Yes, it is possible to rename using aggregation. Let us first create a collection with documents
> db.renameIdDemo.insertOne({"StudentName":"Chris"}); { "acknowledged" : true, "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9a1760353decbc2fc927c5") } > db.renameIdDemo.insertOne({"StudentName":"Robert"}); { "acknowledged" : true, "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9a1765353decbc2fc927c6") } > db.renameIdDemo.insertOne({"StudentName":"David"}); { "acknowledged" : true, "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9a176b353decbc2fc927c7") }
Following is the query to display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method
> db.renameIdDemo.find();
This will produce the following output
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5c9a1760353decbc2fc927c5"), "StudentName" : "Chris" } { "_id" : ObjectId("5c9a1765353decbc2fc927c6"), "StudentName" : "Robert" } { "_id" : ObjectId("5c9a176b353decbc2fc927c7"), "StudentName" : "David" }
Following is the query to rename _id field:
> db.renameIdDemo.aggregate({ $project: { ... _id: 0, ... mainId: "$_id", ... count: 1, ... sum: 1 ... } ... } ... );
This will produce the following output. We have renamed _id to mainId;
{ "mainId" : ObjectId("5c9a1760353decbc2fc927c5") } { "mainId" : ObjectId("5c9a1765353decbc2fc927c6") } { "mainId" : ObjectId("5c9a176b353decbc2fc927c7") }