Enable Natural Language Querying
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You can enable Compass natural language querying by toggling the Use Generative AI setting. Natural language queries can be a helpful starting point and assist you in learning to write MongoDB queries.
About this Task
To enable natural language querying in Compass, follow the steps below. Alternatively, you can enable natural language querying by clicking the Log in to Atlas to enable button within the Use natural language to generate queries and pipelines modal. You can display this modal on Compass versions 1.40.0 or later when you click the Generate query or Generate aggregation button on the query bar.
Before you Begin
To enable the generation of queries and aggregations in Compass, you must:
Sign into Atlas. For details on how to get a free Atlas account and deploy a free M0 cluster, see Get Started with Atlas.
Install Compass version 1.40.0 or later. For instructions on downloading and installing the latest version, see Download and Install Compass.
Note
You can also enable Natural Language Querying using the configuration file. For details, see Configuration File Settings.
Steps
Enable AI Features and Log In to Atlas
You only need to enable AI features if it is your first time using natural language querying.
Select Artificial Intelligence.
Click the Enable AI Features check box.
Click Log in with Atlas.
A web browser displays the Atlas login page.
Complete the login procedure.
After you log in successfully, a You can create queries and aggregations with generative AI message displays.
Click Save.