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Removal of an old/non-current index if max number of indices have been created for your engine
Creation of fields and facets on the dashboard - if not created earlier
Creation of a new index
Addition and build of hierarchical data if applicable
Item addition/indexing
Rebuild All indices - this includes rebuilding the indices other than the data index which are Autocomplete index, Percolator, Learning Search and Related Searches.
Setting the new index as the current index
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