Full v/s Partial Indexing

Hawksearch provides two main options to rebuild the search index - full and partial index rebuild.

Full Index Rebuild

A full rebuild entails:

1. Removal of an old/non-current index if max number of indices have been created for your engine

2. Creation of fields and facets on the dashboard - if not created earlier

3. Creation of a new index

4. Addition and build of hierarchical data if applicable

5. Item addition/indexing

6. Rebuild All indices - this includes rebuilding the indices other than the data index which are Autocomplete index, Percolator, Learning Search and Related Searches.

7. Setting the new index as the current index

Usage:

Depending on the version and implementation strategy of Hawksearch applicable to your engine, one or more options below can help create a full index rebuild request:

1. Clicking the Rebuild Index button on the workbench:
   
   

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2. Sending a request through the dashboard API without additional parameters:
   Using Dashboard API to Rebuild Indexes - Hawksearch Knowledge Base - Confluence (atlassian.net)
   
   

1. Using Hawksearch v4.0 - Indexing API to perform the 7 operations listed at the beginning of the page
   
   

Some of the scenarios when a full index rebuild is necessary:

1. Implementing Hawksearch for the first time.

2. Building Hawksearch index on a new environment - dev/test/production

3. Adding/updating settings data configuration section such as changing the fields.

Partial Index Rebuild

A partial rebuild entails:

1. Adding new items to an existing index

2. Updating existing items in an existing index

3. Removing existing items in an existing index

Usage:

Depending on the version and implementation strategy of Hawksearch applicable to your engine, one or more options below can help create a partial index rebuild request:

1. Sending the dashboard api request with a parameter indicating the partial rebuild.

2. Using the Hawksearch Indexing API 4.0 to perform CRUD operations on existing indices.

Some of the scenarios when a partial index rebuild is sufficient:

1. Index already exists on the Hawksearch engine for the particular environment.

2. Make non-significant changes to the existing data.

3. Make no changes to the configuration on the Hawksearch workbench/dashboard.