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Definition

Compatibility
Syntax
Command Fields
Required Access
Example

Definition

compactStructuredEncryptionData: Compacts documents specified in the metadata collections and deletes redundant documents.

Compatibility

This command is available in deployments hosted in the following environments:

MongoDB Atlas: The fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud

Note

This command is supported in all MongoDB Atlas clusters. For information on all commands, see Unsupported Commands.

MongoDB Enterprise: The subscription-based, self-managed version of MongoDB
MongoDB Community: The source-available, free-to-use, and self-managed version of MongoDB

Syntax

The command has the following syntax:

db.runCommand(
  {
    compactStructuredEncryptionData: <collection>,
    compactionTokens: {
       encryptedFieldPath: bindata,
       ...
    },
  }
)

Command Fields

The command takes the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
`compactStructuredEncryptionData`	string	The name of the collection.
`compactionTokens`	document	A document that maps index fields to compaction tokens.

The mongosh provides a wrapper method db.collection.compactStructuredEncryptionData().

Required Access

The built-in roles readWriteAnyDatabase and dbOwner provide compactStructuredEncryptionData actions on resources.

Example

See metadata collection compaction for an example.

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