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  1. Documentation
  2. DOCS-10435

Connect to Atlas Manual guide should clarify the First Database dilemma

      It's ambiguous what the following means: "and <DATABASE> with the name of the database to which you wish to connect"

      Ultimately this whole idea of the DB name in MongoDB is a little counter-intuitive for a new user. I wonder if we can come up with a good catch-all for this getting started page

      ToDo:

      https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/atlas-free-tier-setup/#create-free-tier-manual

      Should let the user know that they can substitute any name for <DATABASE>, and MongoDb creates it for them automatically if it does not exist. This resolves the new-user confusion on how to connect to a database that does not yet exist.

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            andrew.davidson@mongodb.com Andrew Davidson
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