USI and NUSI Properties - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Fundamentals

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.10
Published
July 2021
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-07-28
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Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢
USI NUSI
  • Guarantee that each complete index value is unique.
  • Any access using the index is a two-AMP operation.
  • Useful for locating rows having a specific value in the index.
  • Can be hash-ordered or value-ordered.

    Value-ordered NUSIs are particularly useful for enhancing the performance of range queries.

  • Can include covering columns.
  • Any access using the index is an all-AMP operation.