Hello, Raj I've just checked my Schema page for external file field
Solr version 8.3.1 gives only such parameters for externalFileField: Field: fff Field-Type: org.apache.solr.schema.ExternalFileField Flags: UnInvertible Omit Term Frequencies & Positions Properties √ √ Are u sure you don’t have (or had) fieldA in main collection schema ? externalFileField is not part of the index. It resides in separate file in Solr index directory and goes into memory every commit. > -----Original Message----- > From: Raj Yadav [mailto:rajkum...@cse.ism.ac.in] > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 3:09 PM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Why External File Field is marked as indexed in solr admin SCHEMA > page? > > We have following external file field type and field: > > *<fieldType name="ext_file_field" keyField="id" defVal="0.0" > class="solr.ExternalFileField" valType="float"/>* > > *<field name="fieldA" type="ext_file_field" />* > > In solr official documentation is it mentioned that : > *"*The ExternalFileField type makes it possible to specify the values for a > field in a file outside the Solr index. *External fields are not searchable. > They > can be used only for function queries or display."* > > I was expecting that for field "fieldA" indexed will be marked as false and it > will not be part of the index. But Solr admin "SCHEMA page" (we get this > option after selecting collection name in the drop-down menu) is showing it > as an indexed field (green tick mark under Indexed flag). > > We have not explicitly specified indexed=false for this external field in our > schema. Wanted to know whether this field is really part of the index. > Or it is just a bug from the admin UI side. > > Regards, > Raj
