MongoDB Compass Release Notes for 2018

Added collation support to the following features:

• Create a Collection
• Create a Database
• Create an Index
• Query Your Data
• Create an Aggregation Pipeline

Added the ability to find text within a page using either Ctrl + F or Command + F, depending on your platform.

Reduced the required permissions to use MongoDB Compass. As of this version of MongoDB Compass, users require the read permission to access a database in Compass.

Updated dates to display in UTC time.

Added support for SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication mechanism.

Various bug fixes and improvements.

As of this version, you should not provide a Password when using Kerberos as the authentication mechanism.

Added support for importing plain text pipelines into the Aggregation Pipeline Builder.

Added support for exporting aggregation pipelines and exporting queries in the syntax of the following languages:

• Java

• Node

• C#

• Python 3

Added Aggregation Pipeline Builder, which provides the ability to execute aggregation pipelines to gain additional insight into your data.

Added MongoDB Compass Isolated Edition for highly secure environments. This edition does not initiate any network requests except to the MongoDB server.

Added ability to import and export data in JSON and CSV format.

Added MongoDB Compass Readonly Edition which limits certain CRUD operations within your organization.

The following actions are not permitted in Compass Readonly Edition:

• Create and drop databases

• Create and drop collections

• Create, delete, edit, and clone documents

• Create and drop indexes

• Create, delete, and edit document validation rules

All other functionality remains the same as in standard MongoDB Compass.

Added support for connecting to Compass using an SRV record. In the connect dialog, if Compass detects an SRV record URI on the clipboard it auto-completes the dialog based on the SRV record.

Made various performance and stability inprovements to the documents tab.