Select specific fields from database

Yes, it's possible, you just need to add select to your search criteria, for example (assuming you are searching for a records with id 1):

userModel.find({ select: ['phone'], id: 1 })

or alternatively:

userModel.find({ select: ['phone'], where: { id: 1 } })

or if you want all records, you don't need to supply criteria:

userModel.find({ select: ['phone'] })

This doesn't seem to be documented anywhere but it should. In version 0.11 it will also possible to define select by doing model.pick('name', 'age'): https://github.com/balderdashy/waterline/pull/952

Source and more detail -https://stackoverflow.com/a/24170388/1392194

Yes, it's possible but not with select as it's still in development. But there is a way to achieve it using fields.

Model.find({ id: id }, {
  fields: {
    name: 1,
    phoneNumber: 1
  }
}).limit(1).exec(function(...) {};

This won't work with findOne.