Use the INDEXES task bar along the left side of the Load Definition File editor to navigate between the different index pages. The tasks available in the INDEXES task bar will not be enabled until the data fields and at least one package is defined. To learn about adding data fields see the Add Data Field topic. To learn about adding packages see the Add Package topic.

The INDEXES task bar allows you to navigate between the following pages:

Keyword Index

Keyword indexes are special access methods used to retrieve data within the data-store. Keyword indexes allow users to select items from the data-store by matching words contained within those items. A keyword index need not be against an entire document. It may be, instead, against a portion of the document such as the title. This would allow the user to search for documents whose title contained certain words.

Select the Keyword Index task from the Indexes task bar along the left side of the translate table editor to display the KEYWORD INDEXES page:

Along the right side of the KEYWORD INDEXES page is the KEYWORD task bar.

The KEYWORD task bar allows you to perform the following tasks:

Range Index

Range indexes are special access methods used to retrieve data within the data-store. Range indexes allow users to select items from the data-store by identifying a single value or range of values, which must match or contain at least one value contained within an identified field.

Select the Range Index task from the Indexes task bar along the left side of the translate table editor to display the RANGE INDEXES page:

Along the right side of the RANGE INDEXES page is the RANGE task bar.

The RANGE task bar allows you to perform the following tasks:

Timeline Index

Timeline indexes is a special form of range index which is defined using date-time constants or expressions. A timeline should only be created over a numeric field used to hold date, time, or date-time data. The endpoints are defined by date-time values such as `Jan 1, 2000`, and the size of each slot is a date-time constant such as `1 day`. Items that fall outside the timeline may be included within the slot corresponding to the nearest endpoint, included in a special overflow slot, or discarded from the index.

Select the Timeline Index task from the Indexes task bar along the left side of the translate table editor to display the TIMELINE INDEXES page:

Along the right side of the TIMELINE INDEXES page is the TIMELINE task bar.

The TIMELINE task bar allows you to perform the following tasks:

Sliding Timeline

A sliding timeline index is a powerful variation of a primary timeline index. It allows the timeline to be based upon the current date and time. As time moves forward, the limits of the timeline are automatically adjusted, and items falling outside the new timeline are removed from the data-store and associated indexes. This form of primary index can be very useful in organizing such things as daily publications, current news-wire articles, or upcoming events and movies.

Select the Sliding Timeline task from the Indexes task bar along the left side of the translate table editor to display the SLIDING TIMELINE INDEXES page:

Along the right side of the SLIDING TIMELINE INDEXES page is the SLIDING task bar.

The SLIDING task bar allows you to perform the following tasks:

Spatial Index

A spatial index is a special access method used to retrieve data from within the data-store. Spatial indexes allow users to treat data within a data-store as existing within a two dimensional context. A spatial index is a grid divided into a number of rectangles or cells. All cells have the same width and height. All cells, together, map a single large rectangle. Two fields are required from any record to map the record to the grid -- effectively the (X,Y) coordinate pair.

Select the Spatial Index task from the Indexes task bar along the left side of the translate table editor to display the SPATIAL INDEXES page:

Along the right side of the SPATIAL INDEXES page is the SPATIAL task bar.

The SPATIAL task bar allows you to perform the following tasks:

Geo-Spatial Index

A geo-spatial index is a special form of spatial index which is based upon earth mapping coordinates in fractions of degrees. A geo-spatial index can only be constructed over a pair of numeric fields containing geo-spatial coordinates. One value must be identified as containing the longitude, and one value must be defined as containing the latitude. A geo-spatial index can be thought of as a distorted flat map similar to ones you may have seen in the past. The cells or rectangles used to partition the map are uniform, but the area near the poles is much larger than it would appear on a globe.

Select the Geo-Spatial Index task from the Indexes task bar along the left side of the translate table editor to display the GEO-SPATIAL INDEXES page:

Along the right side of the GEO-SPATIAL INDEXES page is the GEO-SPATIAL task bar.

The GEO-SPATIAL task bar allows you to perform the following tasks:

Package Index

A package index is a special kind of primary index. It maps the entire package to a single slot. It is used when further division of the package by a primary index is not warranted. A package index could be used to organize and make available a package of enduring reference articles on a current news site that uses a sliding timeline for all other articles.

Select the Package Index task from the Indexes task bar along the left side of the translate table editor to display the PACKAGE INDEXES page:

Along the right side of the PACKAGE INDEXES page is the PACKAGE task bar.

The PACKAGE task bar allows you to perform the following tasks: