Field Indexing

Indexing a field causes the field to be searched using the Laserfiche Full-Text Indexing and Search Engine. (For details, see Indexing Fields.) You can index fields when they are created, and you can index or unindex a field by modifying the field and either selecting or clearing the Indexed option.

Important: It is not necessary to index a field to perform searches for values in that field. Fields that have not been indexed will be searched using non-indexed search.

Note: When you index a field that already exists in your repository, all previously-indexed documents with that field will be added to the indexing queue to be reindexed. This may cause a delay in field searches returning values for that field until the indexing is complete.

To index or unindex a field in the Laserfiche web client management page 

  1. Open the web client management page and sign in as any user who has been granted the Modify Templates and Fields privilege or the Modify Field field access right.
  2. Under Metadata, select Fields.
  3. Click on the field that you want to index or unindex
  4. Check the Indexed box if you want to index the field. Uncheck the same box if you want to unindex the field.
  5. Click OK to save your changes.