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Create a rolling index for the specified cluster for your project.

To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key that has the Project Data Access Admin role.

Syntax

atlas clusters indexes create [indexName] [options]

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Description
indexName	string	false	Name of the index.

Options

Name	Type	Required	Description
--clusterName	string	true	Name of the cluster.
--collection	string	true	Name of the collection.
--db	string	true	Name of the database.
-h, --help		false	help for create
--key	strings	true	Field to be indexed and the type of index in the following format: field:type.
--projectId	string	false	Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable.
--sparse		false	Flag that creates a sparse index. To learn more about sparse indexes, see https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/core/index-sparse/

Inherited Options

Name	Type	Required	Description
-P, --profile	string	false	Human-readable label that identifies the profile to use from your configuration file. To learn about profiles for the Atlas CLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-save-connection-settings. To learn about profiles for MongoCLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-configuration-file.

Examples

# Create an index named bedrooms_1 on the listings collection of the realestate database:
atlas clusters indexes create bedrooms_1 --clusterName Cluster0 --collection listings --db realestate --key bedrooms:1

# Create a compound index named property_room_bedrooms on the
listings collection of the realestate database:
atlas clusters indexes create property_room_bedrooms --clusterName Cluster0 --collection listings --db realestate --key property_type:1 --key room_type:1 --key bedrooms:1

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