IBM DB2 Optimization Expert, Version 2.1

Creating recommended indexes to improve the performance of SQL workloads

After you obtain workload index recommendations from the Workload Index Advisor, you can implement them directly from this tool, or manually on your DB2® for z/OS® subsystem.

Prerequisite: To run the CREATE INDEX statements, you must have at least one of the following authorities:
  • INDEX privilege on the table
  • Ownership of the table
  • DBADM for the database that contains the table
  • SYSADM or SYSCTRL
To implement workload index recommendations:
  1. In the Project Navigator, under the appropriate workload project folder, double-click Index Advisor. The Index Advisor page opens.
  2. In the Index Advisor Recommendations List, select the recommendation that you want to implement.
  3. Optional: To experiment with different index scenarios, click What-if analysis. Adjust the values in the What-If Analysis Options page, and click OK. You can enter limits for disk space and the number of indexes for a table, and you can suggest hypothetical indexes. When you return to the Workload Index Advisor page, the estimated performance improvements and disk space required values are updated.
  4. Perform one of the following tasks:
    • To run the recommendations directly from the interface, click Run.
    • To run the recommendations manually, click Show DDL. Copy the recommendations into a file that you can print, or upload to your DB2 for z/OS subsystem, and then run the CREATE INDEX statements later.


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