describeIndex()

This operation describes a specific index.

public DescribeIndexResp describeIndex(DescribeIndexReq request)

Request Syntax

describeIndex(DescribeIndexReq.builder()
    .collectionName(String collectionName)
    .fieldName(String fieldName)
    .indexName(String indexName)
    .build()
)

BUILDER METHODS:

• collectionName(String collectionName)

  The name of an existing collection.

  Setting this to a non-existing collection results in MilvusException.

• fieldName(String fieldName)

  The name of the field on which the index is created.

• indexName(String indexName)

  The name of the index to describe.

  Setting this to a non-existing collection results in MilvusException.

RETURN TYPE:

DescribeIndexResp

RETURNS:

A DescribeIndexResp object that contains the details of the specified index.

PARAMETERS:

• indexName (String)

  The name of the created index.

• indexType (String)

  The algorithm that is used to build the index.

  For details, refer to In-memory Index, On-disk Index and Scalar Index.

• metricType (String)

  The algorithm that is used to measure similarity between vectors. Possible values are IP, L2, and COSINE.

  This is available only when the specified field is a vector field.

• fieldName (String)

  The name of the field on which the index has been created.

EXCEPTIONS:

• MilvusClientExceptions

  This exception will be raised when any error occurs during this operation.

Example

// describe the index for field "vector"
DescribeIndexReq describeIndexReq = DescribeIndexReq.builder()
        .collectionName("test")
        .fieldName("vector")
        .build();
DescribeIndexResp describeIndexResp = client.describeIndex(describeIndexReq);
// DescribeIndexResp(indexName=test, indexType=AUTOINDEX, metricType=L2, fieldName=vector)