MongoDB Collections – A Complete Guide and Tutorial

MongoDB Collections – A Complete Guide and Tutorial

In MongoDB, data records are stored as documents, specifically in BSON format, and these documents are grouped together within collections.  Each database in MongoDB can contain one or more collections, with each collection acting as a container for related documents. This document-oriented approach allows for flexible and scalable data storage, enabling efficient organization and retrieval […]

Posted on: 28/07/2023 (last updated: 03/07/2024) • Aksa Victoria 12 minutes
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MongoDB Time Series Collections Explained

In this article, we’ll explain what a Time Series is in general and how MongoDB Time Series collections make it more efficient to store and query those collections. What is a Time Series Time Series is a term for data where the most important field is the timestamp, because each entry in a time series […]

Posted on: 22/11/2022 • Dj Walker-Morgan 5 minutes
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Time Series Collections in Studio 3T

MongoDB’s Time Series collections are a way of more efficiently indexing and storing the data which makes up a time series, without the overhead of each data point containing multiple repetitions of the same fields.  There are three components to a time series record. Firstly, it includes the acquisition time for the data. Then identification […]

Posted on: 31/10/2022 • Dj Walker-Morgan 3 minutes
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Studio 3T defaults to the Mongosh shell

TL;DR: Mongosh is the bundled, default shell for Studio 3T. If you haven’t set your preferred MongoDB Shell in Studio 3T or use only Studio 3T bundled Mongo shells, your Studio 3T automatically updates to the new default MongoDB Shell. If you previously set your preferred MongoDB Shell to anything that was not a Mongo […]

Posted on: 31/10/2022 (last updated: 10/06/2024) • Dj Walker-Morgan 2 minutes

IntelliShell: Working with Query Assist off

How to see more results when Query Assist is off in Studio 3T’s IntelliShell.

Posted on: 15/09/2022 (last updated: 12/01/2023) • Dj Walker-Morgan 2 minutes

IntelliShell Script Tasks

IntelliShell Script Tasks allow scripts to be loaded from disk and run on a schedule with their output saved to disk.  An IntelliShell Script Task is made up of multiple IntelliShell Script units. When the Task is run, each unit will be executed sequentially. An IntelliShell Script Unit is made up of two components: The […]

Posted on: 01/09/2022 (last updated: 25/06/2025) • Dj Walker-Morgan 6 minutes
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How to Install Studio 3T on Linux

A guide for Linux users wanting to install Studio 3T.

Posted on: 08/08/2022 (last updated: 28/04/2025) • Dj Walker-Morgan < 1
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How to Install Studio 3T on macOS

A guide on how to install Studio 3T on macOS.

Posted on: 08/08/2022 • Dj Walker-Morgan < 1
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How to Install Studio 3T on Windows

A guide on how to install Studio 3T on Windows.

Posted on: 08/08/2022 (last updated: 04/01/2023) • Dj Walker-Morgan < 1