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Indexing Options

Search options are specified by PostgreSQL GUC.

Options for ivf

These options only work at ivf indexing algorithm. For ivf algorithm, refer to the [indexing document](../usage/indexing.html#list-of-operator-classes#Inverted file index (IVF)).

OptionTypeRangeDefaultDescription
vectors.ivf_nprobeinteger[1, 1_000_000]10Number of lists to scan.

Options for hnsw

These options only work at hnsw indexing algorithm. For ivf algorithm, refer to the [indexing document](../usage/indexing.html#Hierarchical navigable small world graph (HNSW)).

OptionTypeRangeDefaultDescription
vectors.hnsw_ef_searchinteger[1, 65535]100Search scope of HNSW.

Other Options

Query options for search mode:

These options only work at hnsw indexing algorithm. For search mode, refer to the [search document](../usage/search.html#Search modes).

OptionTypeRangeDefaultDescription
vectors.search_modeenum"basic", "vbase""vbase"Search mode.