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Manage Databases and Collections in Data Explorer

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  • Required Roles
  • View Databases and Collections
  • Create a Database
  • Create a Collection
  • Drop a Database
  • Drop a Collection

You can use the Data Explorer to manage your cluster's databases and collections.

To access the Data Explorer:

  1. Click Deployment in the left navigation.

  2. Select the desired MongoDB deployment.

  3. Select the Data Explorer tab.

To view databases and collections, through the Data Explorer you must have been granted at least the Project Data Access Read Only role.

To create databases and collections through the Data Explorer, you must have been granted access through one of the following roles:

To drop databases and collections through the Data Explorer, you must have been granted access through one of the following roles:

From the Collections tab, you can view the databases and collections in the deployment. Ops Manager shows the databases in the left pane of the Data Explorer:

Screenshot highlighting databases in Data Explorer.
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To view the collections in a particular database, click on the name of the database.

To create a database through the Data Explorer:

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Enter the Database Name and the Collection Name to create the database and its first collection.

For more information on MongoDB database names and collection names, see Naming Restrictions.

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Select whether the collection is a capped collection. If you select to create a capped collection, specify the maximum size in bytes.

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Upon successful creation, the database and the collection appears in the Data Explorer.

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To create the first collection in a new database, see Create a Database.

To create a collection in an existing database through the Data Explorer:

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Either select or hover over the database to drop and click on the plus sign + icon.

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For more information on MongoDB collection names, see Naming Restrictions.

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Select whether the collection is a capped collection. If you select to create a capped collection, specify the maximum size in bytes.

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Upon successful creation, the collection appears underneath the database in the Data Explorer.

To drop a database, including all its collections, through the Data Explorer:

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Either select or hover of the database to drop and click on its trash can icon.

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Confirm by typing the name of the database, and click Drop.

To drop a collection, including its documents and indexes, through the Data Explorer:

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Either select or hover of the collection to drop and click on its trash can icon.

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Confirm by typing the name of the collection, and click Drop.

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