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Manage Saved Queries in Compass

After you connect to your cluster, you can load saved queries from the My Queries view. This page explains how to add and view favorite queries.

You can favorite a query so that you can find it later. If you load a favorite query, you can change it without changing the original saved copy.

To add a query to your favorites:

1

Click the History button on the query bar in the Documents pane.

Click history button
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2

Hover over your query and click the Star button.

Click star button
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3

Enter a name for your query.

After you connect to your cluster, you can view your saved queries and aggregation pipelines on the My Queries tab.

Note

To learn how to save and view aggregation pipelines, see:

  • Save a Pipeline

  • Open a Saved Pipeline

When you click a saved or favorite query tile, Compass opens the Documents tab with the filter loaded.

In the My Queries tab, you can also click a saved aggregation pipeline tile to open the Aggregations tab with the pipeline loaded.

You can also view favorite queries from the Favorites tab from in the Documents view. To open the Favorites tab:

1

Click the History button at the top of the Documents tab.

Query history view
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2

Select your favorited operation.

  • If your favorited operation is a query, only a Filter statement displays in the Favorites list view along with copy and delete icons.

    Note

    Clicking a favorited query in the Favorites list view populates your Query Bar with that query.

  • If your favorited operation is a bulk update statement, a Filter and Update statement display in the Favorites list view along with copy , delete , and open in modal icons.

    Note

    Clicking the icon opens the bulk update statement and the filter criteria in the Update Documents modal. For details on bulk update statements in Compass, see Modify Multiple Documents.

For details on how to view query history see viewing recent query history.

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