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Managing Saved Queries and Aggregations

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  • Saving an Aggregation Pipeline
  • Saving a Favorite Query
  • Viewing Saved Queries
  • Viewing Query History

Starting in MongoDB Compass 1.31, you can load saved queries and aggregations from the My Queries view once you are connected to your cluster. This page explains how to add and view favorite queries and aggregations.

You can save a pipeline so that you can find it later. If you load a saved pipeline, you can change it without changing the original saved copy. You can also create a view from your pipeline results.

To save your pipeline:

1

In the aggregation pipeline pane, click the Save drop-down menu and select Save as.

Save pipeline as
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Name your pipeline
3

Click the Save button to save your pipeline. Your pipeline will be saved under the folder icon at the top left of the pipeline builder.

You can favorite a query so that you can find it later. If you load a favorite query, you can change it without changing the original saved copy.

To add a query to your favorites:

1

Click the History button on the query bar.

Click history button
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Click the Star button.

Click star button
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Enter a name for your query.

Save favorite query

Starting in MongoDB Compass 1.31, you can view your saved queries and aggregation pipelines on the My Queries tab once connected to your cluster.

When you click a saved or favorite query tile, Compass opens the Documents tab with the filter loaded.

When you click a saved or favorite pipeline tile, Compass opens the Aggregations tab with the pipeline loaded.

My queries view
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You can also view favorite queries from the Favorites tab from in the Documents view. To open the Favorites tab:

1

Click the History button at the top of the Documents tab.

Query history view
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Select your favorited operation.

  • If your favorited operation is a query, only a Filter statement displays in the Favorites list view along with copy and delete icons.

    Note

    Clicking a favorited query in the Favorites list view populates your Query Bar with that query.

  • If your favorited operation is a bulk update statement, a Filter and Update statement display in the Favorites list view along with copy , delete , and open in modal icons.

    Note

    Clicking the icon opens the bulk update statement and the filter criteria in the Update Documents modal. For details on bulk update statements in Compass, see Modify Multiple Documents.

For details on how to view query history see viewing recent query history.

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