Migrating data from one index to another

[Branden]

I've been using the default "main" index for all my indexing. I'm at the point where I think it would be best to branch out a bit and have some separate indexes.

Suppose I create an index "access" which will store our web server access logs. Is there a way to migrate my existing access log data from the "main" index into the new "access" index? I don't want to have to specify two different indexes if/when I search for older access log information.

Thanks!

[gkanapathy]

There is no need for you to do this. You can just make the old and the new indexes "default" for the user role(s).

[Branden]

Oh I see how to do it now. It's in the Roles section of the manager (duh).
Odd... when I try to create a new role, it won't let me add capabilities to the role. No matter what capabilities I select, it says the role only has 1 capability (delete by keyword). This happens even if I clone an existing role ('admin' in this case). Could this be a bug?

[Branden]

Just to clarify... are you saying I can configure it to search "access" and "main" by default without having to specify them in the search string?

[hulahoop]

This is the easiest way to combine your current access events in both the new and old indexes.

[hulahoop]

Unfortunately, there's no way to surgically transfer data from one index to another. If you want the existing access events in the main index, then you can delete them and re-index into the new access index.