Enable Natural Language Querying

The new Data Explorer user interface is available in Public Preview and includes new features that weren't present in the old interface.

You can enable Atlas natural language querying by toggling the Enable Data Explorer Generative AI Features setting. Natural language queries can be a helpful starting point and assist you in learning to write MongoDB queries.

Before You Begin

Ensure that you enable generative AI features in the Organization Settings page.

To enable this organization-level setting:

In Atlas, go to the Organization Settings page.

Warning

Navigation Improvements In Progress

We're currently rolling out a new and improved navigation experience. If the following steps don't match your view in the Atlas UI, see the preview documentation.

If it's not already displayed, select your desired organization from the Organizations menu in the navigation bar.
Click the Organization Settings icon next to the Organizations menu.
The Organization Settings page displays.

Enable generative AI features.

Set the Enable Atlas features that use generative AI toggle to On.

Steps

In Atlas, go to the Project Settings page.

Warning

Navigation Improvements In Progress

We're currently rolling out a new and improved navigation experience. If the following steps don't match your view in the Atlas UI, see the preview documentation.

If it's not already displayed, select the organization that contains your desired project from the Organizations menu in the navigation bar.
If it's not already displayed, select your desired project from the Projects menu in the navigation bar.
Next to the Projects menu, expand the Options menu, then click Project Settings.
The Project Settings page displays.

Enable natural language querying.

Set the Enable Data Explorer Generative AI Features toggle to On.

(Optional) Read MongoDB's GenAI FAQs

To learn more, see:

Next Steps

Prompt a Natural Language Query

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Query with Natural Language

Prompt Query