Oracle Index Editor for Materialized Views

Use the following options and tabs in the Oracle Materialized View Index Editor to modify properties for an index in a materialized view. You open this editor by right-clicking the materialized view on the diagram that contains the index you want to manage, and select Index Properties.

Materialized View

Displays the materialized view to which the index belongs. You can select a different materialized view using the drop-down control.

property editor PREVIOUS icon Previous

Positions the editor on the previous index in the Navigation Grid.

property editor NEXT icon Next

Positions the editor on the next index in the Navigation Grid.

property editor SORT icon Sort

Sorts the indexes by alphabetic or reverse alphabetic order. You select the method you want using the drop-down menu that opens after you click the Sort button. Visual cues are provided for how the index list is currently sorted:

property editor SORT icon

Specifies that the list is sorted in alphabetic order.

Property editor Reverse Alpha Sort Button

Specifies that the list is sorted in reverse alphabetic order.

New icon in property editors to create a new object New

Creates a new index that becomes the current object in the editor.

property editor DELETE button Delete

Deletes the selected index.

property editor DB SYNC button DB Sync

Opens the DB Sync wizard so you can perform a database level compare of objects in the current model with matching objects in another model.

property editor HELP button Help

Opens online help for the editor.

enter filter text box in a property editor to filter object list

Lets you filter a very large list of indexes in the Navigation Grid to quickly locate the index for which you need to view or define properties.

Name

Specifies the name of the index. You can change the name of the index in this field.

Owner

Lets you assign a database Owner to the index.

Type

Displays the index type for the index.

Is Unique

Specifies whether to allow unique values in the index. Clear this check box to allow non-unique values.

Physical Only

Specifies whether to have the index appear in the physical model only. If you want the index to appear in the logical model as a key group, clear the check box.

Generate

Generates SQL during forward engineering. Clear the check box if you do not want to generate SQL.

Generate As Constraint

Generates the index as a constraint.

Members

Lets you specify index members.

Physical

Lets you assign physical property options.

Partitions

Lets you select partition type and partition type options.

Where used

Lets you view where the object is used in the model.

Comment

Lets you enter any comments that you want to associate with the object.

UDP

Lets you enter user-defined property values for the object.

Notes

Lets you view or edit user notes.

Oracle materialized view indexes are supported in the following features:

  • Forward Engineering
  • Reverse Engineering