You can perform the following actions with partial updates or while running partial updates:
Add new dimensions values. Specifically, you can add the following features to dimension values:
Add new dimension values that include dimension value properties (including Dgraph.Spec properties).
Add synonyms to a new leaf dimension value, when you are adding this dimension value. (One synonym name can be used as a synonym for multiple dimension values.)
Add new leaf dimension values that have been created as a result of Term Discovery extraction.
Add an entirely new record with a new set of property values and dimension values to an existing index.
Modify selected property and dimension values in an existing record.
Note
When you remove a record or modify property and dimension values for the record, the dimension values that are no longer associated with any records remain in the system.
Update an existing record, selectively adding and removing dimension and property values. Specifically, you can:
Note
Use the baseline update for these operations.

