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Modify Collections in Your Atlas Entity-Relationship Diagram

You can modify your existing entity-relationship diagram in Atlas to plan changes to your data model without affecting your actual data.

In the Data Modeling tab, you can:

  • Add or remove collections

  • Rename collections

Note

Any changes you make to your entity-relationship diagram don't affect your actual database.

Procedure

The following steps describe how you can add, edit, and remove collections in your entity-relationship diagram:

1

In Atlas, go to the Data Explorer page for your project.

  1. If it's not already displayed, select the organization that contains your project from the Organizations menu in the navigation bar.

  2. If it's not already displayed, select your project from the Projects menu in the navigation bar.

  3. In the sidebar, click Data Explorer under the Database heading.

    The Data Explorer displays.

Note

You can also go to the Clusters page, and click Data Explorer under the Shortcuts heading.

2

Open the Data Modeling tab.

In the left sidebar, click Data Modeling.

3

Open your entity-relationship diagram.

From the Data Modeling tab, open your diagram.

4

Add a new collection.

To add a new collection, click the icon in the upper-left corner of the diagram canvas. A new collection node appears in the diagram.

Add collection icon in the Data Modeling tab
5

Open the Collection Properties side panel.

Click one of your collections in the diagram. The collection side panel opens on the right side of the screen.

6

(Optional) Rename a collection.

Under the Name section, specify a new name for your collection.

7

(Optional) Delete a collection.

In the side panel, click the icon.

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