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| 1 | +.. procedure:: |
| 2 | + :style: normal |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | + .. step:: Paste your connection string. |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | + If you have the connection string for your deployment available, you can |
| 7 | + paste the string directly into the dialog box. You can use either the |
| 8 | + :manual:`Standard Connection String Format |
| 9 | + </reference/connection-string/#connections-standard-connection-string-format>` |
| 10 | + or the :manual:`DNS Seedlist Connection Format |
| 11 | + </reference/connection-string/#connections-dns-seedlist>`. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | + To obtain the connection string for an |service| cluster: |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | + a. Navigate to your |service| :guilabel:`Clusters` view. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | + #. Click :guilabel:`Connect` for your desired cluster. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | + #. Click :guilabel:`Connect with MongoDB Compass`. |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | + #. Copy the provided connection string. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | + .. include:: /includes/fact-hide-connection-string-password.rst |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | + To learn how to format the connection string for a deployment that is not |
| 26 | + hosted on |service|, see :manual:`Connection String URI Format </reference/connection-string>`. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | + .. step:: Connect to your cluster. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | + Click :guilabel:`Connect` or :guilabel:`Save & Connect` to navigate to the |
| 31 | + |compass-short| :doc:`Home Page </instance>`. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | + The :guilabel:`Save & Connect` button prompts you to save your connection |
| 34 | + string as a :ref:`Favorite Connection <favorite-connections>` and then |
| 35 | + navigates to the home page. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | + .. important:: Required Access |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | + Once you are connected to your MongoDB deployment, you may require |
| 40 | + specific :manual:`user roles <reference/built-in-roles/>` to access |
| 41 | + various |compass-short| features. For more information on the required |
| 42 | + roles for |compass-short| features, see :ref:`required-access`. |
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