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An error occurred while saving the comment AdminMassimiliano
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It's already possible to set a custom name for favorite connections: https://docs.mongodb.com/compass/current/connect/favorite-connections/
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An error occurred while saving the comment AdminMassimiliano
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After typing a query, just pressing Enter is enough to execute it.
Is there a reason for preferring Ctrl+Enter over just Enter?
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We intentionally made playgrounds stateless so they are more flexible and each run is repeatable and does not depend on a database being or not being selected.
However, I see how that can become a pain point for the "run selected lines" use case. For those situations you currently have 2 options:
1. you repeat use('db') multiple times.
2. you use db.getSiblingDB('db').getCollection('coll')... so then you can run the specific statement/command only. -
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How would you imagine that to work? Is it just the convenience of the entry point in the collection menu that would take you to an editor or were you thinking of something else?
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An error occurred while saving the comment AdminMassimiliano
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Thank you for bringing that up.
We are actually in the process to remove all offensive terminology from all products.
The new MongoDB Shell currently still includes isMaster() for backwards compatibility as it's probably one of the most used commands. However, the new command to do the same thing is db.hello()/rs.hello().
Properties like slaveDelay will be gone from the server response too.
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Thank you for your suggestion, Andrew. Let us look into how we can improve that – especially the sorting order.
In the meantime, I just wanted to mention that there is a way to search for a db or collection. Please see the screenshot attached.
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An error occurred while saving the comment AdminMassimiliano
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It is possible to export the schema: https://docs.mongodb.com/compass/current/schema/export. Is that close enough to what you are looking for or are you thinking of something different?
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An error occurred while saving the comment AdminMassimiliano
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How would you expect that to work?
If it's just about displaying in your local time zone, in mongosh you could do something like in the screenshot below, by taking advantage of JS' Date object.
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An error occurred while saving the comment AdminMassimiliano
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If this suggestion refers to autosuggestion when typing a query, that already works (see screenshot attached).
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An error occurred while saving the comment AdminMassimiliano
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A workaround for this is to save the aggregation as a view and then export the view.
Not as convenient as just exporting the results of the aggregation but possible, at least if user has enough permission to create a view.
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Just wanted to mention that MongoDB for VS Code could be a viable option for this, if you are looking for an environment that is more editor based: https://www.mongodb.com/products/vs-code.
We are debating whether we should have similar functionality in Compass though.
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Compass 1.22 comes with an embedded shell. Is that close enough to what you are looking for?
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An error occurred while saving the comment AdminMassimiliano
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This is already possible. In the aggregation builder, you can click on the arrow next to the "+" button, select "Create new pipeline from text" and paste your pipeline into the dialog that appears (docs here: https://docs.mongodb.com/compass/current/import-pipeline-from-text)
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Right now we don't have a built-in formatter. However, there is a workaround: with the beautify extension (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=HookyQR.beautify) you can format the file without changing the file extension (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + P > Beautify file > JS).
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An error occurred while saving the comment AdminMassimiliano
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It is possible, with Compass, to copy your aggregation from code and paste it into the tool for debugging: https://docs.mongodb.com/compass/master/import-pipeline-from-text. Once you are done debugging it, you can export it back to code and paste into your code editor.
While this might not be exactly the UX you'd expect, I thought I'd mention that a flavor of this functionality is available in Compass.
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The aggregation pipeline builder in Compass was designed to simplify the task of building complex pipelines with realtime feedback stage by stage.
If you are looking for something that is text-based, perhaps playgrounds in MongoDB for VS Code are what you are looking for: https://www.mongodb.com/products/vs-code.
Another alternative could be the integrated shell (Compass 1.22+) although the editing experience in VS Code playgrounds is much smoother.
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An error occurred while saving the comment AdminMassimiliano
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I investigated this further. Looks like the server does not return the reason for the document to be invalid. The server team is working on it, targeting MongoDB 4.6: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-20547. Once that is available in the server's response, we will surface it in Compass.
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Thank you for the feedback. Let us see what we can do about this. If the server gives us more information back along with the error we can see how to surface it best in the UI.
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An error occurred while saving the comment AdminMassimiliano
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The new MongoDB shell (built on the node REPL) includes an editor mode (activated with .editor) that provides multiline editing capabilities.
Additionally, in the future, we will support using an external editor by setting the EDITOR environment variable similarly to how mongo does it.
vi mode directly in the REPL is not something we will prioritize now but we'll definitely keep it in mind as a future usability improvement.
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An error occurred while saving the comment AdminMassimiliano
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In Compass, you can add a stage after another one with the ＋ button and you can drag and drop stages up and down. Is that enough?
Admittedly, we currently don't have a shortcut to run the current line.
We do, however, have shortcuts to run the whole playground (Ctrl + Alt + R on Win/Linux and Cmd + Option + R on macOS) or the current selection (Ctrl + Alt + R on Win/Linux and Cmd + Option + S on macOS).
Shortcuts are also customizable from VS Code's global shortcuts config screen. Just search for MongoDB.