Restore single collection with different name

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Hi Team,

  1. How to restore signle collection with different name using mongorestore in same database?
  2. How to restore signle collection with different name using MongoDB compass in same database?
    example:
    Original collection name: Employees
    Different Name (backup) : Employee_backup

While restoring i don’t want to over write original collection.

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Have you tried using the --db and --collection arguments from my best friend the mongorestore documentation? Other options related to your use-case are --nsFrom and --nsTo.

It looks like it will do what you want.

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mongorestore --db=(DB) --collection=(new collection name) path/to/bson/file/you/want/to/restore/from

There, easy.