Examples: 1. Ignoring indexes if "*" used for select even index include all columns from source table
0: jdbc:phoenix:127.0.0.1> explain select * from table where "p" = '123123123'; +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------+----------------+ | PLAN | EST_BYTES_READ | EST_ROWS_READ | EST_INFO_TS | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------+----------------+ | CLIENT 1608-CHUNK 237983037 ROWS 160746749821 BYTES PARALLEL 30-WAY FULL SCAN OVER table | 160746749821 | 237983037 | 1545484493647 | | SERVER FILTER BY d."p" = '123123123' | 160746749821 | 237983037 | 1545484493647 | | CLIENT MERGE SORT | 160746749821 | 237983037 | 1545484493647 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------+----------------+ 3 rows selected (0.05 seconds) 2. Indexes used if only 1 column selected 0: jdbc:phoenix:127.0.0.1> explain select "c" from table where "p" = '123123123'; +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------+----------------+ | PLAN | EST_BYTES_READ | EST_ROWS_READ | EST_INFO_TS | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------+----------------+ | CLIENT 30-CHUNK 3569628 ROWS 3145729398 BYTES PARALLEL 30-WAY RANGE SCAN OVER table_idx_p [0,'123123123'] - [29,'123123123'] | 3145729398 | 3569628 | 1545484508039 | | SERVER FILTER BY FIRST KEY ONLY | 3145729398 | 3569628 | 1545484508039 | | CLIENT MERGE SORT | 3145729398 | 3569628 | 1545484508039 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------+----------------+ 3 rows selected (0.038 seconds) 3. 0: jdbc:phoenix:127.0.0.1> explain select /*+ INDEX(table table_idx_p) */ * from table where "p" = '123123123'; +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------+----------------+ | PLAN | EST_BYTES_READ | EST_ROWS_READ | EST_INFO_TS | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------+----------------+ | CLIENT 1608-CHUNK 237983037 ROWS 160746749821 BYTES PARALLEL 30-WAY FULL SCAN OVER table | 3145729398 | 3569628 | 1545484508039 | | CLIENT MERGE SORT | 3145729398 | 3569628 | 1545484508039 | | SKIP-SCAN-JOIN TABLE 0 | 3145729398 | 3569628 | 1545484508039 | | CLIENT 30-CHUNK 3569628 ROWS 3145729398 BYTES PARALLEL 30-WAY RANGE SCAN OVER table_idx_p [0,'123123123'] - [29,'123123123'] | 3145729398 | 3569628 | 1545484508039 | | SERVER FILTER BY FIRST KEY ONLY | 3145729398 | 3569628 | 1545484508039 | | CLIENT MERGE SORT | 3145729398 | 3569628 | 1545484508039 | | DYNAMIC SERVER FILTER BY "table.c" IN ($35.$37) | 3145729398 | 3569628 | 1545484508039 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------+----------------+ 7 rows selected (0.12 seconds)