The Indexes toolset contains tools for creating and removing attribute or spatial indexes.
ArcGIS uses indexes to quickly locate data. Attribute indexes are used to locate records that match an attribute query, and spatial indexes are used to locate features that match a spatial query.
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Adds an attribute index to an existing table, feature class, shapefile, or attributed relationship class. | |
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Adds a spatial index to a shapefile, file geodatabase, mobile geodatabase, or enterprise geodatabase feature class. Use this tool to either add a spatial index to a shapefile or feature class that does not already have one or to re-create an existing spatial index. | |
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Deletes an attribute index from an existing table, feature class, shapefile, or attributed relationship class. | |
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Deletes the spatial index from a shapefile or file geodatabase, mobile geodatabase, or an enterprise geodatabase feature class. |