Building the index on Windows

To build the index on Windows

1 On the machine where you installed Horizon Index Services, open Windows Explorer.
2 Go to this directory:

Horizon Index Services installation directory\win.

3 Double-click startindexserver.bat to start the Index Server.

A command line window opens, showing the commands executed by the Index Server and the settings loaded from the configuration file.

Important: Do not close this window. Closing the window stops the Index Server. The Index Server must be running for the Indexer to work.

4 In the win directory, double-click startmassindexer.bat to start the Indexer.

The Indexer builds the index. A command line window opens, showing the progress of the Indexer. This sample text shows the kind of information you will see:

Initialize index files.
Index files initialized.
Indexed: 250 of 156130. Records per second: 35
Indexed: 500 of 156130. Records per second: 41
Indexed: 1000 of 156130. Records per second: 44

Note: If the Indexer is interrupted before the index is complete, you can resume the build. (For instructions, see Resume a mass build of the index.)

After the index is built, the Indexer automatically switches to dynamic indexing mode to keep the index up-to-date as your library adds, updates, and deletes bib, item, and copy records. The command line window shows these messages when the Indexer is running in dynamic mode:

Waking up and checking for work to do.
Sleeping for 30 seconds.

Important: Do not close this window. Closing the window stops the Indexer.

To have future changes to your records included in the index, leave the Indexer and the Index Server running on an ongoing basis.

If you need to stop the Indexer for some reason, see Stop the Indexer.

 


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