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In order to provide fast searching, JIRA creates an index of the text entered into issue fields. This index is stored on the file system, and updated whenever issue text is added or modified. It is sometimes necessary to regenerate this index manually; for instance if issues have been manually entered into the database, or the index has been lost or corrupted.

(warning) Some functionality described on this page is restricted in JIRA OnDemand.

Indexing Administration

  1. Log in as a user with the 'JIRA Administrators' global permission.
  2. Select 'Administration' > 'System' > 'Advanced' > 'Indexing' (tab) to open the 'Re-Indexing' page.
    (tick) Keyboard shortcut: 'g' + 'g' + type 'ind'
  3. This page allows you to:
    • re-index your data— whenever you re-index data, JIRA will clear any existing indexes and re-index all the current data from scratch. This may take a few minutes (depending on how many issues you have) and users will be unable to access JIRA during this time.
    • optimise your indexes — click the 'Optimise Indexes' link to access this function.
      • Note that JIRA schedules an optimisation of your indexes every night at midnight.

Screenshot: Indexing JIRA

(info) Choosing a custom Index Path:

  • If you upgraded JIRA with an XML backup from a JIRA version prior to 4.2 and used a custom directory for your index path, you can choose between using this custom directory (which cannot be edited) or the default directory for your index path location. However, once you switch to using the default directory, you can no longer choose the custom directory option.
  • The default directory location is the caches/indexes subdirectory of the JIRA Home Directory.

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  1. Aug 25, 2010

    jonathan doklovic

    JIRA by default schedules a re-index to run every night at midnight

    Is this correct? It seems that JIRA schedules and index optimization but that doesn't seem to actually reindex everything.

    Is there a way to schedule a FULL reindex?

    1. Dec 27, 2010

      Anonymous

      Hi,

      Do you know how to configure Jira to make itself re-index automaticly.

      I have checked Jira configuration, Jira doesn't have this function currectly. Do you know how to make Jira re-index automaticly ?

      1. Mar 16, 2011

        Anonymous

        Look near the bottom of the page: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRACOM/Automating+JIRA+operations+via+wget

  2. Dec 20, 2010

    Anonymous

    1)  When I open some of my issues, it shows "The issue you are trying to view does not exist." error.

    2)   When I run the re index process, it removes all those issues for which system was showing "The issue you are trying to view does not exist."

    3) How can I get those issues back in my issues listl

  3. May 26, 2011

    Anonymous

    Re-index doesn't seem to work for me. I've changed the Custom Fields for having 'Story Points' not only in Stories but in Bugs and Stories and after re-index it's still not coming up as a field. Any other suggestion?