# How can I group different indices?

**URL:** <https://community.pinecone.io/t/how-can-i-group-different-indices/4048>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** semantic-search, vector-database, embeddings\
**Created:** [January 10, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/how-can-i-group-different-indices/4048 "2024-01-10T23:36:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![gustavosilvareis.lv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.pinecone.io/gustavosilvareis.lv/32/1879_2.png) [@gustavosilvareis.lv](https://community.pinecone.io/u/gustavosilvareis.lv)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/how-can-i-group-different-indices/4048/1 "2024-01-10T23:36:52Z")

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I have a collection of User objects, which are complex types that have multiple nested properties… I want to index the properties in such a way that it is possible to query for user-specific information (indices). How can I group each User’s indices together in a retrievable fashion?

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**Author:** ![Cory\_Pinecone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.pinecone.io/cory_pinecone/32/1712_2.png) [@Cory\_Pinecone](https://community.pinecone.io/u/Cory_Pinecone)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/how-can-i-group-different-indices/4048/2 "2024-01-23T21:13:26Z")

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Hi @gustavosilvareis.lv. Have you considered using metadata to do this?

We generally recommend against using multiple indexes and instead segment your data either via namespaces or metadata filtering. If you have queries you want to run against more than one user at a time, then metadata would be the right approach.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/pinecone/original/1X/d16664eba369eeee623700cf12feab5562b37eaf.jpeg) [@system](https://community.pinecone.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/how-can-i-group-different-indices/4048/3 "2024-02-06T21:13:49Z")

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