Reindexing Triggers
INDEX TYPE | REINDEXING EVENT |
Product Prices | Add the customer group
Change configuration settings |
Flat catalog product data | Add the store
Add the store group Add, edit, or remove attribute (for searching and filtering) |
Flat catalog category data | Add the store
Add the store group Add, edit, or remove attribute (for searching and filtering) |
Catalog category/product index | Add, edit, or remove products (single, mass, and import)
Change product-to-category relations Add, edit, or remove categories Add or remove stores remove store groups remove websites |
Catalog search index | Add, edit, or remove products (single, mass, and import)
Add or remove stores remove store groups remove sites |
Stock status index | Change inventory configuration settings. |
Category permissions index | Add the store, add the store group, add or remove or update attribute (for searching and filtering) |
Index Actions and Controls
Index Actions
ACTION | RESULT | TO CONTROL |
Creating a new store, a new customer group, or any action listed in “Actions that Cause a Full Reindex.” | Full reindex | Your Magento cron job determine to perform full reindexing on the schedule. |
Mass loading of items in these ways:
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Partial reindex (only changed items are reindexed) | Determined at the frequency by your Magento cron job. |
Changing scope (for example, from global to website) | Partial reindex (only changed items are reindexed) | At the frequency determined by your Magento cron job. |
Events that Trigger Full Reindexing
Full Reindex Triggers
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Catalog Category Flat Indexer | Create a new web store
Create a new web store view Create, or remove an attribute that is any of the following:
Change an existing attribute to be any of the preceding. Enable flat category storefront options |
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Catalog Product Flat Indexer | Create a new web store
Create a new web store view Create, or remove an attribute that is any of the following:
Change an existing attribute to be any of the preceding. Enable flat category storefront options |
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Stock status indexer | When the following Catalog Inventory options change in the system configuration:
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Price Indexer | Adding a new customer group.
When the following Catalog Inventory options change in the system configuration:
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Category or Product Indexer | Create or remove a store view
remove a store remove a website |