CreateIndex

CreateIndex( param_object )
CreateIndex( param_object )
CreateIndex( param_object )
CreateIndex( param_object )
create_index( param_object )
create_index param_object
CreateIndex( param_object )
CreateIndex( param_object )

Description

The CreateIndex function adds a new index to the cluster with the specified parameters. After the transaction containing the CreateIndex is completed, the index is immediately available for reads. (The index may not be used in the transaction it was created.) The index may return incomplete results until it is fully built and marked as active. FaunaDB builds the index asynchronously by scanning over relevant instance objects of the source class(es).

Updating index fields

  • It is possible to rename an index by updating its name field. Renaming an index changes its reference, but preserves inbound references to the index. Index data is not rebuilt.

  • If you update the unique field, it does not remove existing duplicated items from the index, but does prevent future duplicates from being added.

  • The fields of an index which may not be modified are: terms, values, or partitions.

When an index is deleted, it becomes inaccessible, and its data is deleted asynchronously.

Parameters

Argument Type Definition and Requirements

param_object

Object

The param_object fields are described below.

param_object

Field Name Field Type Definition and Requirements

name

String

The logical name of the index. Cannot be events, sets, self, instances, or _.

source

VarArgs

One or more source objects describing source classes and (optional) fields.

terms

Array

Optional - An array of term objects describing the fields to be indexed.

values

Array

Optional - An array of value objects describing the fields to be covered.

unique

Boolean

Optional - If true, maintains a unique constraint on combined terms and values.

serialized

Boolean

Optional - If true, writes to this index are serialized with concurrent reads and writes.

partitions

Integer

Optional - The number of sub-partitions within each term.

permissions

Object

Optional - Indicates who is allowed to read the index.

data

Object

Optional - This is user-defined metadata for the index. It is provided for the developer to store information at the index level.

Returns

An object containing the metadata about the CreateIndex operations.

Field Name Field Type Definition and Requirements

ref

Reference

The reference is an automatically-generated, unique identifier within the database to the index that was created.

name

String

The logical name of the index created.

source

VarArgs

The source and binding of the newly created index.

ts

Long

The timestamp associated with the creation of the index.

active

Boolean

Indicates if the index has completed building and is fully operational.

partitions

Long

The timestamp associated with the creation of the index.

Examples

The CreateIndex operation builds an index on the class "spells" with the name "new-index".

curl https://db.fauna.com/ \
    -u fnAChGwBcAACAO70ziE0cfROosNJHdgBmJU1PgpL: \
    -d '{
          "create_index": {
            "object": { "name": "new-index", "source": { "class": "spells" } }
          }
        }'
client.Query(
  CreateIndex(
    Obj("name", "new-index", "source", Class("spells"))));
System.out.println(
      client.query(
          CreateIndex(
              Obj(
                  "name", Value("new-index"),
                  "source", Class(Value("spells"))
              )
          )
      ).get());
result, _ := client.Query(
    f.CreateIndex(
        f.Obj{"name": "new-index", "source": f.Class("spells")},
    ),
)

fmt.Println(result)
client.query(
  CreateIndex(
    Obj("name" -> "new-index", "source" -> Class("spells"))))
client.query(
  q.create_index(
    {"name": "new-index", "source": q.class_expr("spells")}
  ))
$client.query do
  create_index name: 'new-index', source: class_('spells')
end
client.query(
    CreateIndex(
        Obj("name" => "new-index", "source" => Class("spells"))
    )
)
client.query(
  q.CreateIndex(
    { name: "new-index", source: q.Class("spells") }))
.then((ret) => console.log(ret))
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
{
  "resource": {
    "ref": { "@ref": "indexes/new-index" },
    "class": { "@ref": "indexes" },
    "ts": 1509244540009619,
    "active": false,
    "partitions": 8,
    "name": "new-index",
    "source": { "@ref": "classes/spells" }
  }
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "indexes/new-index" },
  "class": { "@ref": "indexes" },
  "ts": 1509244540009619,
  "active": false,
  "partitions": 8,
  "name": "new-index",
  "source": { "@ref": "classes/spells" }
}
{
  ref: ref(id = "new-index", class = ref(id = "indexes")),
  ts: 1526674566835735,
  active: false,
  partitions: 8,
  name: "new-index",
  source: ref(id = "spells", class = ref(id = "classes"))
}
map[ref:{new-index 0xc4201ef8e0 <nil>} ts:1509244540009619 active:false partitions:8 name:new-index source:{spells 0xc4201efb40 <nil>}]
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "indexes/new-index" },
  "class": { "@ref": "indexes" },
  "ts": 1509244540009619,
  "active": false,
  "partitions": 8,
  "name": "new-index",
  "source": { "@ref": "classes/spells" }
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "indexes/new-index" },
  "class": { "@ref": "indexes" },
  "ts": 1509244540009619,
  "active": false,
  "partitions": 8,
  "name": "new-index",
  "source": { "@ref": "classes/spells" }
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "indexes/new-index" },
  "class": { "@ref": "indexes" },
  "ts": 1509244540009619,
  "active": false,
  "partitions": 8,
  "name": "new-index",
  "source": { "@ref": "classes/spells" }
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "indexes/new-index" },
  "class": { "@ref": "indexes" },
  "ts": 1509244540009619,
  "active": false,
  "partitions": 8,
  "name": "new-index",
  "source": { "@ref": "classes/spells" }
}
{ ref: Ref(id=new-index, class=Ref(id=indexes)),
  ts: 1527275052756370,
  active: false,
  partitions: 8,
  name: 'new-index',
  source: Ref(id=spells, class=Ref(id=classes)) }

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