You can manage the rebuild of your indexes using iSeries™ Navigator. You can view a list of access paths that are rebuilding and either hold the access path rebuild or change the priority of a rebuild.
To display Access paths to rebuild, follow these steps:
The Access paths to rebuild dialog includes the following columns:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| SQL Name | Long name of access path being rebuilt |
| Schema | Schema name where the object is located |
| Type | Owning type of the object |
| Status | Status of the rebuild for this access path |
| Rebuild Priority | Priority in which the rebuild for this access path will be run. Also referred to as sequence number. |
| Rebuild Reason | Reason why this access path needs to be rebuilt. |
| Rebuild Reason Type | Reason type why this access path needs to be rebuilt. |
| Invalidate Reason | Reason why this access path was invalidated. |
| Invalidation Reason Type | Reason type why this access path was invalidated |
| Estimated Rebuild Time | Amount of time that it is estimated that the rebuild of the access path will take. |
| Rebuild Start Time | Time when the rebuild was started. |
| Elapsed Rebuild Time | Amount of time that has elapsed since the start of the rebuild of the access path. |
| Unique | Whether the rows in the access path are unique |
| Last Query Use | Time when the access path was last used. |
| Last Statistics Use | Time when the access path was last used for statistics |
| Query Use Count | Number of times the access path has been used for a query. |
| Statistics Use Count | Number of times the access path has been used for statistics. |
| Partition | Partition name of the object |
| Short Name | Short (system) name of access path being rebuilt |
| Text | Description of this access path if any. |
You can also use the Edit Rebuild of Access Paths (EDTRBDAP) command to manage rebuilding of access paths.
