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Note 2479381 - dbacockpit shows Indexes not created for optional indexes

The SAP Knowledge Base Article 2479381 explains that the 'Indexes not created' message in dbacockpit for optional indexes is informational and not an error. These indexes exist at the Data Dictionary (DDIC) level but are optional at the database level, meaning they can be safely ignored. The article provides guidance on how to verify the status of these indexes using SE11 and SE14 transactions.

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Note 2479381 - dbacockpit shows Indexes not created for optional indexes

The SAP Knowledge Base Article 2479381 explains that the 'Indexes not created' message in dbacockpit for optional indexes is informational and not an error. These indexes exist at the Data Dictionary (DDIC) level but are optional at the database level, meaning they can be safely ignored. The article provides guidance on how to verify the status of these indexes using SE11 and SE14 transactions.

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SAP Knowledge Base Article

2479381 - dbacockpit shows "Indexes not created" for optional indexes


Component: BC-DB-MSS (Basis Components > Database Interface, Database Platforms > SQL Server in SAP
NetWeaver Products), Version: 1, Released On: 25.05.2017

Symptom
After clicking dbacockpit ->Diagnostics->Missing Tables and Indexes, you find many indexes listed as "Indexes not created"
under "Optional indexes".

Environment
SAP system using Microsoft SQL Server database

Reproducing the Issue


click the dbacockpit ->Diagnostics->Missing Tables and Indexes -> Optional Indexes

Cause
Those indexes are created at DDIC level but they are not need at database level. If you check the index by SE11, they are
marked in "No database index" like below picture.
If you check the index by SE14, they are displayed as in "Not defined as DB index in ABAP Dictionary" like below picture.

However, DDIC still has the metadata for the index in order to preserve the information.

Resolution
Thoese indexes exist at DDIC level but they are optional at DB level. What you see in "Optional Indexes" is not warning or
error, just information with green check symbol, it's safe to ignore this information.

Keywords
dbacockpit, Missing Tables and Indexes, Optional indexes, Indexes not created
Products
Products

SAP NetWeaver all versions

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