MongoDB Compass Release Notes for 2017

Added support for plugins that extend the functionality of MongoDB Compass.

Added support for disconnecting from the active MongoDB instance without restarting MongoDB Compass.

Added Table View for documents as a method of viewing the contents of a collection in tabular format.

Now available in two editions, Compass Community and Compass.

Compass provides the following features not in the Community edition:

• Kerberos Authentication

• LDAP Authentication

• x509 Authentication

• Schema Analysis
• Real Time Server Stats
• Document Validation

Added autocomplete functionality to the query bar.

Query History

Compass automatically stores up to 20 most recent queries for each collection. From the past queries view for a collection, you can view the recent queries as well as the queries saved as favorites . For more information, see View Recent Queries.

Deployment Awareness

When a user connects to a MongoDB instance, Compass now displays:

• The connection name if the connection is a favorite connection or "My Cluster" if it is not.

• The type of deployment (standalone, replica set, sharded cluster). If the deployment is a replica set and the replica set name is specified in the connection window, the number of replica set members will also be displayed.

For more information, see Compass Home.

Documents tab is the default

Schema sampling only on demand

Explain executed only on demand

Improved Document Editing

Deployment Awareness (and read preference)

• Added ability to specify replica set name and read preference in connection screen.

• Added ability to parse MongoDB URI string in the connection screen.

Allow typing index field names in addition to dropdown

Use Client Meta Data to identify Compass application name in server logs

New Loading animation

Added ability to include options in the query bar.

Added ability to add or delete database/collection from the left-hand navigation sidebar.

Added ability to collapse the left-hand navigation sidebar.

Added support for Linux: Ubuntu 14.04+ and RHEL 7+.

Added ability to zoom in and zoom out of panels.