Reindexing completely repopulates the index table in the database or the HPSTRA index in Elasticsearch with indexed business data from all instances of the task type currently in the system.

If the number of task instances is very large, reindexing the database can take a relatively long time to complete. For example, several thousand task instances may take two to five minutes to process; larger numbers will take proportionately longer. Reindexing a HPSTRA index in Elastic search is much faster.

Reindexing deletes all index contents and reinserts the task business data for the available task instances of the task type. For HPSTRA indexes, reindexing also drops the existing index in Elasticsearch.

You can reindex two or more task types simultaneously. However, if the number of task instances is large, this may result in increased consumption of system resources and performance issues.

Reindexing runs as a background process. You can continue working in other areas of My webMethods.

You cannot pause a reindexing procedure.