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Resetting Inferred Value in Schema

TLDR Yoshi asked how to reset an inferred value in a schema. Jason recommended creating a new collection with the updated definition for large datasets or modifying an existing field for smaller ones.

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Yoshi

11:29 PM

Once a value has been inferred from an object type in schema, is there any way to reset it? I have a field that was inferred as text, but I want to change it to an int.

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Jason

11:58 PM

For large datasets, it’s best to create a new collection with the updated definition for that field and reimport the documents.

For small (say 500K or less), you can change the inferred definitions this way: https://typesense.org/docs/0.24.1/api/collections.html#modifying-an-existing-field

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