Typed aggregation

gistfile1.txt

interface Item {
  id : string;
  application : string;
  type : string;
  title : string;
}

type ResultType = { [key: string] : Array<Item> };

var input : Array<Item> = [{
    "id": "REPORT1",
    "application": "APP1",
    "type": "TYPE1",
    "title": ""
  },
  {
    "id": "REPORT2",
    "application": "APP1",
    "type": "TYPE1",
    "title": ""
  },
  {
    "id": "REPORT3",
    "application": "APP1",
    "type": "TYPE2",
    "title": ""
  },
  {
    "id": "REPORT4",
    "application": "APP2",
    "type": "TYPE3",
    "title": ""
  }
];

var output = input.reduce((result : ResultType, item : Item ) => {

  // Get app object corresponding to current item from result (or insert if not present)
  var app = result[item.application] = result[item.application] || {};

  // Get type array corresponding to current item from app object (or insert if not present)
  var type = app[item.type] = app[item.type] || [];

  // Add current item to current type array
  type.push(item);

  // Return the result object for this iteration
  return result;

}, {} as ResultType);

console.log(output);