Data models

P4 Search uses data models to define how different information from P4 Server is indexed and stored in Elasticsearch.

Every data model document has a unique Elasticsearch document ID (_id) in the format <type>-<depotFile>#<rev> except for the ChangeModel, which uses the format <type>-<changeNumber> for its ID. For example, for an AssetModel document, the ID might be asset-//depot/dam/Music Loops/License.txt#1.

You can perform a document look-up on Elasticsearch as follows:

GET http://localhost:9200/index-perforce1-000001/_doc/asset-%2f%2fdepot%2fmain%2fp4-perl%2fP4.pm%2329

The Elasticsearch document ID (_id) cannot be larger than 512 bytes.

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ChangeModel

One instance of the ChangeModel represents a single change in the P4 Server. The following attributes are stored in Elasticsearch:

Name	Description	Type
type	Fixed string "change"	String
change	P4 Server change number	Long
`date`	Change date	Long
client	P4 Server client name	String
`user`	P4 Server user	String
`restricted`	Whether the change is restricted or not	Boolean
`description`	Change description	String
`depotFile`	Depot file path	String

ContentModel

One instance of the ContentModel represents the contents of a single changed file in the P4 Server. The following attributes are stored in Elasticsearch:

Name	Description	Type
`type`	Fixed string "content"	String
`depotFile`	Depot file path	String
`rev`	P4 Server revision number	Integer
`change`	P4 Server change number	Long
`date`	Change date	Long
`fileName`	File name	String
fileSize	File size in bytes	Long
`fileType`	File type, for example: text, binary, symlink, unicode, utf8, utf16. To learn more about file types, see File Types in the P4 CLI Reference	String
`action`	P4 Server action, for example: add and edit	String
`user`	User that submitted the change	String
`contentType`	Content type detected by the Tika library	String
`content`	The content of the file indexed by the Tika library. Includes handwriting or any other text	String

AssetModel

One instance of the AssetModel represents a P4 DAM asset in the P4 Server. The following attributes are stored in Elasticsearch:

Name	Description	Type
type	Fixed string "asset"	String
depotFile	Depot file path	String
rev	P4 Server revision number	Integer
change	P4 Server change number	Long
date	Change date	Long
fileName	File name	String
fileSize	File size in bytes	Long
digest	MD5sSum of content	String
fileType	File type	String
action	P4 Server action, for example: add and edit	String
user	User that submitted the change	String
blur	The BlurHash for the image	String
blurSize	Blur pixel dimensions based on thumbnail/preview	String
`detected`	Auto-detected image tags. For <TagModel>, see TagModel	List<TagModel>
`attributes`	List of 'key' and 'value' pair of tags	List<AttributeModel>
customAttributes	Array of 'uuid' and 'value' pairs	JsonArray
contentType	Content type detected by the Tika library	String
metadata	Metadata found by the Tika library, for example: EXIF metadata and more	Map<String, String>
gps	GpsModel data extracted from EXIF metadata. See GpsModel	GpsModel

TagModel

One instance of the TagModel represents a single instance of an auto-detected tag on a file in the P4 Server. The following attributes are stored in Elasticsearch:

Name	Description	Type
`tag`	Tag name	String
`confidence`	Confidence of detection (floating-point value from 0 to 1, where 1 represents 100%)	Float
`positions`	Optional: 1 or more x, y points locating the tag within the image. Stored as a floating-point value from top-left (0, 0) to bottom-right (1, 1)	List<Point2D.Float>

GpsModel

To view example queries, see Example queries (EXIF data).

One instance of the GpsModel represents one GPS location of a file's content in the P4 Server. The following attributes are stored in Elasticsearch:

Name	Description	Type
location	Elasticsearch compatible location. See Location	Location
altitude	Altitude in meters	Double
bearing	Bearing in degrees from the north	Double

Location

Location is part of GpsModel. One instance of the Location represents one latitude/longitude location. The following attributes are stored in Elasticsearch:

Name	Description	Type
lat	Latitude in decimal	Double
lon	Longitude in decimal	Double

(Deprecated) RevisionModel

From the P4 Search 2024.1 release, RevisionModel has been deprecated and will no longer be indexed.

One instance of the RevisionModel represents a single revision of a file in the P4 Server. The following attributes are stored in Elasticsearch:

Name	Description	Type
`type`	Fixed string "revision"	String
`change`	P4 Server change number	Long
`date`	Change date	Long
`depotFile`	Depot file path	String
`action`	P4 Server action, for example: add and edit	String
`fileType`	File type, for example: text, binary, symlink, unicode, utf8, utf16. To learn more about file types, see File Types in the P4 CLI Reference	String
`rev`	P4 Server revision number	Integer
fileName	File name	String
`fileSize`	File size in bytes	Long
`digest`	An MD5 digest of the file represented by a 32 hexadecimal digit string	String
`user`	User that submitted the change	String