Search indexes support multi-dimensional data queries and statistical analysis in big data scenarios based on inverted indexes and column stores. This topic describes the API operations that you can call to perform operations on search indexes.
API operations
The following table describes the API operations that you can call to perform operations on search indexes.
Item | API | Description |
Create a search index | You can create a search index. | |
Query the names of search indexes | You can query the names of search indexes that are created for a table. | |
Query information about a search index | You can query information about a search index, such as the index schema and configurations. | |
Update a search index | You can update the configuration information about a search index, such as the time to live (TTL). | |
Delete a search index | You can delete a search index that you no longer require. | |
Query data | You can use a search index to query data. | |
Query the maximum number of parallel scan tasks | You can query the maximum number of parallel scan tasks for a single ParallelScan request. | |
Scan data in parallel | You can scan data in parallel to return the data that meets the specified conditions in an efficient manner. |