---
keywords: [statistics, indexes, show index, information schema, MySQL compatibility]
description: Provides index metadata in a MySQL-compatible shape, including primary keys, time indexes, and secondary indexes.
---

# STATISTICS

The `STATISTICS` table provides index metadata in a MySQL-compatible shape. It powers `SHOW INDEX` and returns one row per indexed column for primary keys, time indexes, inverted indexes, fulltext indexes, and skipping indexes.

```sql
USE INFORMATION_SCHEMA;
DESC STATISTICS;
```

The output is as follows:

```sql
+---------------------+--------+------+------+---------+---------------+
| Column              | Type   | Key  | Null | Default | Semantic Type |
+---------------------+--------+------+------+---------+---------------+
| table_catalog       | String |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| table_schema        | String |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| table_name          | String |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| non_unique          | Int64  |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| index_schema        | String |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| index_name          | String |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| seq_in_index        | Int64  |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| column_name         | String |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| collation           | String |      | YES  |         | FIELD         |
| cardinality         | Int64  |      | YES  |         | FIELD         |
| sub_part            | Int64  |      | YES  |         | FIELD         |
| packed              | String |      | YES  |         | FIELD         |
| nullable            | String |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| index_type          | String |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| comment             | String |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| index_comment       | String |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| is_visible          | String |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| expression          | String |      | YES  |         | FIELD         |
| greptime_index_type | String |      | YES  |         | FIELD         |
+---------------------+--------+------+------+---------+---------------+
```

Create tables with different index types and query the metadata:

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS system_metrics (
    host STRING,
    idc STRING FULLTEXT INDEX INVERTED INDEX,
    cpu_util DOUBLE,
    memory_util DOUBLE,
    disk_util DOUBLE,
    desc1 STRING,
    desc2 STRING FULLTEXT INDEX,
    desc3 STRING FULLTEXT INDEX,
    ts TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
    PRIMARY KEY(host, idc),
    TIME INDEX(ts)
);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test (
    a STRING,
    b STRING SKIPPING INDEX,
    c DOUBLE,
    ts TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
    PRIMARY KEY(a, b),
    TIME INDEX(ts)
);

SELECT table_schema,
       table_name,
       non_unique,
       index_name,
       seq_in_index,
       column_name,
       index_type,
       greptime_index_type
FROM information_schema.statistics
WHERE table_schema = 'public'
  AND table_name IN ('system_metrics', 'test')
ORDER BY table_name, index_name, seq_in_index, column_name;
```

The output is as follows:

```sql
+--------------+----------------+------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+------------+---------------------+
| table_schema | table_name     | non_unique | index_name           | seq_in_index | column_name | index_type | greptime_index_type |
+--------------+----------------+------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+------------+---------------------+
| public       | system_metrics | 1          | FULLTEXT_INDEX_desc2 | 1            | desc2       | FULLTEXT   | fulltext_bloom      |
| public       | system_metrics | 1          | FULLTEXT_INDEX_desc3 | 1            | desc3       | FULLTEXT   | fulltext_bloom      |
| public       | system_metrics | 1          | FULLTEXT_INDEX_idc   | 1            | idc         | FULLTEXT   | fulltext_bloom      |
| public       | system_metrics | 1          | INVERTED_INDEX_idc   | 1            | idc         | INVERTED   | inverted            |
| public       | system_metrics | 0          | PRIMARY              | 1            | host        | PRIMARY    | dense               |
| public       | system_metrics | 0          | PRIMARY              | 2            | idc         | PRIMARY    | dense               |
| public       | system_metrics | 1          | TIME INDEX           | 1            | ts          | TIME       |                     |
| public       | test           | 0          | PRIMARY              | 1            | a           | PRIMARY    | dense               |
| public       | test           | 0          | PRIMARY              | 2            | b           | PRIMARY    | dense               |
| public       | test           | 1          | SKIPPING_INDEX_b     | 1            | b           | SKIPPING   | bloom_filter        |
| public       | test           | 1          | TIME INDEX           | 1            | ts          | TIME       |                     |
+--------------+----------------+------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+------------+---------------------+
```

The following statements are equivalent:

```sql
SELECT table_name, non_unique, index_name, seq_in_index, column_name
FROM information_schema.statistics
WHERE table_schema = '<db_name>' AND table_name = '<table_name>';

SHOW INDEX FROM <table_name> IN <db_name>;
```

The description of columns in the `STATISTICS` table is as follows:

- `table_catalog`: The catalog of the table. The value is always `def`.
- `table_schema`: The database of the table.
- `table_name`: The name of the table.
- `non_unique`: Whether the index can contain duplicate values. `0` means unique, `1` means non-unique.
- `index_schema`: The database that contains the index metadata. It is the same as `table_schema`.
- `index_name`: The index name. `PRIMARY` and `TIME INDEX` keep their names, while each secondary index is named `<TYPE>_INDEX_<column>`, such as `INVERTED_INDEX_idc`, `FULLTEXT_INDEX_desc2`, or `SKIPPING_INDEX_b`.
- `seq_in_index`: The position of the column inside the index, starting from `1`. Secondary indexes are single-column and always `1`; only a multi-column primary key produces `1`, `2`, and so on.
- `column_name`: The indexed column name.
- `collation`: The column sort direction in the index. The value is currently always `A`.
- `cardinality`: The estimated number of unique values in the index. Currently `NULL`.
- `sub_part`: The indexed prefix length. Currently `NULL`.
- `packed`: How the key is packed. Currently `NULL`.
- `nullable`: Whether the indexed column can be `NULL`. The value is `YES` or an empty string.
- `index_type`: The index category, one of `PRIMARY`, `TIME`, `INVERTED`, `FULLTEXT`, or `SKIPPING`.
- `comment`: Additional index metadata. Currently an empty string.
- `index_comment`: User-facing index comments. Currently an empty string.
- `is_visible`: Whether the index is visible. The value is currently always `YES`.
- `expression`: The indexed expression for functional indexes. Currently `NULL`.
- `greptime_index_type`: The GreptimeDB internal index type identifier: `dense` or `sparse` for primary keys, `inverted`, `fulltext_bloom` or `fulltext_tantivy`, and `bloom_filter` for skipping indexes. It is empty for the time index.
