# Welcome

The Micro Focus Distributed Index Handler Reference contains information about the actions and configuration parameters that you can use in Distributed Index Handler.

## Contents

The Contents tab lists the files that you can view. These are split into the following sections:

Actions | Describes the actions you can send to Distributed Index Handler. Actions allow you to query Distributed Index Handler and to instruct it to perform a variety of operations.
Configuration Parameters | Describes the parameters that determine how the Distributed Index Handler operates. Configuration parameters are set in the Distributed Index Handler configuration file.
Index Actions | Describes the index actions you send to Distributed Index Handler. Index actions allow you to index content into IDOL Server and to administer IDOL Server's Data index.
Service Actions | Describes service actions. Service actions allow you to return data about the Distributed Index Handler service and to control Distributed Index Handler.

## Index

The Index tab lists all configuration parameters, actions, index actions, and service actions in alphabetical order. You can use this to find a particular item.

## Navigation

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