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Asked: 2026-06-01T17:29:37+00:00

I want to create only the collections structure. i.e. Say Products collection contains a

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I want to create only the collections structure.
i.e.
Say Products collection contains a list of Categories.

I want to specify this container structure by creating this dependencies, but I do not want to create any collection entry (say there is a loader program somewhere that bulk uploads the data).

The closet analogy in RDBMS is; DBA creates the schema design with constraints and dependencies; application or ETL tool loads the actual data.

Most of the examples that I see simply create a sample collection and then invoke the
db.insert(document)
OR
db.save(document)

Is it even possible in MongoDB?

if the question is not clear, please let me know.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The short answer is NO.

    You cannot create a schema in MongoDB. A collection is just a set of documents. Furthermore, dependencies are likely to be represented with embedded documents (as opposed to referenced documents).

    We can be more specific if you post the data you want to represent.

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