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Connect to a Cluster via the BI Connector

Note

This feature is not applicable to Atlas Infinite. To learn more about Atlas Infinite capabilities and behavior, see MongoDB Atlas Infinite: Overview.

Important

Feature unavailable in Flex Clusters

Flex clusters don't support this feature at this time. To learn more, see Atlas Flex Limitations.

You can enable the BI Connector for Atlas when you create or scale an M10 or larger cluster.

If you have a multi-cloud cluster, your BI Connector connection string may include the cloud provider type (.gcp or .azure). In the event of a failover in which nodes on one cloud provider fail and requests are routed to nodes in another cloud provider, your BI Connector connection string may change.

To mitigate this hazard, add analytics nodes to clusters deployed only in one cloud provider and set the BI Connector read preference to Analytics. This ensures that your connection string remains constant.

Important

To transition to and connect with MongoSQL, the newest BI connection tool from MongoDB, see Transition from Atlas BI Connector to MongoSQL.

You can connect from the following clients using the BI Connector for Atlas: