Database Methods

View

db._view(view-name)

Returns the view with the given name or null if no such view exists.

arangosh> view = db._view("example");
........> // or, alternatively
arangosh> view = db["example"]

[ArangoView 84711, "example" (type arangosearch)]
[ArangoView 84711, "example" (type arangosearch)]

db._view(view-identifier)

Returns the view with the given identifier or null if no such view exists. Accessing views by identifier is discouraged for end users. End users should access views using the view name.

Examples

Get a View by name:

arangosh> db._view("demoView");

[ArangoView 95, "demoView" (type arangosearch)]

Unknown View:

arangosh> db._view("unknown");

null

Create

db._createView(name, type, properties)

Creates a new View.

name is a string and the name of the View. No View or collection with the same name may already exist in the current database. For more information on valid View names please refer to the naming conventions.

type must be the string "arangosearch", as it is currently the only supported View type.

properties is an optional object containing View configuration specific to each View-type.

• arangosearch View definition
• search-alias View definition

Examples

arangosh> v = db._createView("example", "arangosearch");
arangosh> v.properties()
arangosh> db._dropView("example")

[ArangoView 84701, "example" (type arangosearch)]
{ 
  "writebufferSizeMax" : 33554432, 
  "writebufferIdle" : 64, 
  "consolidationIntervalMsec" : 1000, 
  "consolidationPolicy" : { 
    "type" : "tier", 
    "segmentsBytesFloor" : 2097152, 
    "segmentsBytesMax" : 5368709120, 
    "segmentsMax" : 10, 
    "segmentsMin" : 1, 
    "minScore" : 0 
  }, 
  "writebufferActive" : 0, 
  "commitIntervalMsec" : 1000, 
  "links" : { 
  }, 
  "storedValues" : [ ], 
  "cleanupIntervalStep" : 2, 
  "primarySort" : [ ], 
  "primarySortCompression" : "lz4" 
}

All Views

db._views()

Returns all views of the given database.

Examples

List all views:

arangosh> db._views();

[ 
  [ArangoView 95, "demoView" (type arangosearch)], 
  [ArangoView 84715, "exampleView" (type arangosearch)] 
]

Drop

db._dropView(name)

Drops a view named name and all its data. No error is thrown if there is no such view.

db._dropView(view-identifier)

Drops a view identified by view-identifier with all its data. No error is thrown if there is no such view.

Examples

Drop a view:

arangosh> db._createView("exampleView", "arangosearch");
arangosh> db._dropView("exampleView");
arangosh> db._view("exampleView");

[ArangoView 84707, "exampleView" (type arangosearch)]
null