Duplicating a Collection and Creating an Alias
TLDR Gabe wanted to duplicate a collection and create an alias. Jason suggested exporting old documents and importing them into a new collection.
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Jun 24, 2021 (31 months ago)
Gabe
Gabe
06:32 PMis there any way to duplicate a collection, so I can create an alias.
• I have one collection called
• I'd like to duplicate this to
• drop the original
• then alias
Jason maybe y'all have some way to easily achieve this on the backend?
• I have one collection called
lists• I'd like to duplicate this to
lists-<TIME>• drop the original
lists • then alias
lists=>lists-<TIME>Jason maybe y'all have some way to easily achieve this on the backend?
Jason
Jason
07:10 PMOne way to do this would be to use the documents/export endpoint on the old collection and then send the output to the documents/import endpoint of the new collection
Jun 25, 2021 (31 months ago)
Gabe
Gabe
07:56 PMgotcha, so I need to use the same schema to create a new collection, then export from old & import to new?
Can't wait till y'all enable updating schemas on the fly 😅
Can't wait till y'all enable updating schemas on the fly 😅
Jason
Jason
08:49 PMThat’s correct.
Yup schema update is high in priority list!
Yup schema update is high in priority list!
Gabe
Gabe
08:52 PMoo just realized I can at least create the new collection via the console...sweet!
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Jason
Jason
08:54 PMAnd you can copy paste the old schema from the “Schema” section and edit as needed!
Gabe
Gabe
08:54 PMyup yup!
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