Content Indexed

Indexed Fields

When SearchBlox crawls a web page, it stores all page content in a searchable content field. It also indexes the following predefined fields:

Field	Description
Title	Page title
Description	Meta description of the page
Keywords	Meta keywords associated with the page
URL	Page URL
Last Modified	Date when the page was last modified
Size	Size of the document

The following fields are indexed for files such as PDFs that are discovered and indexed through a WEB Collection:

Field	Description
Author	Author of the document
Doc_creation_date	Date when the document was created
Doc_modification_date	Date when the document was last modified

Note: Map any additional fields you require in the mapping.json file.

Custom meta fields from your web pages are automatically indexed and can be used in search filters.

Example:

query=test&filter=custom:value

To make a custom meta field searchable, map it to the content field in the mapping.json file located in ../ROOT/WEB-INF:

"custom": {
  "type": "text",
  "store": true,
  "fielddata": true,
  "analyzer": "sb_analyzer",
  "copy_to": "content"
}

To use a custom meta field as a facet field, configure it without the copy_to parameter:

"custom": {
  "type": "text",
  "store": true,
  "fielddata": true,
  "analyzer": "sb_analyzer"
}

Important: After updating mapping.json for facet fields, you must clear and reindex the collection for the changes to take effect.

For more information, see *Custom Fields in Search*.