---
title: Use indexing strategies
slug: '2218'
canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/2218/
collection: coveo-for-sitecore-v5
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---
# Use indexing strategies
To keep search indexes up to date, Coveo for Sitecore leverages [Sitecore index update strategies](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/82/sitecore-experience-platform/index-update-strategies.html).

We recommend that you allow the strategies to do the work for you, as much as possible.
When a manual update of your search indexes is absolutely necessary, there are several methods you can choose from (see [Update your search indexes](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2426/)).

## Default configuration

By default Coveo for Sitecore will create two indexes: `Coveo_master_index` and `Coveo_web_index`.

|===
| Index ID | Strategy element name | Item indexed when it's

| `Coveo_master_index`
| `coveoSyncMaster`
| Saved

| `Coveo_web_index`
| `coveoOnPublishEndAsync`
| Published
|===

## Location of the strategy statement

The strategies are defined on each index in the [CoveoSearchProvider.config file](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2562/).

```xml
<index id="Coveo_web_index" type="Coveo.SearchProvider.ProviderIndex, Coveo.SearchProvider" patch:before = "*[2]">
  <param desc="p_Name">$(id)</param>
  <configuration ref="coveo/defaultIndexConfiguration" />
  ...
  <strategies hint="list:AddStrategy">
    <strategy ref="contentSearch/indexConfigurations/indexUpdateStrategies/coveoOnPublishEndAsync"/>
  </strategies>
  ...
</index>
```

## Editing a strategy

. Open your `Coveo.SearchProvider.Custom.config` file.
It's located under `<SITECORE_INSTANCE_ROOT>\Website\App_config\Include\Coveo`.
. At the end of the `sitecore` node, before the scheduling node, if the index you want to update doesn't exist yet, create it by adding the following elements:

```xml
 <contentSearch>
   <configuration>
     <indexes>
       <index id="Coveo_web_index">
         <strategies hint="list:AddStrategy">
           <strategy ref="contentSearch/indexConfigurations/indexUpdateStrategies/coveoOnPublishEndAsync"/>
         </strategies>
       </index>
     </indexes>
   </configuration>
 </contentSearch>
```

. Change the `index id` to the index you want to modify.
. Change the `strategy` to match the one you want to modify.
. Save and close your file.