Reporting on Bitmap Indexes

It is fairly simple to get information on bitmap indexes from the data dictionary. See the following query from the USER_INDEXES view in order to get information on both bitmap and bitmap join indexes:

SELECT index_name, index_type, join_index FROM dba_indexes WHERE index_type = 'BITMAP';   INDEX_NAME                     INDEX_TYPE                  JOI ------------------------------ --------------------------- --- BILLING_FACT_BIXFK102          BITMAP                      NO BR_FACT_BJIX002                BITMAP                      YES

If you want to get the specific join information on any bitmap join indexes you have in your database, you can get this information from the USER_JOIN_IND_COLUMNS data dictionary ...

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