Primary Indexes - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

Database Introduction

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-11-21
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Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢

When you create a table, you have the following primary index options:

Option Primary Index
Non-Unique Primary Index (NUPI) (Default) One or more columns that may have duplicate values.
Unique Primary Index (UPI) One or more columns with no duplicate values.
No Primary Index (NoPI) None. Rows are not hashed based on any column values.