Create, View, and Drop Databases
You can use the Atlas UI to manage the databases in your clusters.
Required Roles
The following table describes the roles required to perform various actions to a database in the Atlas UI:
Action | Required Roles |
|---|---|
Create Databases | One of the following roles: |
View Databases | At least the Project Data Access Read Only role. |
Drop Databases | One of the following roles: |
Create a Database
To create a database through the Atlas UI:
In Atlas, go to the Clusters page for your project.
If it's not already displayed, select the organization that contains your desired project from the Organizations menu in the navigation bar.
If it's not already displayed, select your desired project from the Projects menu in the navigation bar.
If it's not already displayed, click Clusters in the sidebar.
The Clusters page displays.
Go to the Collections page.
Click the Browse Collections button for your cluster.
The Data Explorer displays.
Enter the Database Name and the Collection Name.
Enter the Database Name and the Collection Name to create the database and its first collection.
Important
Don't include sensitive information in your database and collection names.
For more information on MongoDB database names and collection names, see Naming Restrictions.
Optional. Specify a capped collection.
Select whether the collection is a capped collection. If you select to create a capped collection, specify the maximum size in bytes.
Optional. Specify a time series collection.
Select whether the collection is a time series collection. If you select to create a time series collection, specify the time field and granularity. You can optionally specify the meta field and the time for old data in the collection to expire.
View Databases
To view the databases and collections in the deployment:
In Atlas, go to the Clusters page for your project.
If it's not already displayed, select the organization that contains your desired project from the Organizations menu in the navigation bar.
If it's not already displayed, select your desired project from the Projects menu in the navigation bar.
If it's not already displayed, click Clusters in the sidebar.
The Clusters page displays.
Go to the Collections page.
Click the Browse Collections button for your cluster.
The Data Explorer displays.
Visualize Database Data
To launch MongoDB Charts to visualize data in your databases and collections:
In Atlas, go to the Clusters page for your project.
If it's not already displayed, select the organization that contains your desired project from the Organizations menu in the navigation bar.
If it's not already displayed, select your desired project from the Projects menu in the navigation bar.
If it's not already displayed, click Clusters in the sidebar.
The Clusters page displays.
Go to the Collections page.
Click the Browse Collections button for your cluster.
The Data Explorer displays.
Launch MongoDB Charts.
To visualize data in MongoDB Charts from the Atlas UI, click Visualize Your Data when viewing a specific database or collection. Charts loads the data source and you can start building a chart in the Charts view. For detailed steps, see Build Charts.
Drop a Database
To drop a database, including all its collections, through the Atlas UI: