Arguments

• profiling_level: Specifies the profiling level. It can have the following values:

  • 0: (Default) Disable profiling.

  • 1: Profile queries that exceed the specified slowms threshold or match the specified filter.

  • 2: Profile all queries and operations.

• options: Specifies additional profiling options. If an integer is specified, the slowms threshold is updated with the specified value. It can have the following values:

  Option	Description	Default Value
  slowms	Specifies the threshold in milliseconds for queries to be considered slow. Queries that take longer than the specified threshold are profiled.	100
  failed	Enables profiling of failed queries.	false

Example 1

The following example enables profiling, runs a query, and returns the profile information for the query.

1. Enable profiling.

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   db.setProfilingLevel(2)

2. Run a sample MongoDB® query. For example, the following query finds all the documents in a collection named exampleCollection where Qty is greater than 25:

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   db.exampleCollection.find({Qty:{$gt: 25}})

3. View the profile information.

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   db.system.profile.find().sort({ts: -1}).limit(1)

   [ { ts: Mon Mar 03 2025 17:30:01 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time),
       ns: 'dbTest.exampleCollection',
       op: 'query',
       millis: new Long("109"),
       ok: 1,
       client: '10.0.137.81:35940',
       command: 
        { find: 'exampleCollection',
          filter: { Qty: { '$gt': 25 } },
          lsid: { id: new UUID("8ab9be41-646f-4a59-9f04-bc8370be95de") },
          '$db': 'dbTest' },
       sqlCommands: [ 'USING dbTest\nWITH\n`exampleCollection.find` AS (SELECT \'irm+QWRvSlmfBLyDcL6V3g==.D1qyPeKoaso=\' AS kai)\nSELECT BSON_EXCLUDE_MASK(_more, \'{"_id":1}\') AS _more_1, _id FROM dbTest.exampleCollection WHERE BSON_EXTRACT_BIGINT(_more, \'Qty\') > 25' ] } ]

   Note that the query profile contains information about the MongoDB® query and the equivalent SQL query. The sqlCommands section in the output shows the SQL commands run to achieve the search operation.

Additional Examples

• To log failed queries and queries that exceed the specified slowms time:

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  db.setProfilingLevel(1, {failed:true,slowms:60000})

• To profile and log all the queries and operations:

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  db.setProfilingLevel(2)

• To disable profiling:

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  db.setProfilingLevel(0)

• To view the profiling metrics for the last 5 logged queries:

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  db.system.profile.find().sort({ts: -1}).limit(5)