FAQ: When Creating a New Relationship Class, Why Are New Attribute Indexes Added to Relate

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When creating a new relationship class, the primary and foreign key fields are automatically indexed if they do not already have indexes. These indexes are required for the performance of navigating the relationships.

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When creating a new relationship class, why are new attribute indexes added to related classes?

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