:'client',
model:Client,
select:"client_name"
},
{
path:'prjct_mgr',
model:User,
select:"name"
},
{
path:'acc_exec',
model:User,
select:'name employee_id'
},
{
path:'poc',
model:User,
select:'name employee_id'
},
{
path:'prj_type',
model:ProjectType,
select:"type -_id"
}
])