Reindex Search Boost Content

Audience: Low-code Engineers

Skill Prerequisites: Actions, Automation, Search

Rebuilds the index of a search behavior from an Automation job. The behavior's index is cleared, then all its content sources are read again, such as pages, files, URLs and database indexing rules.

It's an older, simpler way to do what Index Behavior does with Scope set to Full Reindex and Bypass Queue unchecked. The action only starts the work. It returns right away, and the content is indexed in the background.

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This action is only available in Automation jobs. It requires the Search feature (Standard) to be licensed, and the action picker marks it when the feature isn't licensed. The action itself doesn't check the license. See Considerations.

Typical Use Cases

• Rebuild a behavior's index on a schedule, for example every night
• Rebuild the index after a large import that ran in the same Automation job

Don't use it to

• Index only what changed. Use Index Behavior with Incremental.
• Rebuild the index from a form, a listing or a workflow. Use Index Behavior, which also works there.
• Index a single database indexing rule. Use Index Rule.
• Delete some records from the index. Use Remove Records.

Related Actions

Action Name	Description
Index Behavior	Indexes or rebuilds a behavior, with more options. Prefer it for new work.
Index Rule	Indexes one database indexing rule right away.
Remove Records	Deletes records from a behavior's index.
Perform Search	Searches a behavior's index.

Input Parameter Reference

Parameter	Description	Supports Tokens	Default	Required
Behavior	The search behavior to reindex. Pick it from the list or enter its numeric ID, for example [BehaviorId]. See Set Up Search Behaviors.	Yes	empty string	Yes

Output Parameters Reference

This action has no output parameters.

Compared with Index Behavior

	Reindex Search Boost Content	Index Behavior
Where it's available	Automation jobs only	Forms, listings, workflows, Automation jobs and more
What it does	Always a full reindex	Incremental or Full Reindex
Queue	Always waits its turn on the indexing server	Can start right away with Bypass Queue
License check	None when it runs	Fails if Search isn't licensed
Unknown Behavior ID	Fails with a generic error	Fails with a parameter error

What happens when it runs

The behavior is marked for reindexing. Within a second or so, the indexing server stops any indexing of the behavior, clears its index, then reads all content sources. The content is then written to the index in batches, every few seconds. You can follow the progress in the Search Dashboard Tab.

It also works when the behavior's Disable Content Querying setting is on.

Considerations

• The index is empty for a while. Until indexing finishes, searches return few or no results. Schedule the job outside working hours.
• Check the license. If Search isn't licensed, the action doesn't fail, but the index is still cleared and the content isn't read again. An error that the feature is unlicensed is written to the log.
• Validate the Behavior. A missing, non-numeric or unknown value makes the action fail with a generic error.
• Errors during indexing are written to the log, not returned by the action.
• Web farms. Indexing runs on the master server. See the server information in the Search Dashboard Tab.

Examples

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To understand how to use the below examples, please see Running Examples.

1. Rebuild the index every night

In a scheduled Automation job, this action rebuilds the index of behavior 1.

{
    "Title": "Reindex Search Boost Content",
    "ActionType": "SbReindexInstance",
    "Description": "Nightly rebuild of the search index",
    "Parameters": {
        "BehaviorId": "1"
    }
}

Revised 09/27/2026