Searching and indexing

In plone, database index and search facilities are provided by portal_catalog tool. There are two distinct functions. Indexing: All searchable data is copied to the catalog when the object is indexed, to make object searchable and listable. Querying: Search keys are matched against the indexed catalog copies to return the indexed metadata of the object.

• Catalog
  • Introduction
  • See also
  • portal_catalog
  • Other catalogs
  • Manually indexing object to a catalog
  • Rebuilding a catalog
• Indexes and metadata
  • Introduction
  • Indexes and metadata
  • Viewing indexed data
  • Index types
  • Default Plone indexes and metadata columns
  • Indexing an object
  • Creating an index
  • Custom index methods
  • TextIndexNG3
  • Other
• Querying
  • Introduction
  • Preface
  • Brain objects
  • Dumping portal catalog content
  • Bypassing query security check
  • Bypassing language check
  • Expired content check
  • Querying by path
  • Querying by interface
  • Query by content type
  • Query published items
  • Querying by date
  • Query by language
  • Combining queries using Boolean operators
  • Sorting results
  • Unique values