Adding and deleting database indexes
You can add and delete indexes to your internal Pega Platform database on Pega Cloud using Schema Tools. Indexes allow queries to efficiently retrieve data from a database, but increase the size of information written to a table.
Adding or deleting an index can take time to complete. After initiating an operation, you can view progress and verify completion by refreshing the landing page and clicking the History tab for the table containing the index.
- In the header of Dev Studio, click .
- Select the table for the index to view the list of existing indexes.
- To add an index:
- Click Add index.
- Enter a name for the index.
- Enter a list of one or more columns or functions, in order, for the index.
- Click Create index.
- To delete an index:
- Select the index that you want to delete.
- Click Delete.
- To add an index:
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