Help: Analyze and Index

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Start the task

In Lightroom Classic:

Library -> Plug-in Extras -> Analyze & Index photos

Scope options

New or unprocessed photos
All photos in catalog
Current view (folder/collection currently open)
Selected photos only

Processing options

Regenerate all data (overwrite existing)
- If disabled, only missing data is generated.
Import metadata from catalog before indexing
- Imports existing Lightroom metadata into backend DB before AI generation.
Generate AI metadata
- Generates keywords, title, caption, alt_text (based on your toggles).
Create search embeddings
- Required for semantic search.

Metadata behavior and structure

Use top-level keyword
- Places generated keywords under one top-level keyword.
Use keyword structure from Lightroom catalog
- Uses existing keyword hierarchy from catalog as category source.
- Use carefully for large/complex hierarchies.
Use hierarchical keywords
- Enables category-based keyword output.

Extra context options

Show Photo Context Dialog
Folder names
Capture Date/Time
Existing Keywords
GPS coordinates

These fields are passed as additional context for metadata generation.

Retrieve metadata from backend
- Re-apply generated metadata if it was not saved directly to catalog.
Import metadata from catalog
- Sync Lightroom metadata into backend DB.