Author: Dj Walker-Morgan

Dj has been around since Commodore had Pets and Apples grew everywhere. With a background in Unix and development, he's been around the technology business writing code or writing content ever since.
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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
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Studio 3T SQL Import or Migration? #STUDIO3T_AMA

Q: How do Studio 3T’s SQL Import and SQL Migration to MongoDB differ? TL;DR: Migration lets you reshape your incoming SQL data into MongoDB documents. Import, on the other hand, just brings SQL data in as a “flat” collection. A: Unlike SQL Export and SQL Migration, both Import and Migration work with live SQL databases […]

Posted on: 05/10/2022 • Dj Walker-Morgan 3 minutes
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Studio 3T SQL Export or Migration? #STUDIO3T_AMA

Q: What’s the difference between Studio 3T SQL Export and SQL Migration? TL;DR: Migration lets you reshape your MongoDB documents for immediate consumption by an SQL database. Export, on the other hand, flattens your schema before saving SQL in a file. A: On paper, Export and Migration sound like two very similar things. Tools that […]

Posted on: 28/09/2022 • Dj Walker-Morgan 3 minutes
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Managing Health Data with Studio 3T 

Health Data can provide insight into many conditions and Studio 3T helps engineers prepare that data for researchers. We look at one example – European Atherosclerosis Society FH Studies Collaboration (FHSC)

Posted on: 22/09/2022 (last updated: 23/09/2022) • Dj Walker-Morgan 5 minutes
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Exporting MongoDB as BSON: Folders or Archive? #STUDIO3T_AMA

Exporting MongoDB data as BSON? Do you choose archive or folder format? And with Studio 3T, do you even need to export?

Posted on: 20/09/2022 • 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

What’s New In Studio 3T 2022.8 – IntelliShell Script Tasks and Enhanced Value Searches

Welcome to the release of Studio 3T 2022.8, which brings the power of Tasks to the IntelliShell. With IntelliShell Script Tasks, you can save scripts as repeatable tasks. You can then run them on-demand or on a timetable of your own choosing. We can’t wait to see what you can do with this new feature. […]

Posted on: 01/09/2022 (last updated: 28/04/2025) • Dj Walker-Morgan 3 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: A […]

Posted on: 01/09/2022 • Dj Walker-Morgan 6 minutes
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What does the “Query Options” button in Studio 3T do? #STUDIO3T_AMA

Q: What does the “Query Options” button in Studio 3T do? Quick answer:  The Query Options button makes it easier to turn on disk use and set the collation for a find query. Longer answer:  The Find Query Options dialog is displayed when the icon next to the run query button – in the Collections […]

Posted on: 18/08/2022 (last updated: 24/08/2022) • Dj Walker-Morgan 2 minutes