MongoDB

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Before You Start

Make sure that you have already set up a dedicated user for our syncing service to access your MongoDB database.

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Example User/Role Creation Template

db.createUser({
  user: "your_user",
  pwd: "********",
  roles:[{role: "read" , db:"your_database"}]
});

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How do I Set Up MongoDB as a Source?

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Connect a Source

1. Log in to your Desintation App.
2. Navigate to the integrations portal.
3. Click New Sync.
4. Choose MongoDB.
5. Input the following details:
   1. Display Name: A descriptive, human-readable name for this data source
   2. Username: This can be your personal username or you can create a dedicated user for syncing
   3. Password: The password for your syncing user
   4. Host: Your MongoDB URL used to sync
   5. Connection Options: Add any optional additional connection configuration here.
6. Click Test to validate the connection.
7. Click Continue.

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Choose an Object to Sync

1. Select an Object you want to create in the Destination App from your pulled data. The Object describes the expected format of the data in the Destination App.
2. Select a table to pull data from by providing the following information:
   1. Namespace: The dataset ID within your poject (e.g., my-namespace in project-name.my-namespace)
   2. Table: The name of the table in your namespace that you want to pull data from. The columns in this table will be mapped to the Object you selected.
3. Select Preview to see a sample of your table’s data.
4. Click Continue.

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Map Fields

For each field of the chosen Object, select one of the columns in your source table to map to it.