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Certain actions (such as adding custom fields) trigger a re-index to be performed. This
Re-indexing enables the new information to become searchable.
Re-indexing can take anywhere from 5 to 60 minutes depending on many factors including database performance, :
- Database performance.
- IO performance of the disk where the Enterprise Tester indexes are being stored (a slow SAN/NAS based disk can impact on indexing and search performance)
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- The number of records and relationships stored in Enterprise Tester.
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Performing a Re-index
If a re-index is required and an Administrator logs into Enterprise Tester – they will be redirected to the Indexing Administration page.
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As an Administrator you can also access the Index Administration screen by double clicking the Indexing node in the explorer tree:
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- Ensure it is an appropriate time to perform the re-index, it is recommended that you perform re-indexing out of hours or during off peak times.
Users can still log in while the re-index is underway, but results in searches, grids and graphs will be inconsistent until the re-indexing process has completed. - Click the “ReRe-index Now” buttonNow button.
- Select “—All Projects –“ --All Projects -- from the Project dropdown.
- Check “Optimize” if required (selecting Optimize Optimize? if required. This will result in smaller and more efficient search indexes, however the re-indexing process will take longer and may affect users working in the system). Click “OK”.
- Check Skip Relationships? if required. This will skip reindexing of relationships.
- Click OK
A reindex progress bar will be displayed:
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When the re-index completes, the indexing window should refresh and the value “Requires Index” value Requires Index value should be “No” No.
Other Indexing Administration Tabs
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By default the location of the Indexes folder will default to the "Data" folder of your installation.
The indexes folder can grow up to 1 gigabyte in size, so if you don't have a lot of space free on your installation drive, or prefer to store data in a different location, you can change the web.config file to specify this location. See the app-setting-configuration mini-guide appSettings page for details of how to do this.