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Create a Time Series Collection
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Time series collections efficiently store sequences of measurements over a period of time.
Procedure
Click the Create Collection button.
From the Collections screen, click the Create Collection button.
Enter the collection name.
Check the Time Series Collection option.
Specify a timeField.
Specify which field should be used as the timeField for the time-series
collection. This field must have a BSON type date.
Optional. Specify a metaField.
Specify the name of the field that contains metadata in each time series document. The metadata in the specified field should be data that is used to label a unique series of documents.
Optional. Select a granularity from the dropdown.
Specify a coarser granularity so measurements over a longer time
span can be more efficiently stored and queried. The default value
is "seconds".
If you set the granularity parameter, you can't set the
bucketMaxSpanSeconds and bucketRoundingSeconds parameters.
Optional. Specify a numeric value for the following fields.
Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
bucketMaxSpanSeconds | number | Specifies the maximum time span between measurements in a bucket. The value of |
bucketRoundingSeconds | number | Specifies the time interval that determines the starting timestamp for a new bucket. The value of |
expireAfterSeconds | number | Enables the automatic deletion of documents that are older than
the specified number of seconds. |
Click Create Collection to create the collection.
Your collection will be marked by a time series badge.
For more information on time series fields, see Time Series Object Fields.
Restrictions and Limitations
The following restrictions and limitations apply when creating a time series collection:
Custom collation is the only Advanced Collection Option that can be used alongside your time series collation.
See Time Series Collection Limitations for all time series collection limitations.