What is the correct way to chain map_reduce calls in Mongoid? - ruby-on-rails

Question

I have an Element model that belongs to User. I am trying to calculate the following hash: how many users have element count of 1, 2, 3, etc. The approach I take is to first generate a hash of {user -> num elements}, then I sort-of invert it using a second map-reduce.
Here's what I have so far:
Element.map_reduce(%Q{
emit(this.user_id, 1);
}, %Q{
function(key, values) {
return Array.sum(values);
}
}).out(inline: true).map_reduce(%Q{
if (this.value > 1) {
emit(this.value, this._id);
}
}, %Q{
function(element_count, user_ids) {
return user_ids.length;
}
}).out(inline: true)
This gives me an "undefined method `map_reduce'" error. I couldn't find the answer in the docs. Any help would be great.

Answer 1

I calculated the hash using aggregate instead mapreduce, first grouping by user, and then grouping again by elements count:
Element.collection.aggregate([
{
"$group" => {
"_id" => "$user_id", "elements_count" => {"$sum" => 1}
}
},
{
"$group" => {
"_id" => "$elements_count", "users_count" => {"$sum" => 1}
}
},
{ "$project" => {
"_id" => 0,
"users_count" => '$users',
"elements_count" => '$_id',
}
}
])
This returns the following array:
[
{"users_count"=>3, "elements_count"=>2},
{"users_count"=>4, "elements_count"=>3},
...
]
If needed it can also be sorted using $sort operator