describeIndex()

This operation describes a specific index.

await milvusClient.describeIndex(data)

Request Syntax

 milvusClient.describeIndex({ 
     db_name: string,
     collection_name: string,
     field_name?: string,
     index_name?: string,
     timeout?: number
 })

PARAMETERS:

• db_name (string) -

  The name of the database that holds the target collection.

• collection_name (string) -

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of an existing collection.

• field_name (string) -

  The name of an existing field in the collection.

• index_name (string) -

  The name of the index to describe.

• timeout (number)

  The timeout duration for this operation. Setting this to None indicates that this operation timeouts when any response arrives or any error occurs.

RETURNS Promise

This method returns a promise that resolves to a DescribeIndexResponse object.

{
    index_descriptions: IndexDescription[],
    status:  ResStatus
}

PARAMETERS:

• index_descriptions (IndexDescription[]) - A list of index descriptions for the requested collection. When field_name or index_name is supplied, the list contains only the matching entry.

  • index_name (string) -

    The index name.

  • indexID (number) -

    The internal index identifier.

  • params (KeyValuePair[]) -

    The index parameters captured at creation (for example, index_type, metric_type, params).

  • field_name (string) -

    The field on which the index is built.

  • indexed_rows (string) -

    The number of rows that have been indexed so far.

  • total_rows (string) -

    The total number of rows the index covers.

  • state (string) -

    The build state of the index. Possible values are IndexStateNone, Unissued, InProgress, Finished, and Failed.

  • index_state_fail_reason (string) -

    The failure reason when state is Failed, otherwise an empty string.

  • pending_index_rows (string) -

    The number of rows still waiting to be indexed.

• ResStatus A ResStatus object.

  • code (number) -

    A code that indicates the operation result. It remains 0 if this operation succeeds.

  • error_code (string | number) -

    An error code that indicates an occurred error. It remains Success if this operation succeeds.

  • reason (string) -

    The reason that indicates the reason for the reported error. It remains an empty string if this operation succeeds.

Example

const milvusClient = new MilvusClient(MILUVS_ADDRESS);
const describeIndexReq = {
  collection_name: 'my_collection',
  index_name: 'my_index',
};
const res = await milvusClient.describeIndex(describeIndexReq);
console.log(res);