Index Trigger Events | Adobe Commerce 2.3 User Guide (Archived)

Index Trigger Events

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Reindexing triggers

Index Type	Reindexing Event
Product Prices	Add customer group Change configuration settings
Flat catalog product data	Add store Add store group Add, edit, or delete attribute (for searching and filtering)
Flat catalog category data	Add store Add store group Add, edit, or delete attribute (for searching and filtering)
Catalog category/product index	Add, edit, or delete products (single, mass, and import) Change product-to-category relations Add, edit, or delete categories Add or delete stores Delete store groups Delete websites
Catalog search index	Add, edit, or delete products (single, mass, and import) Add or delete stores Delete store groups Delete websites
Stock status index	Change inventory configuration settings.
Category permissions index	Add store, add store group, add or delete or update attribute (for searching and filtering)

The flat product and category indexers also influence how catalog and shopping cart price rules are indexed. If you have a large number of SKUs (about 500,000 or more), you will notice a dramatic improvement in indexing time for price rules. To take advantage of this improvement, you must enable Use Flat Catalog Product.

Index actions and controls

Action	Result	To Control
Creating a new store, new customer group, or any action listed in `Actions that Cause a Full Reindex`	Full reindex	Full reindexing is performed on the schedule determined by your Magento cron job.
Bulk loading of items (Magento import/export, Direct SQL query, and any other method that directly adds, changes, or deletes data)	Partial reindex (only changed items are reindexed)	At the frequency determined by your Magento cron job.
Changing scope (for example, from global to website)	Partial reindex (only changed items are reindexed)	At the frequency determined by your Magento cron job.

Events that trigger full reindexing

Indexer	Event
Catalog Category Flat Indexer	Create a new web store Create a new web store view Create, or delete an attribute that is any of the following: - Searchable or visible in advanced search - Filterable - Filterable in search - Used for sorting Change an existing attribute to be any of the preceding. Enable flat category storefront options
Catalog Product Flat Indexer	Create a new web store Create a new web store view Create, or delete an attribute that is any of the following: - Searchable or visible in advanced search - Filterable - Filterable in search - Used for sorting Change an existing attribute to be any of the preceding. Enable flat category storefront options
Stock status indexer	When the following Catalog Inventory options change in the system configuration: `Stock Options` - Display Out of Stock Products `Product Stock Options` - Manage Stock
Price Indexer	Adding a new customer group. When any of the following Catalog Inventory options change in the system configuration: `Stock Options` - Display Out of Stock Products `Product Stock Options` - Manage Stock `Price` - Catalog Price Scope
Category or Product Indexer	Create or delete a store view Delete a store Delete a website