abortRewriteCollection (database command)

Definition

abortRewriteCollection

Stops an in-progress rewriteCollection operation.

New in version 8.3.

Compatibility

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

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

• 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

db.adminCommand( {
   abortRewriteCollection: "<database>.<collection>"
} )

Command Fields

The command takes the following field:

Examples

Consider the following example of a collection rewrite:

db.adminCommand( {
  rewriteCollection: "sales.orders"
} )

To stop this rewrite, pass the database and collection name to the abortRewriteCollection command:

db.adminCommand( {
   abortRewriteCollection: "sales.orders"
} )

Learn More

• Sharding

• rewriteCollection

• reshardCollection

• abortReshardCollection