Macrometa GDN | Collection Deletion and Truncation

Collection Deletion/Truncation

All collection types can be deleted or truncated. In the collection settings tab, you will find information about collections and buttons to perform delete and truncate. Delete drops a collection and all its data and indexes. Truncate will remove all data from a collection but it will keep all its indexes.

To delete or truncate a collection, select Collections on the left-hand side of the GDN window, choose a collection, click on the settings tab, and press delete or truncate.

Collection Settings Information

ID: System-generated ID of the selected collection.

Type: The type of data model of the selected collection.

Status: Current status of the selected collection.

Delete

Use this option to completely delete the selected collection.

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Truncate

Use this option to remove all the documents from the collection but leave the indexes in place.

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Purge

The Dynamo table schema is stored in JSON format. Instead of Truncate, we have the Purge button, but the effect is the same as Delete.

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Conclusion

Managing collection deletion and truncation from the Macrometa GDN console is simple and easy. You can also perform these actions using the appropriate API Endpoints. 

Documentation Resources

Collection Essentials