Indexing policy

The indexing policy determines how the metadata query engine indexes objects. Each object has its own indexing policy setting that indicates whether the metadata query engine should index custom metadata for that object. This setting is part of the object metadata.

Note: For any given object, if custom metadata indexing is disabled for the HCP system or for the namespace that contains the object, the metadata query engine does not index custom metadata for that object, regardless of its indexing policy setting. For more information about custom metadata indexing for the metadata query engine, see Metadata query engine index.

Every object has an individual indexing policy setting defined as part of its system metadata. HCP ignores this setting for an object when custom metadata indexing is disabled for its namespace. However, metadata query API requests can always use the individual indexing policy setting as a namespace search criterion. Additionally, third-party applications can use this setting for their own purposes.

Users and applications can see and modify indexing policy settings. For information about these activities, see Using a Namespace or Using the Default Namespace.

For information about metadata query engine indexing, see Metadata query engine index.

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