Enable Index Operation

• When an index is enabled, indexing will take place, and new data will be indexed.

• To learn how to disable an index, see disable index.

• In this page:

  • How to enable an index
  • Enable index from the Client API
    • Enable index - single node
    • Enable index - cluster wide
    • Syntax

How to enable an index

• From the Client API:
  Use EnableIndexOperation to enable the index from the Client API.
  The index can be enabled:

  • On a single node.
  • Cluster wide, on all database-group nodes.

• From Studio:
  To enable the index from Studio go to the indexes list view.

• Reset index:
  Resetting a disabled index will re-enable the index locally, on the node that the reset operation was performed on.

• Modify index definition:
  Modifying the index definition will also re-enable the normal operation of the index.

• The above methods can also be used to enable an index that was disabled via the file system, after removing the disable.marker file.

Enable index from the Client API

Enable index - single node:

• With this option, the index will be enabled on the preferred node only.
  The preferred node is simply the first node in the database group topology.

• Note: When enabling an index from Studio,
  the index will be enabled on the local node the browser is opened on, even if it is Not the preferred node.

• Sync
• Async

// Define the enable index operation
// Use this overload to enable on a single node
var enableIndexOp = new EnableIndexOperation("Orders/Totals");

// Execute the operation by passing it to Maintenance.Send
store.Maintenance.Send(enableIndexOp);

// At this point, the index is enabled on the 'preferred node'
// New data will be indexed on this node

// Define the enable index operation
// Use this overload to enable on a single node
var enableIndexOp = new EnableIndexOperation("Orders/Totals");

// Execute the operation by passing it to Maintenance.SendAsync
await store.Maintenance.SendAsync(enableIndexOp);

// At this point, the index is enabled on the 'preferred node'
// New data will be indexed on this node

Enable index - cluster wide:

• Sync
• Async

// Define the enable index operation
// Pass 'true' to enable the index on all nodes in the database-group
var enableIndexOp = new EnableIndexOperation("Orders/Totals", true);

// Execute the operation by passing it to Maintenance.Send
store.Maintenance.Send(enableIndexOp);

// At this point, the index is enabled on ALL nodes
// New data will be indexed

// Define the enable index operation
// Pass 'true' to enable the index on all nodes in the database-group
var enableIndexOp = new EnableIndexOperation("Orders/Totals", true);

// Execute the operation by passing it to Maintenance.SendAsync
await store.Maintenance.SendAsync(enableIndexOp);

// At this point, the index is enabled on ALL nodes
// New data will be indexed

Syntax:

// Available overloads:
public EnableIndexOperation(string indexName)
public EnableIndexOperation(string indexName, bool clusterWide)

Parameters	Type	Description
indexName	string	Name of index to enable
clusterWide	bool	true - Enable index on all database-group nodes false - Enable index only on a single node (the preferred node)