This topic provides a simple example of using the Index Configuration Command-line Utility to update index configuration. In this example, suppose an import owner named ATG has added index configuration to an Endeca application. You want to update the index configuration by changing the product.brand.name attribute from an Endeca property to an Endeca dimension.

The steps to accomplish this are as follows:

1. Retrieve the index configuration by running:

C:\Endeca\apps\<app dir>\control>index_config_cmd.bat get-config -o ATG -f C:\temp\indexConfig.json

2. Open the resulting JSON file and locate the product.brand.name attribute:

{
  "indexConfig" : {
      "attributes" : {
        "product.brand.name" : {
          "isRecordSearchEnabled" : true,
          "jcr:primaryType" : "endeca:property"
        },
      },
....

3. Change jcr:primaryType from endeca:property to endeca:dimension, add the mergeAction with a value of UPDATE, and also add isAutogen with a value of true:

{
  "indexConfig" : {
      "attributes" : {
        "product.brand.name" : {
          "mergeAction" : "UPDATE",
          "isAutogen" : true,
          "jcr:primaryType" : "endeca:dimension",
          "multiSelectType" : "OR"
        },
      },
....

4. Set the revised index configuration by running:

C:\Endeca\apps\<app dir>\control>index_config_cmd.bat set-config -o ATG
-f C:\temp\indexConfig.json

5. If desired, examine the merged configuration by running:

C:\Endeca\apps\<app dir>\control>index_config_cmd.bat get-merged-config 
-f C:\temp\indexConfig.json

You see the following:

{
  "indexConfig" : {
    "attributes" : {
      "product.brand.name" : {
        "isHierarchicalDimensionSearchEnabled" : true,
        "isRecordSearchEnabled" : true,
        "isAutogen" : true,
        "jcr:primaryType" : "endeca:dimension",
        "multiSelectType" : "OR"
      },
....