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Atlas provides sample data you can load into your Atlas clusters. You can use this data to quickly get started experimenting with data in MongoDB and using tools such as the Atlas UI and MongoDB Charts.
For a list of datasets in the sample and a description of each, see Available Sample Datasets for Atlas Clusters. Each dataset page contains information on the databases, collections, and indexes in the dataset.
Load Sample Data
Prerequisites
To utilize the sample data provided by Atlas, you must create an Atlas cluster to load data into. See Create a Cluster for instructions.
Procedure
You can load sample data into your Atlas cluster in several ways. You can load sample data from the Atlas UI Database Deployments, or using the Atlas CLI.
Select the appropriate tab based on how you would like to load sample data:
Available Sample Datasets for Atlas Clusters
The following table shows the sample datasets available for Atlas clusters. Click a sample dataset to learn more about it.
For instructions on loading this sample data into your Atlas cluster, see Load Sample Data.
Dataset Name | Description |
|---|---|
Contains details on
AirBnB listings. | |
Contains training data for a mock financial services
application. | |
Contains shipwreck data. | |
Contains planet data. | |
Contains movie data. | |
Contains restaurant data. | |
Contains data from a mock office supply store. | |
Contains MongoDB training services dataset. | |
Contains detailed weather reports. |
Sample Data Namespaces
When you load the sample data, Atlas creates the following namespaces on your cluster:
If any of these namespaces already exist on your cluster when you attempt to load the sample data, the operation will fail and no sample data will be loaded into your cluster.
Database | Collection |
|---|---|
sample_airbnb | listingsAndReviews |
sample_analytics | accounts |
sample_analytics | customers |
sample_analytics | transactions |
sample_geospatial | shipwrecks |
sample_guides | planets |
sample_mflix | comments |
sample_mflix | movies |
sample_mflix | theaters |
sample_mflix | users |
sample_supplies | sales |
sample_training | companies |
sample_training | grades |
sample_training | inspections |
sample_training | posts |
sample_training | routes |
sample_training | trips |
sample_training | zips |
sample_weatherdata | data |
Tutorials Using Sample Data
Atlas Tutorials
The Get Started with Atlas tutorial walks through setting up an Atlas cluster and populating that cluster with sample data.
Atlas Search Tutorials
- Get Started with Atlas Search
- Create an Atlas Search index using data from the sample_mflix sample database and run queries against the movies collection in the sample database.
- Atlas Search Tutorials
- Set up and query an Atlas Search index. The Tutorials section contains many tutorials to take you through the steps of using Atlas Search. You can learn about everything from How to Use Autocomplete with Atlas Search, to How to Run Atlas Search Queries with a Date Range Filter, or How to Run Multilingual Atlas Search Queries, and more. Many of these tutorials use the sample_mflix sample database.
MongoDB Charts Tutorials
The following MongoDB Charts tutorials guide you through visualizing sample data provided by Atlas:
- Visualizing Order Data
- Visualize the Sample Supply Store Dataset, which contains sales order data from a mock office supply company.
- Visualizing Movie Details
- Visualize the Sample Mflix Dataset, which contains data on movies and movie theaters.
MongoDB University Courses that Use Sample Data
The following MongoDB University courses and trainings utilize the sample data provided by Atlas.
- M001: MongoDB Basics
- MongoDB Basics is designed for learners brand new to MongoDB.
- M121: The MongoDB Aggregation Framework
- Learn how to use MongoDB Aggregation Framework in your application development practices.
- M220J: MongoDB for Java Developers
- Learn how to use MongoDB as the database for a Java application.
- M220JS: MongoDB for Javascript Developers
- Learn how to use MongoDB as the database for a Node.js application.
- M220P: MongoDB for Python Developers
- Learn how to use MongoDB as the database for a Python application.
- All In-Person Training
- Get quickly ramped on MongoDB with comprehensive private training programs for developers and operations teams.