Creating Indexes in Production Server.

Question

Hi All,
1. We have master data table in Production server with 2 million records.This master data table doesn't have
any Indexes created which causes the delay in Loading process. How to create indexes in production
2. This table have Index created in DEV but was created as $tmp package so cannot be transported.So if i
create the Index for this master data table which already having the data what could be the impact like loss of
data or any other way.Please post your valuable comments.
Thanks & Regards
Kranthi.
Edited by: Arun Varadarajan on Apr 15, 2009 11:54 PM

Answer 1

Hi Kranti,
Creating Secondary Indexes 
Procedure
1.     In the maintenance screen of the table, choose Indexes.
If indexes already exist on the table, a list of these indexes is displayed. Choose  .
2.     In the next dialog box, enter the index ID and choose 
The maintenance screen for indexes appears.
3.     Enter an explanatory text in the field Short text.
You can then use the short text to find the index at a later time, for example with the R/3 Repository
Information System.
4.     Select the table fields to be included in the index using the input help for the Field name column.
The order of the fields in the index is very important. See What to Keep in Mind for Secondary Indexes.
5.     If the values in the index fields already uniquely identify each record of the table, select Unique index.
A unique index is always created in the database at activation because it also has a functional meaning
(prevents double entries of the index fields).
6.     If it is not a unique index, leave Non-unique index selected.
In this case you can use the radio buttons to define whether the index should be created for all database
systems, for selected database systems or not at all in the database.
7.     Select for selected database systems if the index should only be created for selected database
systems.
Click on the arrow behind the radio buttons. A dialog box appears in which you can define up to 4 database
systems with the input help. Select Selection list if the index should only be created on the given database
systems. Select Exclusion list if the index should not be created on the given database systems. Choose  .
8.     Choose  .
Regards,
Prabhudas
Edited by: Arun Varadarajan on Apr 15, 2009 11:53 PM
Edited by: Arun Varadarajan on Apr 15, 2009 11:54 PM