Indexing in Azure Cognitive Search
An index is one of the most important constructs in Azure Search. We defined it as a table that contains all imported documents with searchable data defined in it. At the beginning of this chapter, we learned how to create it and add or edit fields. In this section, we will learn a bit more about modifying it, as an index is not a fixed being and can be altered and adjusted to your needs.
Importing more data
There is always a need to push more data to your index – your application grows, the storage of your documents becomes bigger and bigger, especially if you are creating a document repository, and you would like to be able to find what you are searching for even in the most recent documents. However, there are two options to add data to your index:
- The push model
- The pull model
We will cover both these models in the following sections.
The push model
The push model is the best solution for applications that...
