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Regarding the Dataverse search

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After enabling Dataverse Search, certain fields are newly available and automatically selected for the entity. If we remove these fields from indexing, will there be any impact?
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    11manish 341 on at
    Yes, removing fields from the Dataverse Search index does have direct impacts because search relies on a separate indexed store.
     
    Key Impacts
    1. Search & Discovery Limitations
    Users cannot search using data from removed fields
    • Example: If City is removed, searching “Seattle” won’t return results unless it exists in another indexed field
    • Removed fields will not appear in search results (views, filters, snippets)
    2. Copilot / AI Impact
    • Reduced AI context
    • Copilot or generative AI features cannot use data from unindexed fields, leading to less accurate or incomplete responses
    3. Storage & Performance Benefits
    • Reduced storage usage (less duplicated data in the search index)
    • Improves efficiency, especially when removing large text fields (e.g., descriptions, emails)
    4. Technical & Capacity Benefits
    • Frees up column/index capacity limits in Dataverse Search
    • Allows indexing of more important business-critical fields

    Best practice: Keep only high-value, searchable fields in the index and remove unused or noisy fields after proper validation.
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    SP-16101533-0 4 on at
    “I am not referring to custom fields. After enabling Dataverse Search, some system fields and tables are created automatically. Will deleting those fields cause any impact?”

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