Index help for a newbie

[Shannong]

Hi!  InDesign newbie here.  I have been tasked with trying to create an index for a book with 7 seperate files.  I have all files loaded into one book file, and the index works pretty good for the most part.  However, I have figured out that for some reason, it's not picking up all the entries.  For example: this is a book with around 150 names of people in it.  I have set the index up for each person's name...but after doing a spot check, I notice it's only showing some of the pages where these names are, not all of them.  Like...Joe Smith I know is on at least 10 pages, but the index is only showing he's on 3.  Any ideas of what might be wrong?  Or do I have something set up wrong in the files I wonder?  I'm so frustrated! 

[Eugene Tyson]

It's very difficult to know without seeing how you've setup your index and what the entires look like.

@Peter Kahrel  is a fantastic with indexes and scripting so maybe has some insight to help you further.

Personally, I've never dabbled with index feature in InDesign. I've always had it outsourced. 

[Peter Kahrel]

Eugene exaggerates!

You generate the index in a separate document, which is part of the book file, and you checked the 'Include book documents' in the Generate Index dialog -- correct?

If you did, what's the difference between Jos Smith on p. 3 and those on the other pages?

As Eugene mentioned, it's hard to see what's wrong without seeing the files.