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# Create a Search Index Configuration from a Data Kit

After you have deployed your data kit in Data 360, you can create a new search index configuration from a index it contains.

### Required Editions

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                <li>Data Cloud Architect</li>

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If the Object API name referenced in the data kit is available in the org where you create the search index, that object is automatically selected. If there’s no match for that Object API name, no object is selected. You can change this selection and choose a different object.

1. From App Launcher, select **Data Cloud**.
2. Click **Search Index** > **New**.
3. Click **Data Kit Setup**.
4. Select a search index from your data kit.
5. On the Select Source DMO page, select a data space and an object.
    
    A search index configuration is created for each object that you select. You can’t select an object that has mappings from one or more external data lake objects.
6. Click **Next**.
7. If your search index is on a DMO, on the Chunking page, select fields to chunk and the chunking strategy.
    1. To add or remove fields, click **Manage Fields** and save your work.
    2. (Optional) Update the chunking strategy and modify the settings.
    3. Click **Next**.
8. If your search index is on a UDMO, on the Chunking page, add a file extension or set a chunking strategy based on the file type.
    1. To add a file extension for a new file type, click **Add File Extension**.
    2. (Optional) Update the chunking strategy and modify the settings for an existing file type.
    3. Click **Next**.
9. On the Vectorization page, from the dropdown list, select an embedding model and then click **Next**.
    
    The model determines how Data 360 measures your unstructured data objects for semantic relevance when building search results.
10. Click **Next**.
11. On the Fields for Filtering page, optionally add fields from the source object or related objects to provide more ways to filter a search. You can select up to ten filter fields.
    
    Data 360 picks up the pre-filter fields when you generate vector embeddings. If you change the values in those pre-filter fields, Data 360 picks them up when you generate or refresh those vector embeddings. The cardinality of object relationship between the source object and the related object must be either 1:1 or N:1.
    
    For example, if the indexed unstructured data includes case conversation transcripts, filtering on the Status field in the Case object can improve the relevance of semantic search results when searching the conversation transcripts.
12. Click **Next**.
13. Review the configuration and the target data model objects, and click **Save.**