# Index List

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The Index List shows individual indexes and index groups. Various operations are available for via the toolbars, menus, and keyboard short-cuts:

Edit Index | modify the index parameters
Remove index | remove the index from the list or completely delete the index
Add New Index | create a new index or reference an existing index
Update index | rescan the indexed files look for any changes
Recreate index | delete the index and re-create from scratch
Cancel indexing | Cancel the indexing process currently in operation and rolling back to the previous index state.

Index Details

The index details contains a summary of information about the index and various tabs that drill down on the index information and status to help diagnose issues.

Explore Tab

The Explore tab allows you to view the details for the items in the index. It reads directly from the index and so provides a good indication of what is searchable in the index.

The information available shows the attributes recorded the last time the item was indexed:

Name | Name of the item.
Modified | The last modified date.
Size | Size of the item.
Index date | Date item was last indexed.
Terms | The number of indexed terms recorded for the item.
Content | Yes/No flag indicating if contents of the item was indexed.
Binary file | Yes/No flag indicating if the item was detected as having non-text content.
Error | Yes/No flag indicating if an error was detected when indexed the item.
Partial Index | Yes/No flag indicating if the item was too large to index and was therefore only partially indexed.
Attribute | Item attributes, for debugging purposes.

Update Log

The Update Log is a log of files that were indexed, it is not read from the index but from a separate database that monitors the indexing operations. Any file indexing errors are reported here.

The information available shows the important log information for the item:

Time | Item log time
Name | Name of the item
Location | Path to item
Duration | Amount of time spent indexing item. This is an indication only and can be skewed by index maintenance tasks that could interrupt indexing.
Size | Size of the item.
Type | Type of index action taken: Indexed: Item was indexed, including content. Indexed - Name Only: Only the name of the item was indexed. Unchanged: Item was unchanged in the last index update and so the content was not re-indexed.
Status | Status of the index operation, either: Success, Warning, Error. See Message column for more details on any warnings or errors.
Message | More information for any log items that are flagged as Warning or Error.
Updates | Counter to indicate how many times the log item has been updated, for debugging purposes.

History Tab

The History tab shows a high-level history of indexing actions, such as updates, monitoring etc.

Messages Tab

The Messages tab shows recent messages that were produced during indexing actions.

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