id: search-api-index-form module: search_api label: 'Add or edit a Search API index' langcode: en routes: - route_name: entity.search_api_index.add_form - route_name: entity.search_api_index.edit_form dependencies: module: - search_api tips: search-api-index-form-introduction: id: search-api-index-form-introduction plugin: text label: Adding or editing an index body: This form can be used to edit an existing index or add a new index to your site. Indexes define a set of data that will be indexed and can then be searched. weight: 1 search-api-index-form-name: id: search-api-index-form-name plugin: text label: Index name body: Enter a name to identify this index. For example, "Content index". This will only be displayed in the admin user interface. weight: 2 attributes: data-id: edit-name search-api-index-form-datasources: id: search-api-index-form-datasources plugin: text label: Datasources body: Datasources define the types of items that will be indexed in this index. By default, all content entities (like content, comments and taxonomy terms) will be available here, but modules can also add their own. weight: 3 attributes: data-id: edit-datasources search-api-index-form-tracker: id: search-api-index-form-tracker plugin: text label: Tracker body: An index's tracker is the system that keeps track of which items there are available for the index, and which of them still need to be indexed. Changing the tracker of an existing index will lead to reindexing of all items. weight: 4 attributes: data-id: edit-tracker search-api-index-form-server: id: search-api-index-form-server plugin: text label: Server body: The search server that the index should use for indexing and searching. If no server is selected here, the index cannot be enabled. An index can only have one server, but a server can have any number of indexes. weight: 5 attributes: data-id: edit-server search-api-index-form-description: id: search-api-index-form-description plugin: text label: Index description body: Optionally, enter a description to explain the function of the index in more detail. This will only be displayed in the admin user interface. weight: 6 attributes: data-id: edit-description search-api-index-form-options: id: search-api-index-form-options plugin: text label: Advanced options body: These options allow more detailed configuration of index behavior, but can usually safely be ignored by inexperienced users. weight: 7 attributes: data-id: edit-options