We’ve currently encountered an issue where we are quickly running out of filesystem space used by the search indexes and are looking to reduce the consumption.
We have dedicated indexes for most of our work classes already. However we forgot to enable the “For specified properties” check box before we indexed them.
Which we can do, but I assume this would only apply to newly indexed work and a re-index of those classes would be required.
My question is this and I could have sworn I’d seen something about this a while back but unable to find the article now, if you created a dedicated index for a work class those documents would be removed from the Default index. Can someone confirm this please?
I also assume based on my testing that when we enable the option “For specified properties” this applies to all indexes not just the dedicated ones requiring the default work index to also be re-indexed?
I noted that the size reduced significantly when I did this in our preprod environment.
I’ve checked all the current documentation and cannot find an answer to this.
You’re spot on with your observations. Here’s a quick breakdown:
Dedicated Indexes: Once a dedicated index is created for a work class, its documents are removed from the default typeless index (e.g., Work-). This helps reduce redundancy and improves search performance.
“For Specified Properties”: Enabling this applies globally — not just to dedicated indexes. A full re-index is required across all relevant indexes (including default) to reflect the change.
Space Reduction: Your preprod results make sense — indexing only specified properties trims down payload size and disk usage significantly.
Hope this helps! Let me know if you have other questions or want some more detail.
@carlnPerfect exactly the answer I was looking for. Now I can be sure to create a new dedicated index for one of the biggest case types still in the default work index and be sure it won’t increase the disk usage.
@PRUTHVIRAJ In Infinity 24.2 and later, the old Elasticsearch ‘Dedicated Index’ option was removed because search moved to SRS (Search and Reporting Service). The equivalent is managed in Admin Studio → Search → Data model, where you add your classes and properties. After updating the data model, run a reindex to apply the changes.