Interact with Your Data
Overview
After loading your data or our sample data, you can use the Atlas UI to interact with the data in the following ways:
Manage Databases in your clusters.
Manage Collections in your clusters.
Manage Documents in your collections.
Manage Indexes on your collections.
Create and run aggregation pipelines to process data in your collections.
Shard Global Clusters to distribute large datasets evenly.
Build charts to visualize data in your databases and collections.
Note
The Atlas UI supports all features for serverless instances except the Atlas Search tab.
To learn more, see Serverless Instance Limits.
Atlas UI Read Behavior
The Atlas UI reads from the primary unless the primary is unavailable. If the primary is unavailable, the Atlas UI reads from a non-hidden, non-delayed secondary member.
Disable Atlas UI Data Interaction
To interact with your data in the Atlas UI as described in the Overview section, the Data Explorer needs to be enabled.
Important
Required Privileges
To enable or disable Data Explorer for a project, you
must have the Project Owner role for the project
or the Organization Owner role on its parent organization.
Data Explorer is enabled by default. To disable Data Explorer:
In Atlas, go to the Project Settings page.
If it's not already displayed, select the organization that contains your desired project from the Organizations menu in the navigation bar.
If it's not already displayed, select your desired project from the Projects menu in the navigation bar.
Next to the Projects menu, expand the Options menu, then click Project Settings.
Important
When Data Explorer is disabled, you cannot:
Terminate slow operations from the Real-Time Performance Panel.
Create indexes from the Performance Advisor. You can still view Performance Advisor recommendations, but you must create those indexes from
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To enable Data Explorer, set the toggle to On.