compactStructuredEncryptionData

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Definition

Compatibility
Syntax
Command Fields
Required Access
Example

Definition

compactStructuredEncryptionData: Compacts documents specified in the metadata collections and deletes redundant documents.

Compatibility

This command is available in deployments hosted in the following environments:

MongoDB Atlas: The fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud

Note

This command is supported in all MongoDB Atlas clusters. For information on Atlas support for all commands, see Unsupported Commands.

MongoDB Enterprise: The subscription-based, self-managed version of MongoDB
MongoDB Community: The source-available, free-to-use, and self-managed version of MongoDB

Syntax

The command has the following syntax:

db.runCommand(
  {
    compactStructuredEncryptionData: <collection>,
    compactionTokens: {
       encryptedFieldPath: bindata,
       ...
    },
  }
)

Command Fields

The command takes the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
`compactStructuredEncryptionData`	string	The name of the collection.
`compactionTokens`	document	A document that maps index fields to compaction tokens.

The mongosh provides a wrapper method db.collection.compactStructuredEncryptionData().

Required Access

The built-in roles readWriteAnyDatabase and dbOwner provide compactStructuredEncryptionData actions on resources.

Example

See metadata collection compaction for an example.

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