Modify Collection

You can rename a collection or change its settings. This page focuses on how to modify a collection.

Rename Collection

You can rename a collection as follows.

from pymilvus import MilvusClient

client = MilvusClient(
    uri="http://localhost:19530",
    token="root:Milvus"
)

client.rename_collection(
    old_name="my_collection",
    new_name="my_new_collection"
)

import io.milvus.v2.service.collection.request.RenameCollectionReq;
import io.milvus.v2.client.ConnectConfig;
import io.milvus.v2.client.MilvusClientV2;

String CLUSTER_ENDPOINT = "http://localhost:19530";
String TOKEN = "root:Milvus";

// 1. Connect to Milvus server
ConnectConfig connectConfig = ConnectConfig.builder()
    .uri(CLUSTER_ENDPOINT)
    .token(TOKEN)
    .build();
    
MilvusClientV2 client = new MilvusClientV2(connectConfig);

RenameCollectionReq renameCollectionReq = RenameCollectionReq.builder()
        .collectionName("my_collection")
        .newCollectionName("my_new_collection")
        .build();

client.renameCollection(renameCollectionReq);

import { MilvusClient, DataType } from "@zilliz/milvus2-sdk-node";

const address = "http://localhost:19530";
const token = "root:Milvus";
const client = new MilvusClient({address, token});

const res = await client.renameCollection({
    oldName: "my_collection",
    newName: "my_new_collection"
});

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"

    "github.com/milvus-io/milvus/client/v2"
)

ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
defer cancel()

milvusAddr := "127.0.0.1:19530"
token := "root:Milvus"

cli, err := client.New(ctx, &client.ClientConfig{
    Address: milvusAddr,
    APIKey:  token,
})
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal("failed to connect to milvus server: ", err.Error())
}

defer cli.Close(ctx)

err = cli.RenameCollection(ctx, client.NewRenameCollectionOption("my_collection", "my_new_collection"))
if err != nil {
    // handle error
}

export CLUSTER_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:19530"
export TOKEN="root:Milvus"

curl --request POST \
--url "${CLUSTER_ENDPOINT}/v2/vectordb/collections/rename" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
    "collectionName": "my_collection",
    "newCollectionName": "my_new_collection"
}'

Set Collection TTL

To automatically remove expired data from a Milvus collection, you can set the collection’s Time-To-Live (TTL) in seconds. Once the TTL expires, Milvus marks the data as expired and schedules it for asynchronous deletion. As a result, the data may still appear in search results until the deletion process is fully completed.

The following code snippet demonstrates how to change the TTL of a collection.

from pymilvus import MilvusClient

client.alter_collection_properties(
  collection_name="collection_name",
  properties = {"collection.ttl.seconds": 500}
)

import io.milvus.v2.service.collection.request.AlterCollectionReq;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

Map<String, String> properties = new HashMap<>();
properties.put("collection.ttl.seconds", "60");

AlterCollectionReq alterCollectionReq = AlterCollectionReq.builder()
        .collectionName("my_collection")
        .properties(properties)
        .build();

client.alterCollection(alterCollectionReq);

res = await client.alterCollection({
    collection_name: "my_collection",
    properties: {
        "collection.ttl.seconds": 60
    }
})

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"

    "github.com/milvus-io/milvus/client/v2"
    "github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pkg/common"
)


ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
defer cancel()

milvusAddr := "127.0.0.1:19530"
token := "root:Milvus"

cli, err := client.New(ctx, &client.ClientConfig{
    Address: milvusAddr,
    APIKey:  token,
})
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal("failed to connect to milvus server: ", err.Error())
}

defer cli.Close(ctx)

err = cli.AlterCollection(ctx, client.NewAlterCollectionOption("my_collection").WithProperty(common.CollectionTTLConfigKey, 60))
if err != nil {
    // handle error
}

# Currently not available for REST