U hoeft de reduce niet te gebruiken functie om daadwerkelijk te verminderen iets. Bijvoorbeeld:
>>> coll.insert(dict(uid=1,event='a',time=1))
ObjectId('4d5b91d558839f06a8000000')
>>> coll.insert(dict(uid=1,event='b',time=2))
ObjectId('4d5b91e558839f06a8000001')
>>> coll.insert(dict(uid=2,event='c',time=2))
ObjectId('4d5b91f358839f06a8000002')
>>> coll.insert(dict(uid=3,event='d',time=4))
ObjectId('4d5b91fd58839f06a8000003')
>>> result = coll.group(['uid'], None,
{'list': []}, # initial
'function(obj, prev) {prev.list.push(obj)}') # reducer
>>> len(result) # will show three groups
3
>>> int(result[0]['uid'])
1
>>> result[0]['list']
[{u'event': u'a', u'_id': ObjectId('4d5b...0000'), u'uid': 1, u'time': 1},
{u'event': u'b', u'_id': ObjectId('4d5b...0001'), u'uid': 1, u'time': 2}]
>>> int(result[1]['uid'])
2
>>> result[1]['list']
[{u'event': u'c', u'_id': ObjectId('4d5b...0002'), u'uid': 2, u'time': 2}]
>>> int(result[2]['uid'])
3
>>> result[2]['list']
[{u'event': u'd', u'_id': ObjectId('4d5b...0003'), u'uid': 3, u'time': 4}]
Ik heb de object-ID's in de bovenstaande lijst ingekort om de leesbaarheid te verbeteren.