Remove an index for a specific field

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read

    • You can remove the index for a specific field in a table if you no longer want the search engine to return results for that field.

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > System Definition > Dictionary.
    2. Open the dictionary record for the table field.

      The dictionary record for a table field is the record with Table matching the table's name and Column name matching the field's name, as shown in the following example image.

      Dictionary Entry table showing a table field's dictionary record with matching Table and Column name.

    3. In the Attributes related list, select New.
    4. On the Dictionary Attribute form, fill in the fields.
      Field Value
      Attribute No text index
      Value true
    5. Select Submit.
    6. Select Update.

    Result

    The system no longer indexes text from the specified table field or queries it for text search results. This change also disables text indexing and search for the specified field in all tables that extend the specified table.