How do I understand if my index contains data?

Question

I'm using Gen App Builder to build a search tool for a website. I've managed to configure my DNS to index that site and the indexing process seems to have completed.

How can I tell if my index contains data? Are there any other ways to troubleshoot this issue or otherwise understand what data I have in my index?

After configuring my site's DNS to establish ownership I expected the indexing process to result in a search that returns relevant information to natural language questions.

However, when I try to preview a search, or use a curl command, I never receive results, even for questions that I would expect to have relevant results on the site's main page.

screenshot of the site showing a successful index

screenshot showing no results in the preview search

Answer 1

Let me share with you a GitHub topic that might help you with your use case.

You can also consider availing Generative AI support package to better discuss your needs.

Here are some other resources that might be of help to you.

• Get started with Recommendations
• Create Recommendations data store

Answer 2

You can use this code sample to List all documents in a data store.

Note - This won't work for Website data stores that use standard indexing. Based on your screenshot, you're using advanced indexing, so it should be fine.

You can also use this Jupyter Notebook github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/generative-ai/conversation/data-store-status-checker/data_store_checker.ipynb to check the indexing status and the included URLs.