Reindexing

If you rename an option that is currently used on a page (for example inside a Page Property Report), you need to reindex the affected space.

Use the Reindexing feature to select and reindex the spaces where the option is used.

In most cases, a full reindex of the entire instance is not necessary. Use the Usage feature to identify the specific spaces where the option is used and limit the reindexing to those spaces.

To access Reindexing, go to:

Confluence Administration → Apps → Easy Dropdown Menu → Configuration → Reindexing

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Space Selection

On this screen you can see all the spaces. Instead of showing the status for MIGRATED , it displays now the date of the last successful reindexing for each space.

This allows you to quickly see when a space was last processed.

  1. Select the spaces you want to reindex by clicking the checkbox on the left side

  1. After selecting the spaces, click Migrate Spaces. You will be redirected to the progress screen.


Progress Screen

When reindexing starts, you are automatically redirected to the progress screen.

Here you can see:

  • which spaces are currently being reindexed

  • which are waiting

  • which are already completed

The tab where the reindexing is running needs to stay open while it is in progress until it is finished. Otherwise, the reindexing will be aborted.

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After completion, you will see the date of the last successful reindexing or one of the following statuses:

  • READY : No attempt to reindex this space has been made. Execute a reindexing which includes this space.

  • FAILED : The whole space is either archived or restricted.
    If the space is archived, first restore it in Space Settings > General > Archive space and then reindex it.
    If the space is restricted, grant view and edit permissions for the space to the user that executes the reindexing.

  • PARTIALLY migrated :
    Grant view and edit permissions for each restricted page to the user that executes the reindexing. The migration logs will contain the IDs and title of the pages that failed.
    The Page Property Report contains too many && operators in an EDM filter.
    You don’t have a status option defined and therefore it can’t migrate the macro.

If your have spaces that partially migrated after the reindexing please download the logfile and have a look on how to solve the issue on the page: Solve migration issues.