Index Management

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💡 This guide explains how to create indexes to improve data query performance.

Overview

Indexes speed up queries on specific columns. Creating indexes on columns that are frequently searched or filtered makes data retrieval faster.


Viewing the Index List

  1. Click Database → select a table → click the Indexes tab.

  2. View currently created indexes.

Index list in Indexes tab

Creating an Index

  1. Click the Add Index button in the Indexes tab.

  2. Enter the following information.

Field
Description

Index Name

Index identifier

Target Columns

Columns to index (compound indexes supported)

Unique

Whether to create a UNIQUE index

  1. Click Create.

Create index form
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💡 Compound indexes combine multiple columns into a single index. Grouping columns that are frequently queried together into one index is effective.


Deleting an Index

  1. Click the Delete icon on the index you want to remove.

  2. The index is deleted after confirmation.

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Index Recommendations

Scenario
Recommended

Columns frequently used in WHERE clauses

Columns frequently used in ORDER BY

Columns that need a unique constraint

Columns where nearly all values are identical

Columns that are frequently updated

△ (may degrade write performance)


Next Steps

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