Index Administration

Use

You can carry out the following tasks in the Index area (index administration):

Display technical information about indexes
Activate delta indexes, deactivate them, and manually integrate them into the main index
Create indexes (only for test purposes or troubleshooting)
Completely delete indexes or delete their content (both functions only for test purposes or troubleshooting).
Display information about the distribution of the indexes and the status of index replication
Trigger and terminate index replication
Send search queries for test purposes

Features

The figure below shows you where the index administration area is located in the TREX admin tool (stand-alone):

The following table provides an overview of the windows and functions that are available in this area.

Window	Description
Index: Admin	Displays technical information on indexes. The following functions are available: Delta Index On and Delta Index Off Activating and deactivating the delta index Merge Delta Index Manually Merging a Delta Index with the Main Index
Index: Landscape	Displays the index distribution and the index replication status. The context menu offers the following functions: Clear Index: Clearing an Index Delete Index: Deleting an Index Create Index: Creating an Index Copy Index: Copying Indexes You use this function to create a copy of an index with a different name. Export Index/Import Index: Exporting and Importing Indexes Delete all Temporary Indexes: Deleting all temporary indexes Triggering and terminating index replication Replicate Selected Index Abort Replication of Selected Index Force Replication of selected Index Replicate All Indexes Abort All Replications You require the remaining functions to change the configuration of a distributed TREX system and to correct errors. For more information, see the SAP NetWeaver Search and Classification TREX Single Host installation guide. This guide is located on SAP Service Marketplace at `service.sap.com/instguides`.
Index: Usage	This area displays information about index use and statistics.
Index: Search	Allows you to send search queries. You use this function for test purposes only.
Index: Mining	You can use this TREX function to display the statistical distribution of attributes in an index. Note For more documentation about this TREX function, see SAP Note 1108641 - TREX 7.0/7.1: TREX admin tools (Standalone and TREX_ADMIN).