Overview

Helix Search, powered by Elasticsearch, enhances search capabilities for Helix DAM and other products. It indexes file content, metadata, revision details, and change descriptions, all versioned in Perforce. This helps users find assets and boosts productivity.

Helix Search web UI

The Helix Search web User Interface (UI) enables you search submitted changes, file revisions, and file content in your Helix Core Server.

For information about using the web UI, see Access the web UI.

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Helix Search API

Helix Core Search API (Helix Search) is a REST service providing an API to support Swarm and P4V. The service needs a connection to Elasticsearch and a Helix Core Server.

Example usage:

  • Extend standard Swarm searches to search file content and changelist description by using Helix Search.

System diagram

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