System, method and computer program product for protecting derived metadata when updating records within a search engine

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translable by a computerized search system to perform:

• interpreting an indexing request to update a search index in the computerized search system with data associated with an object, the indexing request being received at a search engine communicatively connected to a client device over a network connection;
• identifying any derived metadata in the search index that is affected by the indexing request and that is to be protected;
• retaining the derived metadata that is affected by the indexing request and that is to be protected;
• and
• executing an indexing command to update the search index with the data associated with the object without changing the derived metadata that is affected by the indexing request and that is to be protected, the data comprising text, metadata, or both.

A method for protecting derived metadata in a computerized search system, the method comprising:

• interpreting an indexing request to update a search index in the computerized search system with data associated with an object, the indexing request being received at a search engine communicatively connected to a client device over a network connection;
• identifying any derived metadata in the search index that is affected by the indexing request and that is to be protected;
• retaining the derived metadata that is affected by the indexing request and that is to be protected;
• and
• executing an indexing command to update the search index with the data associated with the object without changing the derived metadata that is affected by the indexing request and that is to be protected, the data comprising text, metadata, or both.