---
id: "google-vertex-ai-vector-search"
type: "component"
kind: "vector-database"
provider: "gcp"
category: "data"
docs: "https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/vector-search/overview"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-vertex-ai-vector-search"
---

# Vertex AI Vector Search

Managed nearest-neighbour index built on the ScaNN algorithm with filtering and hybrid search.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [gcp](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=gcp) |
| Kind | [Vector database](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/vector-database) |
| Category | Data |
| Official docs | [https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/vector-search/overview](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/vector-search/overview) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `algorithm` | enum | `tree-ah`, `brute-force` | no | "tree-ah" | inherited |
| `dimensions` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `distanceMetric` | enum | `cosine`, `euclidean`, `dot-product` | no | — | inherited |
| `hybridSearch` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `indexType` | enum | `flat`, `hnsw`, `ivf`, `disk-ann`, `lsh` | no | — | inherited |
| `indexUpdateMethod` | enum | `batch-update`, `stream-update` | no | — | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `metadataFiltering` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `namespaces` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `privateServiceConnect` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `quantization` | enum | `none`, `scalar`, `product`, `binary` | no | "none" | inherited |
| `replicas` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `shardSize` | enum | `small`, `medium`, `large` | no | — | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

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## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "google-vertex-ai-vector-search", component: "google-vertex-ai-vector-search" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Vertex AI Vector Search: managed nearest-neighbour service built on the ScaNN tree-AH algorithm,
# with brute force available for recall measurement ("Vector Search overview"). Restricts give
# namespaced boolean and numeric filtering, and hybrid dense-plus-sparse search is supported.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "google-vertex-ai-vector-search"
kind: "vector-database"
provider: "gcp"
docs: "https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/vector-search/overview"
defaults:
  managed: true
  metadataFiltering: true
  hybridSearch: true
  namespaces: true
properties:
  algorithm:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["tree-ah", "brute-force"]
    default: "tree-ah"
  shardSize:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["small", "medium", "large"]
  indexUpdateMethod:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["batch-update", "stream-update"]
  privateServiceConnect:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-vertex-ai-vector-search