Firestore in Datastore mode documentation
Firestore in Datastore mode is a NoSQL document database built for automatic scaling, high performance, and ease of application development.
While the Datastore mode interface has many of the same features as traditional databases, as a NoSQL database it differs from them in the way it describes relationships between data objects.
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Documentation resources
Guides
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Quickstart: Store and query data in Firestore in Datastore mode
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Exporting and Importing Entities
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Running the Datastore Emulator
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Datastore Admin
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Accessing your database
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Deleting Entities in Bulk
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Index Configuration
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Viewing Statistics in the Console
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Managing Firestore in Datastore mode from the Console
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