Regulating Indexing

By default, the POA indexes messages and documents in the post office every 24 hours at 8:00 p.m. You can modify this interval if users need messages and documents indexed more quickly. To start indexing immediately, see Updating QuickFinder Indexes.

NOTE:  To facilitate the Find feature in the GroupWise client, the POA searches unindexed messages as well as those that have already been indexed, so that all messages are immediately available to users whenever they perform a search. The POA does not search unindexed documents, so documents cannot be located using the client Find feature until after indexing has been performed.

To adjust the interval at which indexing occurs:

1. In ConsoleOne, browse to and right-click the POA object > click Properties.

2. Click GroupWise > Agent Settings to display the Agent Settings page.

   
   

3. Make sure Enable QuickFinder Indexing is selected. 

4. In the Start QuickFinder Indexing field, specify the number of hours after midnight you want the POA to start its indexing cycle.

   For example, if you set QuickFinder Interval to 6 and Start QuickFinder Indexing to 1, indexing cycles would occur at 1:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m.

5. Decrease the number of hours in the QuickFinder Interval field so indexing occurs more frequently.

   The interval is measured from the start of one indexing cycle to the next, so that indexing starts at regular intervals, no matter how long each indexing session takes. By default, the start point of the cycle is 8:00 p.m.

6. Click OK to save the new indexing settings.

   ConsoleOne then notifies the POA to restart so the new settings can be put into effect.

If the GroupWise indexing capabilities are heavily used and extremely important to users, you could set up a POA specifically to handle indexing. See Configuring a Dedicated Indexing POA.

Corresponding Startup Switches
You could also use the /qfinterval and /qfbaseoffset switches in the POA startup file to regulate indexing.