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CreateVectorIndexAction - Amazon DynamoDB

CreateVectorIndexAction

A new vector index to be added to a table.

Contents

Note

In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

Dimensions

The number of dimensions in each vector.

Type: Long

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1.

Required: Yes

DistanceFunction

The distance function used to calculate similarity. Valid values: COSINE, EUCLIDEAN, DOT_PRODUCT.

Type: String

Valid Values: COSINE | DOT_PRODUCT | EUCLIDEAN

Required: Yes

IndexName

The name of the vector index. Must be unique within the table.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+

Required: Yes

Projection

Specifies attributes that are copied (projected) from the table into the vector index.

Type: Projection object

Required: Yes

VectorAttribute

The attribute that contains vector embeddings. If multiple vector indexes reference the same attribute, they must all use the same number of dimensions.

Type: VectorAttributeDefinition object

Required: Yes

SearchSchema

The partition key and inline filter attribute definitions for the vector index.

Type: Array of SearchSchemaElement objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item.

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: