Atlas Charts

Atlas Charts

MongoDB Charts is Atlas's built-in data visualization tool. You can build charts and dashboards from your collections with a drag-and-drop interface - no query code required.

Getting started

1. In your Atlas dashboard, open the Charts tab.
2. Click Activate Now (takes about a minute).
3. Open the dashboard and click Add Chart.

Build a chart

1. Under Data Source, select a collection (for example, the Movies collection in sample_mflix).
2. Drag a field to an axis.
3. Configure the Bin Size and Aggregate (like COUNT).

For example, to chart movies per year:

• Drag Year to the Y Axis, set Bin Size to 1.
• Drag _id to the X Axis, set Aggregate to COUNT.

Result: a bar chart of how many movies were released each year.

Why Charts?

• Build dashboards and analytics without writing aggregation code.
• Runs the queries against your data for you.
• Great for sharing visual insights with your team.

Key facts

• Charts is part of MongoDB Atlas (cloud), not the open-source server.
• Uses field dragging and aggregations (like COUNT) rather than hand-written pipelines.

TL;DR

• Atlas Charts = drag-and-drop data visualization.
• Pick a collection, drag fields to axes, set aggregates.
• Build dashboards without writing queries.