How to Rebuild Search Index | Pega Tutorials v7.4

Search Index is enabled Pega Application Developer to search Rule and Data instances. It also enables Pega application users to search work items.
If for some reason Search Index Files are deleted or corrupted then we need to rebuild pega search indexes

Steps to Rebuild Search Index in Pega PRPC v7.4

1. Login to Pega Designer Studio
2. Traverse Designer Studio > System > Setting > Search landing page
3. Under Search, Indexing setting make sure Enable Search Index button is On. 
• If this button is off then by default you can only rebuild Rules and Data Indexes only
4. Under "Default Indexes Option you will find three option: All Rules, All data, and all work items.
• All Rules option build index of all the instances of Rule- Class.
• All Data option build index of all instances of Data- Class.
• All Work option build index of all instances of Work- Class.
• When all work item is enabled, "Index Work Attachment" option will be enabled. This option index work item attachment in the search result. You can adjust the attachment size threshold which indicates maximum MBs of attachment to be indexed. The maximum size of attachment that can be indexed is 5MB
5. Click on Re-Index button to rebuild any index.
6. On Click on ReIndex button, you will get three option
• All Classes in this index
• When you select this option it will reindex all the classes.
• Only Classes listed below
• When you select this option it will reindex only those classes that you will add in the list. There is no limit on the number of classes that you can add to this list.
• All Classes in this index except those listed below
• When you select this option it will reindex all the classes except those classes that are in the list
7. After 10 seconds click on refresh and It will let you know the status of reindex.