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Indexing Tutorials

Indexes allow MongoDB to process and fulfill queries quickly by creating small and efficient representations of the documents in a collection.

The documents in this section outline specific tasks related to building and maintaining indexes for data in MongoDB collections and discusses strategies and practical approaches. For a conceptual overview of MongoDB indexing, see the Index Concepts document.

Index Creation Tutorials

Create and configure different types of indexes for different purposes.

Index Management Tutorials

Monitor and assess index performance and rebuild indexes as needed.

Geospatial Index Tutorials

Create indexes that support data stored as GeoJSON objects and legacy coordinate pairs.

Text Search Tutorials

Build and configure indexes that support full-text searches.

Indexing Strategies

The factors that affect index performance and practical approaches to indexing in MongoDB

• Index Creation Tutorials
  • Create an Index
  • Create a Compound Index
  • Create a Unique Index
  • Create a Partial Index
  • Create a Sparse Index
  • Create a Hashed Index
  • Build Indexes on Replica Sets
  • Build Indexes in the Background
  • Build Old Style Indexes
• Index Management Tutorials
  • Remove Indexes
  • Modify an Index
  • Rebuild Indexes
  • Manage In-Progress Index Creation
  • Return a List of All Indexes
  • Measure Index Use
• Geospatial Index Tutorials
  • Find Restaurants with Geospatial Queries
  • Create a 2dsphere Index
  • Query a 2dsphere Index
  • Create a 2d Index
  • Query a 2d Index
  • Create a Haystack Index
  • Query a Haystack Index
  • Calculate Distance Using Spherical Geometry
• Text Search Tutorials
  • Create a text Index
  • Specify a Language for Text Index
  • Text Search with Basis Technology Rosette Linguistics Platform
  • Specify Name for text Index
  • Control Search Results with Weights
  • Limit the Number of Entries Scanned
  • Text Search in the Aggregation Pipeline
• Indexing Strategies
  • Create Indexes to Support Your Queries
  • Use Indexes to Sort Query Results
  • Ensure Indexes Fit in RAM
  • Create Queries that Ensure Selectivity

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