2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/views/view.cpp b/src/mongo/db/views/view.cpp
index 04987538658..e5812dedf19 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/views/view.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/views/view.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ ViewDefinition& ViewDefinition::operator=(const ViewDefinition& other) {
     return *this;
 }
 
+bool ViewDefinition::isTimeseries() const {
+    auto bucketsNs = _viewNss.makeTimeseriesBucketsNamespace();
+    return bucketsNs == _viewOnNss;
+}
+
 void ViewDefinition::setViewOn(const NamespaceString& viewOnNss) {
     invariant(_viewNss.db() == viewOnNss.db());
     _viewOnNss = viewOnNss;
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/views/view.h b/src/mongo/db/views/view.h
index 8812048b166..715399ef746 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/views/view.h
+++ b/src/mongo/db/views/view.h
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ public:
         return _collator.get();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if this view represents a time-series collection.
+     */
+    bool isTimeseries() const;
+
     void setViewOn(const NamespaceString& viewOnNss);
 
     /**