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Practical MongoDB Aggregations

By : Paul Done
Book Image

Practical MongoDB Aggregations

By: Paul Done

Overview of this book

Officially endorsed by MongoDB, Inc., Practical MongoDB Aggregations helps you unlock the full potential of the MongoDB aggregation framework, including the latest features of MongoDB 7.0. This book provides practical, easy-to-digest principles and approaches for increasing your effectiveness in developing aggregation pipelines, supported by examples for building pipelines to solve complex data manipulation and analytical tasks. This book is customized for developers, architects, data analysts, data engineers, and data scientists with some familiarity with the aggregation framework. It begins by explaining the framework's architecture and then shows you how to build pipelines optimized for productivity and scale. Given the critical role arrays play in MongoDB's document model, the book delves into best practices for optimally manipulating arrays. The latter part of the book equips you with examples to solve common data processing challenges so you can apply the lessons you've learned to practical situations. By the end of this MongoDB book, you’ll have learned how to utilize the MongoDB aggregation framework to streamline your data analysis and manipulation processes effectively.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
2
Part 1: Guiding Tips and Principles
7
Part 2: Aggregations by Example
16
Afterword

MongoDB Aggregations Explained

Getting insights from data stored in a database can be challenging, especially when there are millions or even billions of records to process.

In this chapter, you will learn how the MongoDB aggregation framework is designed to make mass data processing, analysis, and reporting intuitive and performant. Even though you may already be familiar with building basic aggregation pipelines, this chapter will lay a solid foundation to help you understand the mindset required for building more powerful, optimized aggregations for the real world.

By the end of this chapter, you will have a grasp of the following:

  • The purpose and design of the MongoDB aggregation framework
  • The MongoDB aggregation language's approach for building aggregation pipelines
  • Relevant use cases for the MongoDB aggregation framework
  • Suggestions for tools to use to run aggregation pipelines and how to get help if you get stuck