Content indexing
Everything stored within Confluence is considered to be content. To be able to search this content, it needs to be indexed first. Confluence Administrators can adjust the behavior of the indexes and Confluence search.
Content is not directly added to the index. New and modified content is placed in a queue and the queue is processed once every minute.
Rebuilding the indexes
Normally the content indexes are maintained automatically, but you may need to rebuild the indexes manually under the following circumstances:
Created content doesn't appear in "Recently Updated" or the search results
The Did You Mean feature is not working
After a Confluence upgrade, if mentioned in the upgrade release notes
If you changed the indexing language
To rebuild a content index, perform the following steps:
Browse to the Administration Console (Administration | Confluence Admin).
Choose Content Indexing in the left-hand side menu.
This will display both Search Indexes and the current status:
Click on the...
