Using the GUI, MongoDB Compass
Some users would rather work with a GUI to create and update their data and collections. The MongoDB GUI, Compass, offers additional functionality like data visualization and performance profiling as well as offering CRUD (create, read, update, delete) access to data, databases, and collections.
Find out more at MongoDB Compass: The Easiest Way to Manage and Explore Your Data
Prerequisites for using Compass with MongoDB Atlas
If you are using MongoDB Atlas, the steps to getting to Compass are as follows:
Add your IP to the IP access list for your Atlas project
Make sure you have a database user on the MongoDB cluster you want to use.
Make sure you have MongoDB Compass installed. If not, download and install Compass for your operating system.
Prerequisites for using Compass with a self-managed MongoDB cluster
If you are using self-managed MongoDB:
Make sure the MongoDB self-managed cluster is installed and running on your machine or server
Make sure you have a database user on the MongoDB cluster you want to use Make sure you have MongoDB Compass installed on your computer. If not, download and install Compass for your operating system.
Creating a MongoDB database with Compass
The Databases tab in MongoDB Compass has a "Create Database" button.
In MongoDB Compass, you create a database and add its first collection at the same time:
Click "Create Database" to open the dialog
Enter the name of the database and its first collection
Click "Create Database"
The next step is to insert one or more documents into your database.
Click on your database’s name to see the collection you created, then click on the collection’s name to see the Documents tab:
Click the "Add Data" button to insert one or more documents into your collection.
You can add JSON documents one at a time, or add multiple documents in an array by enclosing comma-separated JSON documents in square brackets, as shown in this example:
[ { "_id" : 8752, "title" : "Divine Comedy", "author" : "Dante", "copies" : 1 }, { "_id" : 7000, "title" : "The Odyssey", "author" : "Homer", "copies" : 10 }, { "_id" : 7020, "title" : "Iliad", "author" : "Homer", "copies" : 10 }, { "_id" : 8645, "title" : "Eclogues", "author" : "Dante", "copies" : 2 }, { "_id" : 8751, "title" : "The Banquet", "author" : "Dante", "copies" : 2 } ]Click "Insert to add" the documents to your collection.