- INFORMATION
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gcloud beta ai indexes updateis supported in universe domainuniverse; however, some of the values used in the help text may not be available. Command examples may not work as-is and may requires changes before execution.
- NAME
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- gcloud beta ai indexes update - update an Vertex AI index
 
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta ai indexes update(INDEX:--region=REGION) [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--display-name=DISPLAY_NAME] [--metadata-file=METADATA_FILE] [--update-labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]] [--clear-labels|--remove-labels=[KEY,…]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
 
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- EXAMPLES
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To update index 123under projectexamplein regionus-central1, run:gcloud beta ai indexes update --display-name=new-name --metadata-file=path/to/your/metadata.json --project=example --region=us-central1
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Index resource - Index to update. The arguments in this group can be used to
specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given
arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
To set the projectattribute:- 
provide the argument indexon the command line with a fully specified name;
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provide the argument --projecton the command line;
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set the property core/project.
 This must be specified. - INDEX
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ID of the index or fully qualified identifier for the index.
To set the nameattribute:- 
provide the argument indexon the command line.
 This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified. 
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provide the argument 
- --region=- REGION
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Cloud region for the index.
To set the regionattribute:- 
provide the argument indexon the command line with a fully specified name;
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provide the argument --regionon the command line;
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set the property ai/region;
- choose one from the prompted list of available regions.
 
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provide the argument 
 
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provide the argument 
 
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Index resource - Index to update. The arguments in this group can be used to
specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given
arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
- FLAGS
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- --description=- DESCRIPTION
- Description of the index.
- --display-name=- DISPLAY_NAME
- Display name of the index.
- --metadata-file=- METADATA_FILE
- Path to a local JSON file that contains the additional metadata information about the index.
- --update-labels=[- KEY=- VALUE,…]
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List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to update. If a label exists, its value is
modified. Otherwise, a new label is created.
Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens ( -), underscores (_), lowercase characters, and numbers. Values must contain only hyphens (-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, and numbers.
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At most one of these can be specified:
- --clear-labels
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Remove all labels. If --update-labelsis also specified then--clear-labelsis applied first.For example, to remove all labels: gcloud beta ai indexes update --clear-labelsTo remove all existing labels and create two new labels, foobazgcloud beta ai indexes update --clear-labels --update-labels foo=bar,baz=qux
- --remove-labels=[- KEY,…]
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List of label keys to remove. If a label does not exist it is silently ignored.
If --update-labelsis also specified then--update-labelsis applied first.
 
 
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run $ gcloud helpfor details.
- NOTES
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This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud ai indexes updategcloud alpha ai indexes update
      gcloud beta ai indexes update
  
  
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