Can I reindex a collection?

They don't need to be reindexed unless it is a newer version. Although a subscription (temporary) resource may be deleted, its index will remain (together with your metadata)! Only when you manually rebuild the entire Index will its indexing be removed.

I think this is what happened with the mobile ed courses. The resources had been deleted and then at some point I rebuilt the index. The textbooks weren't showing up in my search when they should so I know for sure they weren't properly indexed after I purchased and downloaded them.

It sounds like I need to never use the "Delete unlicensed resources" command. I've been known to do it to free up space on my hard drive.

The textbooks weren't showing up in my search when they should so I know for sure they weren't properly indexed after I purchased and downloaded them

How long did you allow for them to index or did you check that indexing was complete. I've not had this precise senario.

It had been at least a day before I actually started using one of the courses after they downloaded. I always allow my computer to stay on and finish indexing. I had downloaded several things and didn't stay in the room so I didn't verify if it was actually indexing the courses. But they had plenty of time and I didn't use them until the following day as I mentioned.

after a few minutes check the LogosIndexer log for these messages:

How do I check the LogosIndexer log? Where is it located?

I think I just had an a-ha. If I download a book and open it to start reading it while it's still indexing, and then I wait until the indexing is finished to run a search, the search comes up empty as if it hasn't been indexed. If I close and restart Logos after this, the search works. So the search tool doesn't recognize that the resource has been indexed until after a restart.

However, if I wait until the resource has indexed before opening it, the search recognizes that it's been indexed without me having to restart Logos. Is this behavior that other people have experienced? Is this how Logos is supposed to work or is this a bug?

But the bottom line is that I think I've been assuming that the books have not properly indexed when all I needed to do was restart Logos.

It is safe to assume the following whenever you observe the Warning that results may be missing or incomplete in the Search tool:

1. You will be using an 'old' copy of the Index, so results from new and updated resources will not be included.

• specifically, you will get zero results from a new resource, but you will get results from the previous version of an updated resource.
• you can still read a new/updated resource.

2. When the Warning is removed you will have an updated Index and you will get results from all recently downloaded resources.

• maybe wait a minute or so, but you should get results from a new resource

So then if I waited until after the indexing was complete to run a search and there's no warning that the data is incomplete, I should have gotten results without having to restart, correct? So why did I have to restart? I only had the resource open reading it while indexing, not the search window. I then used the selection menu to search on a phrase in the book after the indexing had ended (not sure how long after because I'm not sure exactly when the indexing ended since I was reading). Based on what you've said, I should have gotten a search result without having to restart Logos.

Thanks for reporting this. I've filed a bug report.

Thanks Philana!

So then if I waited until after the indexing was complete to run a search and there's no warning that the data is incomplete, I should have gotten results without having to restart, correct?

Edit: Just saw Philana's response

But I had performed a couple of tests with new resources and verified that, as soon as the Warning went away, I got results for a word that previously produced no results. I made sure that I used a word from the open resources.

Well, hopefully Philana and team can get to the root of the problem. At least now I know the resources are being properly indexed so that'll save me both time and sanity.

I do remember a time my Logos used to work like you're describing. I'm not quite sure how long I've been having this problem but I didn't start noticing it until I started keeping some resources in the cloud rather than having them download automatically. I guess that caused me to have to do more downloading and indexing piecemeal and so the problem became more noticeable.