diff --git a/frappe/patches/v8_0/update_records_in_global_search.py b/frappe/patches/v8_0/update_records_in_global_search.py
index 8ee8f36de8..4792ebec5a 100644
--- a/frappe/patches/v8_0/update_records_in_global_search.py
+++ b/frappe/patches/v8_0/update_records_in_global_search.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import frappe
 from frappe.utils.global_search import get_doctypes_with_global_search, rebuild_for_doctype
+from frappe.utils import update_progress_bar
 
 def execute():
 	frappe.cache().delete_value('doctypes_with_global_search')
-	for doctype in get_doctypes_with_global_search(with_child_tables=False):
+	doctypes_with_global_search = get_doctypes_with_global_search(with_child_tables=False)
+	
+	for i, doctype in enumerate(doctypes_with_global_search):
+		update_progress_bar("Updating Global Search", i, len(doctypes_with_global_search))
 		rebuild_for_doctype(doctype)
diff --git a/frappe/utils/global_search.py b/frappe/utils/global_search.py
index 7271118f4c..9d2aa0f51c 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/global_search.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/global_search.py
@@ -182,13 +182,16 @@ def insert_values_for_multiple_docs(all_contents):
 		values.append("( '{doctype}', '{name}', '{content}', '{published}', '{title}', '{route}')"
 			.format(**content))
 
-	# ignoring duplicate keys for doctype_name
-	frappe.db.sql('''
-		insert ignore into __global_search
-			(doctype, name, content, published, title, route)
-		values
-			{0}
-		'''.format(", ".join(values)))
+	batch_size = 50000
+	for i in range(0, len(values), batch_size):
+		batch_values = values[i:i + batch_size]
+		# ignoring duplicate keys for doctype_name
+		frappe.db.sql('''
+			insert ignore into __global_search
+				(doctype, name, content, published, title, route)
+			values
+				{0}
+			'''.format(", ".join(batch_values)))
 
 
 def update_global_search(doc):