Import a Search Index Definition with the Capella UI

how-to

Use the Couchbase Capella UI to import a JSON Search index definition or Search index alias.

Prerequisites

You have the Search Service enabled on a node in your database. For more information about how to change Services on your database, see Modify a Database.
You have a bucket with scopes and collections in your database. For more information, see Manage Buckets.
You have a Search index or Search index alias definition saved as a JSON file. For more information about the properties you can include in a Search index or index alias definition, see Search Index JSON Properties.

Your JSON file must be smaller than 40 MB.
You have logged in to the Couchbase Capella UI.

Import a Search Index Definition

To import a full Search index definition with the Capella UI:

On the Databases page, select the database where you want to import a JSON Search index definition.
Go to Data Tools Search.
Click Create Search Index.
Click Advanced Mode.
Click Index Definition.
Click Import from File.

Upload a JSON file that contains your Search index definition.

For example:

{
    "type": "fulltext-index",
    "name": "travel-sample.inventory.travel-index",
    "uuid": "2c4b22c60b59c524",
    "sourceType": "gocbcore",
    "sourceName": "travel-sample",
    "sourceUUID": "76a82f1f3471d9fae3b483f9ee75459d",
    "planParams": {
      "maxPartitionsPerPIndex": 1024,
      "indexPartitions": 1
    },
    "params": {
      "doc_config": {
        "docid_prefix_delim": "",
        "docid_regexp": "",
        "mode": "scope.collection.type_field",
        "type_field": "type"
      },
      "mapping": {
        "analysis": {},
        "default_analyzer": "standard",
        "default_datetime_parser": "dateTimeOptional",
        "default_field": "_all",
        "default_mapping": {
          "dynamic": false,
          "enabled": false
        },
        "default_type": "_default",
        "docvalues_dynamic": false,
        "index_dynamic": false,
        "store_dynamic": false,
        "type_field": "_type",
        "types": {
          "inventory.airline": {
            "dynamic": false,
            "enabled": true,
            "properties": {}
          }
        }
      },
      "store": {
        "indexType": "scorch",
        "segmentVersion": 15
      }
    },
    "sourceParams": {}
  }

(Optional) Make changes to your Search index settings.

For more information, see Search Index Features or Create a Basic Search Index in Advanced Mode.
Click Create Index.

Import a Search Index Alias Definition

To import a Search alias with the Capella UI:

On the Databases page, select the database where you want to import a JSON Search index alias.
Go to Data Tools Search.
Click Create Search Alias.
Click Alias Definition.
Click Import from File.

Upload a JSON file that contains your Search alias definition.

For example:

{
    "name": "travel-color-index",
    "type": "fulltext-alias",
    "params": {
      "targets": {
        "travel-sample.inventory.travel-index": {},
        "vector-sample.color.color-index": {}
      }
    },
    "sourceType": "nil",
    "sourceName": "",
    "sourceUUID": "",
    "sourceParams": null,
    "planParams": {},
    "uuid": "",
    "id": ""
  }

(Optional) Make changes to your Search index alias settings.

For more information, see Create a Search Index Alias with the Capella UI.
Click Create Alias.

Next Steps

To add additional features to your imported Search index, see Search Index Features.

To run a search with your Search index or index alias, see Run A Simple Search with the Capella UI.