Creating Index on a List in SharePoint 2013

As we know that SharePoint store List information and its item in SQL Server and SharePoint DB is not purely R-DBMS. So by using index in SharePoint List we can improve the performance.

Here in this article I am going to explain how we can create a new index on a LIST.

Step 1: Open your Share Point web site.

Step 2: Select List on which you want to create index.

Step 3:  Select LIST -> List Settings



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Step 4: Select Indexed Columns.

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Step 5:  Select Create a new index.

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Step 6: Select column on which you want to make index

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Now you can see you index column. . .



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