Altering an index

Authorities and privileges

To alter an index:

1. Open the Alter Index window.
   
   
2. The information on the Index page is read-only. It describes the index that is currently being altered. You cannot alter the index name, index owner, or other properties listed on this page.
   
   
3. Specify new values for the optional properties in the Properties page.
   
   
4. Specify new values for storage allocation and space management properties in the Index Space Management page.
   
   
5. Click OK to change the index description. The change to the description of the index takes effect the next time the data sets of the
   index space are opened.
   

• Creating an index
• Stopping indexes
• Starting indexes