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Does 5 automatically search all indexes?

cramasta
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Did v5 change so that you automatically search against all indexes by default.

Before I would have to do a "index=custom sourcetype=foo" now I just do a "sourcetype=foo" and it works with out calling out the index. Pretty sure in 4.* the main index was only searched when not specifying a index.

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gfrjonp
Explorer

Under the Manager -> Access controls -> Roles (Pick one like admin) you can specify what indexes are searched by default.
I have specifically set mine to "all non-internal indexes" this searches everything by default. Other roles only search the pertinent indexes.

*Edit: To answer your real question, no v5 didn't change. My fresh install still only shows main as the default searched index. I tested build 140868.

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gfrjonp
Explorer

Under the Manager -> Access controls -> Roles (Pick one like admin) you can specify what indexes are searched by default.
I have specifically set mine to "all non-internal indexes" this searches everything by default. Other roles only search the pertinent indexes.

*Edit: To answer your real question, no v5 didn't change. My fresh install still only shows main as the default searched index. I tested build 140868.

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