Hi OTH, I personally prefer to use the classic *schema.xml* file as I feel its better for core creation with the desired fields than dealing with api calls.
You can use it specifying the schemaFactory class as ClassicIndexSchemaFactory as follows: <schemaFactory class="ClassicIndexSchemaFactory"/> Best regards, Ivan 2017-03-07 17:41 GMT+01:00 OTH <omer.t....@gmail.com>: > Hello > > I'm sure this has been asked many times but I'm having some confusion here. > > I understand that managed-schema is not supposed to be edited by hand but > only via the "API". All I understand about this "API" however, is that it > may be referring to the "Schema" page in the Solr browser-based Admin. > > However, in this "Schema" page, it provides options for "Add Field", "Add > Dynamic Field", "Add Copy Field"; but when I was trying to add a > "fieldType", I couldn't find any way to do this from this web page. > > So I instead edited the managed-schema page by hand, which I understand can > be problematic if the schema is ever edited it via the API later on? > > I am using v. 6.4.1; when I create a new core, it creates the > managed-schema file in the 'conf' folder. Is there any way to use the > older 'schema.xml' format instead? Because there seems to be more > documentation available for that, and like I describe, the browser API > seems to perhaps be lacking. > > If so - what do users usually prefer; schema.xml or managed-schema? (I'm > aware this depends on individual preference, but would be nice to get > others' feedback.) > > Thanks > -- Ivan
