redis/go-redis · error

FT.CREATE: Type, Dim and DistanceMetric are required for VEC

Error message

FT.CREATE: Type, Dim and DistanceMetric are required for VECTOR VAMANA

What it means

Error "FT.CREATE: Type, Dim and DistanceMetric are required for VECTOR VAMANA" thrown in redis/go-redis.

Source

Thrown at search_commands.go:1547

				}
				if schema.VectorArgs.HNSWOptions.Epsilon > 0 {
					hnswArgs = append(hnswArgs, "EPSILON", schema.VectorArgs.HNSWOptions.Epsilon)
				}
				if schema.VectorArgs.HNSWOptions.Rerank || schema.VectorArgs.HNSWOptions.HasRerank {
					rerank := "FALSE"
					if schema.VectorArgs.HNSWOptions.Rerank {
						rerank = "TRUE"
					}
					hnswArgs = append(hnswArgs, "RERANK", rerank)
				}
				args = append(args, len(hnswArgs))
				args = append(args, hnswArgs...)
			}
			if schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions != nil {
				args = append(args, "SVS-VAMANA")
				if schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.Type == "" || schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.Dim == 0 || schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.DistanceMetric == "" {
					cmd := NewStatusCmd(ctx, args...)
					cmd.SetErr(fmt.Errorf("FT.CREATE: Type, Dim and DistanceMetric are required for VECTOR VAMANA"))
					return cmd
				}
				vamanaArgs := []interface{}{
					"TYPE", schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.Type,
					"DIM", schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.Dim,
					"DISTANCE_METRIC", schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.DistanceMetric,
				}
				if schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.Compression != "" {
					vamanaArgs = append(vamanaArgs, "COMPRESSION", schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.Compression)
				}
				if schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.ConstructionWindowSize > 0 {
					vamanaArgs = append(vamanaArgs, "CONSTRUCTION_WINDOW_SIZE", schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.ConstructionWindowSize)
				}
				if schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.GraphMaxDegree > 0 {
					vamanaArgs = append(vamanaArgs, "GRAPH_MAX_DEGREE", schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.GraphMaxDegree)
				}
				if schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.SearchWindowSize > 0 {
					vamanaArgs = append(vamanaArgs, "SEARCH_WINDOW_SIZE", schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.SearchWindowSize)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at search_commands.go:1547 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of redis/go-redis@c5cad058c7 (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/d8001860c433ee73. Report an issue: GitHub.