[DOCS] Tidied up the multi-indices docs

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Clinton Gormley 2014-01-15 16:13:38 +01:00
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@ -26,17 +26,30 @@ support wildcards, for example: `test*`, and the ability to "add" (`+`)
and "remove" (`-`), for example: `+test*,-test3`.
All multi indices API support the following url query string parameters:
* `ignore_unavailable` - Controls whether to ignore if any specified indices are unavailable, this includes indices
that don't exist or closed indices. Either `true` or `false` can be specified.
* `allow_no_indices` - Controls whether to fail if a wildcard indices expressions results into no concrete indices.
Either `true` or `false` can be specified. For example if the wildcard expression `foo*` is specified and no indices
are available that start with `foo` then depending on this setting the request will fail. This setting is also applicable
when `_all`, `*` or no index has been specified.
* `expand_wildcards` - Controls to what kind of concrete indices wildcard indices expression expand to. If `open` is
specified then the wildcard expression if expanded to only open indices and if `closed` is specified then the wildcard
expression if expanded only to closed indices. Also both values (`open,closed`) can be specified to expand to all indices.
The defaults settings for the above parameters dependent on the api being used.
`ignore_unavailable`::
Controls whether to ignore if any specified indices are unavailable, this
includes indices that don't exist or closed indices. Either `true` or `false`
can be specified.
`allow_no_indices`::
Controls whether to fail if a wildcard indices expressions results into no
concrete indices. Either `true` or `false` can be specified. For example if
the wildcard expression `foo*` is specified and no indices are available that
start with `foo` then depending on this setting the request will fail. This
setting is also applicable when `_all`, `*` or no index has been specified.
`expand_wildcards`::
Controls to what kind of concrete indices wildcard indices expression expand
to. If `open` is specified then the wildcard expression if expanded to only
open indices and if `closed` is specified then the wildcard expression if
expanded only to closed indices. Also both values (`open,closed`) can be
specified to expand to all indices.
The defaults settings for the above parameters depend on the api being used.
NOTE: Single index APIs such as the <<docs>> and the
<<indices-aliases,single-index `alias` APIs>> do not support multiple indices.