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# IDXUseDRESection

Whether to store metadata as in DRE 3, not as in the Content component.

NOTE: Set `IDXUseDRESection` to `False` only if you are using custom DRE3-based applications that require different metadata for each page of a sectioned document. Setting `IDXUseDRESection` to `False` can have adverse effects on some Content operations (for example, KillDuplicates and Combine).

When you index IDX files into Content, it stores all the file fields in the first section, which makes storage and processing more efficient. DRE3 stores all the file fields in every section. If you are upgrading from DRE3 to Content and have modified the values of one or more fields in some of the IDX file sections (so that the field values vary according to the IDX file section), set `IDXUseDRESection` to `False`. This setting ensures that Content treats the individual sections as individual documents (with different DocIDs), so that none of your field values are lost.

Type: | Boolean
Default: | True
Required: | No
Configuration Section: | SectionBreaking
Example: | `IDXUseDRESection=False`
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Product: Knowledge Discovery Content Component 25.4

Topic Title: IDXUseDRESection