Shallow Indexing

Shallow Indexing

Question

What is the difference between refreshing vs shallow indexing content?

Answer

The difference between a refresh and a shallow index is that a refresh is handled entirely within Digital Hive. It updates local information such as the name of an object, tags, custom fields, and ratings so the UI reflects the latest metadata. This operation does not inspect underlying content changes.

A shallow index goes further. It checks the underlying content system for that specific level or folder to detect changes such as newly added reports or folders that were not present during the last index. This allows Digital Hive to update the index for just that area without having to reindex the entire system.


  1. Launch Digital Hive
  2. Click your Avatar 
  3. Click Manage Digital Hive 
  4. Click on Content
  5. Click on a connector 
  6. Click on the Folder or File you wish to reindex

  7. To perform a shallow index, press and hold the Refresh icon until the rotation completes. This starts the shallow indexing process. Below, you can see how the newly added content is now appearing in the File System connector without having to perform a full reindex.

  8. To refresh the view, click the circular arrow icon (Refresh). This updates the client folder state to match the server.

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