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Using LINQ in my Business Logic, but getting an error

The idea is that a Reference Number or Vendor can be passed to the logic and it spits back the query results for the search. I know i'm missing something.. Just can't see it..
The SQL query idea was as follows..
"SELECT ReferenceNumber, VendorName, RequisitionStatus, RequestedOn, sum(RequisitionQTY*RequisitionPrice) as Total FROM partrequisition where ReferenceNumber = 105543 Group By 'ReferenceNumber' "
Can anyone help?
I'm getting the following error:
CS0029 Cannot implicitly convert type
System.Collections.Generic.List<decimal?> to
System.Data.Entity.DbSet<PartsManagement.Models.partrequisition>
(contoller)
public ActionResult Index(RequisitionSearch searchModel)
{
var PartRequisitionInfoLogic = new PartRequisitionInfoLogic(); //This is where any business Logic goes
var Model = PartRequisitionInfoLogic.Getpartrequisitions(searchModel); //This is where it figures out what Search Query is
var RequisisionResults = Model.ToList();
}
(Business Logic)
private wsdpartsmanagementEntities9 db = new wsdpartsmanagementEntities9();
public IQueryable<partrequisition> Getpartrequisitions(RequisitionSearch searchModel)
{
var result = db.partrequisitions.AsQueryable();
if (searchModel != null)
{
if (searchModel.ReferenceNumber != 0 && searchModel.VendorID == 0)
result = result.Where(c => c.ReferenceNumber == searchModel.ReferenceNumber).GroupBy(c => c.ReferenceNumber)
.Select(g => g.Sum(item => item.RequisitionQTY * item.RequisitionPrice)) // For each group, calculate the sum
.ToList();
if (searchModel.ReferenceNumber == 0 && searchModel.VendorID != 0)
result = result.Where(c => c.VendorName == searchModel.VendorID).GroupBy(c => c.ReferenceNumber)
.Select(g => g.Sum(item => item.RequisitionQTY * item.RequisitionPrice))// For each group, calculate the sum
.ToList();
}
return result;
}
(ViewModel(s))
public class RequisitionSearch
{
public int? VendorID { get; set; }
public int? ReferenceNumber { get; set; }
public List<RequisitionResults> SearchResults { get; set; }
public RequisitionSearch()
{
this.SearchResults = new List<RequisitionResults>();
}
}
}
public class RequisitionResults
{
public int ReferenceID { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Reference Number")]
public int ReferenceNumber { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Vendor Name")]
public string VendorName { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Requisition Status")]
public string RequisitionStatus { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Requisition On")]
public DateTime RequestedOn { get; set; }
[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:C}")]
[Display(Name = "Requisition Total")]
public decimal RequisitionTotal { get; set; }
}
Update.. The solution was to scrap the Business logic and replace it with (below) in the ActionResult. Works perfectly.
var result = db.partrequisitions.AsQueryable();
if (searchModel.ReferenceNumber != null || searchModel.VendorID != null)
{
result = result.Where(partrequisition => partrequisition.ReferenceNumber == searchModel.ReferenceNumber || partrequisition.VendorName == searchModel.VendorID);
}
else
{
result = result.Distinct();
}
var b = result.GroupBy(x => x.ReferenceNumber);
var c = b.Select(group => group.Sum(partRequistion => partRequistion.RequisitionQTY * partRequistion.RequisitionPrice));
And to access the query information, a couple of foreach loops..

Have a look at the following line carefully:
result = result.Where(c => c.VendorName == searchModel.VendorID)
.GroupBy(c => c.ReferenceNumber)
.Select(g => g.Sum(item => item.RequisitionQTY * item.RequisitionPrice))// For each group, calculate the sum
.ToList();
You are trying to return a List Of Decimal? values using the Sum method while your method's return type is IQueryable<partrequisition>. So what you need is either changing your method's return type to a List of Decimals? or change your query in order to fulfill what your method actually needs by returning an IQueryable of partrequisition.

If you had split your big query into smaller ones, and used the keyword var a lot less, then you would have seen your problem at compile time:
Alas you forgot to describe your class PartRequisition. From your code it looks similar to:
class PartRequisition
{
public int ReferenceId {get; set;}
public int ReferenceNumber {get; set;}
public decimal? RequisitionQty {get; set;}
public decimal? RequisitionPrice {get; set;}
// one of them might be not a decimal? but a decimal.
}
Your code:
IQueryable<PartRequisition> result = db.partrequisitions.AsQueryable();
result = result
.Where(partRequistion => partRequisition.ReferenceID == searchModel.ReferenceNumber)
.GroupBy(partRequistion => partRequistion.ReferenceNumber)
.Select(group => group.Sum(partRequistion =>
partRequistion.RequisitionQTY * partRequistion.RequisitionPrice))
.ToList();
Let's split this into smaller parts:
IQueryable<PartRequisition> result = ...
IQueryable<PartRequisition> a = result.Where(partRequistion => ... == ...);
IQueryable<IGrouping<int, PartRequisition>> b = a.GroupBy(
partRequistion => partRequistion.ReferenceNumber);
So b is a queryable sequence of groups. Every group has an integer property Key. Each group is also a sequence of PartRequistions, namely all PartRequisitions that have a value of ReferenceNumber equal to the Key.
In the Select, you take each group of your sequence of groups. From every element in this group (which is a PartRequisition) you multiply two decimal? properties, which gives us a decimal? result. After that you sum these results, using Sum<decimal?>
IQueryable<decimal?> c = b.Select(group => group.Sum(partRequistion =>
partRequistion.RequisitionQTY * partRequistion.RequisitionPrice)
Or in even smaller steps:
c is IQueryable>`
Every group is IGrouping<int, PartRequisition>
every partRequisition is a PartRequisition
every RequisitionQTY and RequisitionPrice are decimial?
the result of the multiplication is decimal?
the result of the Sum is decimal?
d is IQueryable
Finally:
List<decimal?> d = c.ToList();
result = d; // remember, result is an IQueryable<PartRequisition>
It is clear to see that you can't assign a List<decimal?> to an IQueryable<PartRequisition>, which was exactly what the error said:
CS0029 Cannot implicitly convert type List to DbSet
Back to your problem
You descirbed a class RequistionResult that you didn't use in method GetRequisitions.
Can it be that you don't want to return an IQueryable<PartRequistions>
but an IQueryable<RequisitionResult>,
where property RequisitionTotal is your calculated Sum?
public IQueryable<RequisitionResult> GetRequisitions(...)
{
IQueryable<PartRequisition> partRequisitions = db.partrequisitions.AsQueryable();
if (searchModel != null)
{
if (searchModel.ReferenceNumber != 0 && searchModel.VendorID == 0)
{
partRequisitions = partRequisitions.Where(...);
}
else if (searchModel.ReferenceNumber == 0 && searchModel.VendorID != 0)
{
partRequisitions = partRequisitions.Where(...);
}
// else use all PartRequisitions
}
else
{
// TODO: decide what to return if searchModel is null, for example
partRequisitions = IQueryable.Empty<PartRequisition>();
// or use all PartRequisitions
}
// from the remaining set of PartRequisitions, convert to RequisitionResults:
IQueryable<RequisitionResult> requisitionResults = partRequisitions
.GroupBy(partRequisition => partRequisition.ReferenceNumber,
// parameter ResultSelector: take each ReferenceNumber and all PartRequisitions
// with this ReferenceNumber to make one new RequisitionResult
(referenceNumber, partRequisitionsWithThisReferenceNumber) => new RequisitionResult
{
RequisitionTotal = partRequisitionsWithThisReferenceNumber
.Select(partRequisition => partRequisition.RequisitionQty * partRequisition.RequisitionPrice)
.Sum(),
// fill other properties
...
});
return requisitionResults;
}

How to merge object properties of the same class together via LINQ

Say I have a class, I want to select multiple objects of it but create one unified object in the end. This is because of the requirement for the collection properties of the object to be combined.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Internal;
using Nozomi.Base.Core;
namespace Nozomi.Data.Models.Currency
{
public class Currency : BaseEntityModel
{
public Currency(ICollection<Currency> currencies)
{
if (currencies.Any())
{
var firstCurr = currencies.FirstOrDefault();
if (firstCurr != null)
{
// Doesn't matter...
Id = firstCurr.Id;
CurrencyTypeId = firstCurr.Id;
CurrencyType = firstCurr.CurrencyType;
Abbrv = firstCurr.Abbrv;
Name = firstCurr.Name;
CurrencySourceId = firstCurr.CurrencySourceId;
CurrencySource = firstCurr.CurrencySource;
WalletTypeId = firstCurr.WalletTypeId;
PartialCurrencyPairs = currencies
.SelectMany(c => c.PartialCurrencyPairs)
.DefaultIfEmpty()
.ToList();
}
}
}
[Key]
public long Id { get; set; }
public long CurrencyTypeId { get; set; }
public CurrencyType CurrencyType { get; set; }
public string Abbrv { get; set; } // USD? MYR? IND?
public string Name { get; set; }
public long CurrencySourceId { get; set; }
public Source CurrencySource { get; set; }
// This will have a number if it is a crypto pair to peg to proper entities
public long WalletTypeId { get; set; } = 0;
public ICollection<PartialCurrencyPair> PartialCurrencyPairs { get; set; }
public bool IsValid()
{
return !String.IsNullOrEmpty(Abbrv) && !String.IsNullOrEmpty(Name) && CurrencyTypeId > 0 && CurrencySourceId > 0;
}
}
}
Here's what a PartialCurrencyPair is:
namespace Nozomi.Data.Models.Currency
{
/// <summary>
/// Partial currency pair.
/// </summary>
public class PartialCurrencyPair
{
public long CurrencyId { get; set; }
public long CurrencyPairId { get; set; }
public bool IsMain { get; set; } = false;
public CurrencyPair CurrencyPair { get; set; }
public Currency Currency { get; set; }
}
}
So basically, if you want to make EURUSD, you'll have to take two currencies to form a pair. A CurrencyPair is made up of two PartialCurrencyPairs. The reason why we can have many EUR or many USDs is that they come from different sources.
Here's what a CurrencyPair is:
public class CurrencyPair : BaseEntityModel
{
[Key]
public long Id { get; set; }
public CurrencyPairType CurrencyPairType { get; set; }
/// <summary>
/// Which CPC to rely on by default?
/// </summary>
public string DefaultComponent { get; set; }
public long CurrencySourceId { get; set; }
public Source CurrencySource { get; set; }
// =========== RELATIONS ============ //
public ICollection<CurrencyPairRequest> CurrencyPairRequests { get; set; }
public ICollection<WebsocketRequest> WebsocketRequests { get; set; }
public ICollection<PartialCurrencyPair> PartialCurrencyPairs { get; set; }
public bool IsValid()
{
var firstPair = PartialCurrencyPairs.First();
var lastPair = PartialCurrencyPairs.Last();
return (CurrencyPairType > 0) && (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(APIUrl))
&& (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(DefaultComponent))
&& (CurrencySourceId > 0)
&& (PartialCurrencyPairs.Count == 2)
&& (firstPair.CurrencyId != lastPair.CurrencyId)
&& (!firstPair.IsMain == lastPair.IsMain);
}
}
I have an IQueryable to combine into one single currency.
Code with comments (The comments basically tells you what I'm trying to achieve.
var query = _unitOfWork.GetRepository<Currency>()
.GetQueryable()
// Do not track the query
.AsNoTracking()
// Obtain the currency where the abbreviation equals up
.Where(c => c.Abbrv.Equals(abbreviation, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)
&& c.DeletedAt == null && c.IsEnabled)
// Something here that will join the PartialCurrencyPair collection together and create one single Currency object.
.SingleOrDefault();
How do I come about it? Thank you so much in forward! Here's the
progress I've made so far and it works, but I'm pretty LINQ has a beautiful way to make this better and optimised:
var combinedCurrency = new Currency(_unitOfWork.GetRepository<Currency>()
.GetQueryable()
// Do not track the query
.AsNoTracking()
// Obtain the currency where the abbreviation equals up
.Where(c => c.Abbrv.Equals(abbreviation, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)
&& c.DeletedAt == null && c.IsEnabled)
.Include(c => c.PartialCurrencyPairs)
.ThenInclude(pcp => pcp.CurrencyPair)
.ThenInclude(cp => cp.CurrencyPairRequests)
.ThenInclude(cpr => cpr.RequestComponents)
.ThenInclude(rc => rc.RequestComponentDatum)
.ThenInclude(rcd => rcd.RcdHistoricItems)
.ToList());
return new DetailedCurrencyResponse
{
Name = combinedCurrency.Name,
Abbreviation = combinedCurrency.Abbrv,
LastUpdated = combinedCurrency.PartialCurrencyPairs
.Select(pcp => pcp.CurrencyPair)
.SelectMany(cp => cp.CurrencyPairRequests)
.SelectMany(cpr => cpr.RequestComponents)
.OrderByDescending(rc => rc.ModifiedAt)
.FirstOrDefault()?
.ModifiedAt ?? DateTime.MinValue,
WeeklyAvgPrice = combinedCurrency.PartialCurrencyPairs
.Select(pcp => pcp.CurrencyPair)
.Where(cp => cp.CurrencyPairRequests
.Any(cpr => cpr.DeletedAt == null && cpr.IsEnabled))
.SelectMany(cp => cp.CurrencyPairRequests)
.Where(cpr => cpr.RequestComponents
.Any(rc => rc.DeletedAt == null && rc.IsEnabled))
.SelectMany(cpr => cpr.RequestComponents
.Where(rc =>
rc.ComponentType.Equals(ComponentType.Ask) ||
rc.ComponentType.Equals(ComponentType.Bid)))
.Select(rc => rc.RequestComponentDatum)
.SelectMany(rcd => rcd.RcdHistoricItems
.Where(rcdhi => rcdhi.CreatedAt >
DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(TimeSpan.FromDays(7))))
.Select(rcdhi => decimal.Parse(rcdhi.Value))
.DefaultIfEmpty()
.Average(),
DailyVolume = combinedCurrency.PartialCurrencyPairs
.Select(pcp => pcp.CurrencyPair)
.Where(cp => cp.CurrencyPairRequests
.Any(cpr => cpr.DeletedAt == null && cpr.IsEnabled))
.SelectMany(cp => cp.CurrencyPairRequests)
.Where(cpr => cpr.RequestComponents
.Any(rc => rc.DeletedAt == null && rc.IsEnabled))
.SelectMany(cpr => cpr.RequestComponents
.Where(rc => rc.ComponentType.Equals(ComponentType.VOLUME)
&& rc.DeletedAt == null && rc.IsEnabled))
.Select(rc => rc.RequestComponentDatum)
.SelectMany(rcd => rcd.RcdHistoricItems
.Where(rcdhi => rcdhi.CreatedAt >
DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(TimeSpan.FromHours(24))))
.Select(rcdhi => decimal.Parse(rcdhi.Value))
.DefaultIfEmpty()
.Sum(),
Historical = combinedCurrency.PartialCurrencyPairs
.Select(pcp => pcp.CurrencyPair)
.SelectMany(cp => cp.CurrencyPairRequests)
.SelectMany(cpr => cpr.RequestComponents)
.Where(rc => componentTypes != null
&& componentTypes.Any()
&& componentTypes.Contains(rc.ComponentType)
&& rc.RequestComponentDatum != null
&& rc.RequestComponentDatum.IsEnabled
&& rc.RequestComponentDatum.DeletedAt == null
&& rc.RequestComponentDatum.RcdHistoricItems
.Any(rcdhi => rcdhi.DeletedAt == null &&
rcdhi.IsEnabled))
.ToDictionary(rc => rc.ComponentType,
rc => rc.RequestComponentDatum
.RcdHistoricItems
.Select(rcdhi => new ComponentHistoricalDatum
{
CreatedAt = rcdhi.CreatedAt,
Value = rcdhi.Value
})
.ToList())
};
Here's the end result I want on that single object: A DetailedCurrencyResponse object.
public class DistinctiveCurrencyResponse
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Abbreviation { get; set; }
public DateTime LastUpdated { get; set; }
public decimal WeeklyAvgPrice { get; set; }
public decimal DailyVolume { get; set; }
}
A historical datum is basically a kvp, where the Key (ComponentType) is an enum.
public class DetailedCurrencyResponse : DistinctiveCurrencyResponse
{
public Dictionary<ComponentType, List<ComponentHistoricalDatum>> Historical { get; set; }
}
public class ComponentHistoricalDatum
{
public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }
public string Value { get; set; }
}

The query you have outlined will attempt to return you a single Currency object, but given you are looking for any with a given abbreviation, if multiple currency objects share an abbreviation, the SingleOrDefault could error due to multiple returns.
It sounds like you want to define a structure to represent the currency pairs. That structure is not a Currency entity, but a different data representation. These are commonly referred to as ViewModels or DTOs. Once you've defined what you want to return, you can use .Select() to populate that from the Currency and applicable abbreviations.
For instance, if I create a CurrencySummaryDto which will have the currency ID, Abbrevation, and a string containing all of the applicable pairs:
public class CurrencySummaryDto
{
public long CurrencyId { get; set; }
public string Abbreviation { get; set; }
public string Pairs { get; set;}
}
... then the query...
var currencySummary = _unitOfWork.GetRepository<Currency>()
.GetQueryable()
.AsNoTracking()
.Where(c => c.Abbrv.Equals(abbreviation, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)
&& c.DeletedAt == null && c.IsEnabled)
.Select( c => new {
c.Id,
c.Abbrv,
Pairs = c.PartialCurrencyPairs.Select(pc => pc.PairName).ToList() // Get names of pairs, or select another annonymous type for multiple properties you care about...
}).ToList() // Alternatively, when intending for returning lots of data use Skip/Take for paginating or limiting resulting data.
.Select( c => new CurrencySummaryDto
{
CurrencyId = c.Id,
Abbreviation = c.Abbrv,
Pairs = string.Join(", ", c.Pairs)
}).SingleOrDefault();
This is if you want to do something like combine data from the currency pairs into something like a string. If you're happy to leave them as a collection of simplified data, then the extra anonymous type and .ToList() are not required, just select directly into the Dto structure. This example combines the data into a string where string.Join() is not supported in EF expressions so we have to get our data out into objects to hand over to Linq2Object for the final mapping.
Edit: Ok, you're requirement/example just got a whole lot more complicated with the pair structure, but you should be able to leverage this into the query rather than selecting the entire graph of entities by moving the selection of those values up into the main query... However...
Given the complexity of the data relationships, the approach I would recommend using since this would be assumed to be a read-only result, would be to construct a View in the database to flatten these averages and totals, then bind a simplified entity to this view rather than attempting to manage this with EF Linq. I believe it can be done with linq, but it will be quite onerous to look at, and a view-based summary entity would be a lot cleaner while keeping the execution of this logic to be executed in the database.

Using LINQ, how can I limit rows retrieved depending on a child table property?

I have the following two classes:
public class Word
{
public System.Guid WordId { get; set; } // WordId (Primary key)
public string Name { get; set; } // Name (length: 20)
// Reverse navigation
public virtual System.Collections.Generic.ICollection<WordForm> WordForms { get; set; } // WordForm.FK_WordFormWord
}
public class WordForm
{
public System.Guid WordFormId { get; set; } // WordFormId (Primary key)
public System.Guid WordId { get; set; } // WordId
public int SourceId { get; set; } // Source
public string Definition { get; set; } // Definition (length: 500)
// Foreign keys
public virtual Word Word { get; set; } // FK_WordFormWord
}
I have this code that returns only those words that are not in wordForm:
var words = db.Words
.Where(w => !db.WordForms.Any(z => z.WordId == w.WordId))
.AsNoTracking()
.ToList();
How can I change this so it retrieve words that are not in wordForm and having a sourceId of 2.
In other words
If there's the word house and it has a SourceId of 1 in wordForm then I want to include this in words
If there's a word house and it has a SourceId of 2 in wordForm then I don't want to include this in words

Try this if it works.
var words = db.Words
.Where(w => !db.WordForms.Any(z => z.WordId == w.WordId) && db.WordForms.Any(y => y.SourceId == 2))
.AsNoTracking()
.ToList();
P.S I have not compiled and checked!!

An alternate solution:
1) Get all WordIds from WordForms which have source id as 2
HashSet<Guid> wordFromIdListWithNeededSourceId =
new HashSet<Guid>
(
db.WordForms.Where(wf => wf.SourceId == 2)
.Select(wf => wf.WordId).Distinct()
);
2) Get all Words which don't have any WordForms from above
List<Word> words = db.Words
.Where(wf => !wordFromIdListWithNeededSourceId
.Contains(wf.WordId)).AsNoTracking()
.ToList();

You could also try the following, I prefer this as it is a easier to read:
var words = db.Words
.Where(w => !db.WordForms.Any(z => z.WordId == w.WordId)) // Words that aren't in WordForms
.Where(w => db.WordForms.Any(x => x.SourceId == 2)) //Words with a Source Id of 8
.AsNoTracking()
.ToList();
You might have to change it slightly to make sure it compiles as I didn't test it. However, the example above using multiple Where statements should get you in the right direction.

Where clause on list property

I have two classes :
public class Customer
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public List<Product> Product { get; set; }
}
public class Product
{
public string ProductNumber { get; set; }
public string ProductColor { get; set; }
}
I want to create a clause where on property Product (Product.ProductColor == "") I do :
c.Where(x => x.Product.????? == "11").Select(x => x).ToList();
How do this ?

I assume you want to find customers, that have a product with Number 11. If so, you can use function Any:
var result = c
.Where(x => x.Product.Any(p => p.ProductNumber == "11"))
.ToList();
The code filters only those customers, that have at least one product that satisfies condition ProductNumber == "11"
Or if you want to find customers that have specific color then use different expression:
var result = c
.Where(x => x.Product.Any(p => p.ProductColor == "Color"))
.ToList();

Since Product (which really should be named Products) is also a collection, you'd have to drill down into that collection. For example, if you want all Customers from a list of customers where any product color is "11", it might looks like this:
customers.Where(c => c.Product.Any(p => p.ProductColor == "11"))

Can someone explain why I'm getting an ambiguous invocation error for this?

I have a simple object that I'm creating a collection of. From that collection I need to find duplicates that have the same TransitMapSegmentID.
public class LineString
{
public int TransitLineID { get; set; }
public string TransitLineName { get; set; }
public int TransitMapSegmentID { get; set; }
public string HexColor { get; set; }
public double[][] Coordinates { get; set; }
}
var lineStrings = new List<LineString>();
With the code below I'm getting a "ambiguous invocation match" error from he lambda expression below. Can anyone explain why?
var result = lineStrings
.Where(a => lineStrings
.Count(b => b.TransitMapSegmentID == a.TransitMapSegmentID) > 1);

If you want to find all duplicate lines based on their TransitMapSegmentID, use Enumerable.GroupBy:
var result = lineStrings
.GroupBy(ls => ls.TransitMapSegmentID)
.Where(grp => grp.Count() > 1)
.SelectMany(grp => grp);