- INFORMATION
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gcloud beta vector-search collections indexes createis not available in universe domainuniverse. - NAME
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- gcloud beta vector-search collections indexes create - create an index
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta vector-search collections indexes create(INDEX:--collection=COLLECTION--location=LOCATION)--index-field=INDEX_FIELD[--async] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--display-name=DISPLAY_NAME] [--distance-metric=DISTANCE_METRIC] [--filter-fields=[FILTER_FIELDS,…]] [--labels=[LABELS,…]] [--request-id=REQUEST_ID] [--store-fields=[STORE_FIELDS,…]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)Create an index. - EXAMPLES
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To create an index
my-indexon fieldmy-embedding-fieldfor collectionmy-collectionin projectmy-projectand locationus-central1, run:gcloud beta vector-search collections indexes create my-index --collection=my-collection --location=us-central1 --index-field='my-embedding-field' --display-name='My Index' --project=my-projectTo create an index
my-index-2on fieldmy-embedding-fieldfor collectionmy-collectionin projectmy-projectand locationus-central1, with filter fieldsgenreandyearand store fieldstitle, run:gcloud beta vector-search collections indexes create my-index-2 --collection=my-collection --location=us-central1 --index-field='my-embedding-field' --display-name='My Index 2' --filter-fields=genre,year --store-fields=title --project=my-project - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Index resource - Identifier. name of resource 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; -
provide the argument
--projecton the command line; -
set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
INDEX-
ID of the index or fully qualified identifier for the index.
To set the
indexattribute:-
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
--collection=COLLECTION-
The collection id of the index resource.
To set the
collectionattribute:-
provide the argument
indexon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--collectionon the command line.
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provide the argument
--location=LOCATION-
The location id of the index resource.
To set the
locationattribute:-
provide the argument
indexon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--locationon the command line.
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provide the argument
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provide the argument
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Index resource - Identifier. name of resource 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.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--index-field=INDEX_FIELD- The collection schema field to index.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--async- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--description=DESCRIPTION- User-specified description of the index
--display-name=DISPLAY_NAME- User-specified display name of the index
--distance-metric=DISTANCE_METRIC-
Distance metric used for indexing. If not specified, will default to
DOT_PRODUCT.
DISTANCE_METRICmust be one of:cosine-distance- Cosine distance metric.
dot-product- Dot product distance metric.
--filter-fields=[FILTER_FIELDS,…]- The fields to push into the index to enable fast ANN inline filtering.
--labels=[LABELS,…]-
Labels as key value pairs.
KEY-
Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens
(
-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, and numbers. VALUE-
Values must contain only hyphens (
-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, and numbers.
Shorthand Example:--labels=string=string
JSON Example:--labels='{"string": "string"}'
File Example:--labels=path_to_file.(yaml|json)
--request-id=REQUEST_ID-
An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that
if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it
has already been completed. The server will guarantee that for at least 60
minutes since the first request.
For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments.
The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).
--store-fields=[STORE_FIELDS,…]- The fields to push into the index to enable inline data retrieval.
- 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. - API REFERENCE
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This command uses the
vectorsearch/v1betaAPI. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/vector-search-2/overview - NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice.
gcloud beta vector-search collections indexes create
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