Rebuild text search indexes without adversely impacting search results. You can continue to perform text searches on a table while the index regeneration takes place.

1. Navigate to System Definition > Scripts - Background.
2. In Run script box, type the following syntax for the background script:

   new GlideTextIndexEvent ( ).indexUpdate(tableName, emailAddress);
   

   Where:

   • tableName is the name of the table you want to reindex.
     Note: Only the specified table and its child tables are reindexed.
   • emailAddress is the address to which an email notification should be sent when the table reindex completes. Type null for no email notification.
   For example, to regenerate the kb_knowledge table text search index, and specify that no email notification is required after the rebuild completes, create the following background script:

   new GlideTextIndexEvent ( ).indexUpdate('kb_knowledge', null);
   

   The script creates an event that the index handler processes so the script completes almost instantly.

3. Click the Run script button.
   The system reindexes the text search for the specified table. For large files, such as sys_metadata, reindexing can take a couple of hours, but you can still perform text searches on the table while the script is running.