--- title: About the Indexing Manager slug: '2566' canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/2566/ collection: coveo-for-sitecore-v5 source_format: adoc --- # About the Indexing Manager The Command Center **Indexing Manager** lets you view and modify your indexing configurations, directly from your Sitecore instance. ![Command center default page | Coveo for Sitecore 5](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/command-center-default-page.png) ## Accessing the Indexing Manager . Go to the [Coveo Control Panel](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2195/). . Choose **Indexing Manager**. ![Control panel | Coveo for Sitecore 5](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/control-panel-2.png) > **Note** > > You can also access the Command Center **Indexing Manager** using URL `+https:///coveo/command-center/index.html+`, where `` is the name of your Sitecore instance. > Non Sitecore administrators can only access the **Command Center** by URL (see [Give access to the Command Center](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2843/)). ## Indexes The **Indexes** section shows you information about your Coveo indexes and their current status. You can access this section directly at `+https:///coveo/command-center/index.html#indexes/+`. Replace `` with your Sitecore instance name. ![Command center web index rebuilding | Coveo for Sitecore 5](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/command-center-web-index-rebuild-in-progress.png) The top part of the screen contains your document usage summary, allowing you to monitor the number of indexed documents in your organization, counting towards your license limit. The **Indexes** section contains the following information: * **Rebuild Status Bar**: lists all of the steps in the rebuild and their current status. When rebuilding, these steps are updated in real time. In the screenshot above, the `Coveo_web_index` index is currently in the **DocumentsValidation** step of the rebuild process. You can hover over an ongoing, skipped, or completed step for more details about that step. * **Database**: the name of the database that's associated to the index. It should be the same as the databases specified in the **Crawlers** section. * **Source name**: the name of the source as configured in the Coveo index. The source name is typically composed of the index name and the farm name (see [Change the Name of Sources Created in the Coveo Index](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2164/)). * **Crawlers**: lists information about the crawler, including its name, the root from which it crawls, the database where it crawls, and its crawler type. You can start a crawler refresh using its associated **Refresh** button. -- [.version.c4sc.c4sc-new.5-0-301-4.March-25&-2019] [Coveo for Sitecore 5.0.301.4](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2800#release-notes) -- Click the **Edit** button, just right of the **Refresh** button, to display and edit the crawler properties in the **Edit a Content Crawler** modal window. ![Image of Edit Content Crawler modal | Coveo for Sitecore 5](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/edit-content-crawler-modal.png) * **Strategies**: lists the names and types of the strategies defined in the Sitecore configuration. ## Fields The **Fields** section shows you information about your Coveo fields and their current status. You can access this section directly at `+https:///coveo/command-center/index.html#fields/+`. The top part of the screen contains your field usage summary, allowing you to monitor your organization field usage, counting towards your license limit. Below the field usage summary, near the right edge of the screen, a searchbox lets you filter the field tables using a text string. The search is applied on the field `Name` and `Translated Name` columns, as well as on the `Template Name` column (when the **Template** tab is selected). * **Template**: lists all of the fields that are currently configured in your Sitecore instance. These are the fields that will be synchronized with the Coveo Indexing Platform. When you expand a template in the list, you can then add fields to, or remove them from, the `` fields list. -- [.version.c4sc.c4sc-new.5-0-301-4.March-25&-2019] [Coveo for Sitecore 5.0.301.4](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2800#release-notes) -- All fields of the expanded template can now be added to the `` fields list in a single operation using the **Select All** button. Above the templates table, the **Included fields** filter lets you filter through all templates or only those that contain at least one included field. > **Note** > > The `Name` column indicates the name of the field in Sitecore, whereas the `Translated Name` column indicates the name of the corresponding Coveo field (the name of the field in the [Coveo Platform](https://docs.coveo.com/en/186/)). * **External**: lists all of the fields that are configured in the `externalFields` section of the field map. Those fields are defined in external sources that you want to use in your Sitecore instance. * **Computed**: lists all of the computed fields that are currently configured in your instance. Those are the fields that will be synchronized with the Coveo Indexing Platform. ![Indexing manager fields | Coveo for Sitecore 5](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/indexing-manager-fields.png) For more information about sections of the field map, see [About the Coveo Search Provider configuration file](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2562#field-configuration-settings). ## Security The **Security** section provides information regarding user access to indexed content and lets you synchronize your Coveo for Sitecore identities with their Sitecore equivalents. You can access this section directly at `+https:///coveo/command-center/index.html#security/+`. This section contains the following information: * **Sitecore credentials**: Lets you specify the Sitecore account (`domain\username`) responsible for crawling the items and expanding permissions (see [Sitecore credential usage in Coveo for Sitecore](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2490/)). * **Index Permissions**: This checkbox lets you set whether Coveo for Sitecore is configured to index permissions on documents. * **Synchronize identities**: Use this option to synchronize all your [Coveo Platform](https://docs.coveo.com/en/186/) identities with their Sitecore equivalent. For more information regarding the handling of security identities in Coveo for Sitecore, see [Synchronize security identities](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2516/). ### Modifying security settings To modify your security settings . In the **Security** section, specify your new settings. ![Editing the security settings | Coveo for Sitecore 5](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/comand-center-editing-security.png) . Click **Apply and Restart**. > **Note** > > Since Coveo for Sitecore configuration files are updated, a restart of the Sitecore instance is triggered.