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Tablestore:Operations on search indexes

Last Updated:Jun 17, 2026

Search indexes are built on inverted indexes and column stores to support multi-dimensional data queries and statistical analysis in big data scenarios.

API operations

The following table lists the API operations for search indexes.

Item

API

Description

Create a search index

CreateSearchIndex

Creates a search index.

Query the names of search indexes

ListSearchIndex

Lists the names of all search indexes created for a table.

Query information about a search index

DescribeSearchIndex

Queries information about a search index, such as the schema and configurations.

Update a search index

UpdateSearchIndex

Updates the configurations of a search index, such as the time to live (TTL).

Delete a search index

DeleteSearchIndex

Deletes a search index that is no longer needed.

Query data

Search

Queries data by using a search index.

Query the maximum number of parallel scan tasks

ComputeSplits

Queries the maximum number of parallel scan tasks supported by a single ParallelScan request.

Scan data in parallel

ParallelScan

Scans data in parallel to efficiently return data that meets the specified conditions.