SELECT INDEX_NAME, MONITORING, USED FROM V$OBJECT_USAGE; no rows selected ALTER INDEX HR.NUI_EMP1_EMPNO_ENAME MONITORING USAGE; SELECT INDEX_NAME, MONITORING, USED FROM V$OBJECT_USAGE; INDEX_NAME MON USE ------------------------------ --- --- NUI_EMP1_EMPNO_ENAME YES NO insert into emp1 values (206, 'ename'); insert into emp1 values (206, 'ename') * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00001: unique constraint (HR.PK_EMP1_KEY) violated SELECT INDEX_NAME, MONITORING, USED FROM V$OBJECT_USAGE; INDEX_NAME MON USE ------------------------------ --- --- NUI_EMP1_EMPNO_ENAME YES NO set autotrace traceonly explain select sum(empno) from emp1 ; Execution Plan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 1 | 13 | 1 (0)| 00:00:01 | | 1 | SORT AGGREGATE | | 1 | 13 | | | | 2 | INDEX FULL SCAN| NUI_EMP1_EMPNO_ENAME | 107 | 1391 | 1 (0)| 00:00:01 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- set autot off SELECT INDEX_NAME, MONITORING, USED FROM V$OBJECT_USAGE; INDEX_NAME MON USE ------------------------------ --- --- NUI_EMP1_EMPNO_ENAME YES YES ALTER INDEX HR.NUI_EMP1_EMPNO_ENAME noMONITORING USAGE; SELECT INDEX_NAME, MONITORING, USED FROM V$OBJECT_USAGE; INDEX_NAME MON USE ------------------------------ --- --- NUI_EMP1_EMPNO_ENAME NO YES ALTER INDEX HR.NUI_EMP1_EMPNO_ENAME MONITORING USAGE; SELECT INDEX_NAME, MONITORING, USED FROM V$OBJECT_USAGE; INDEX_NAME MON USE ------------------------------ --- --- NUI_EMP1_EMPNO_ENAME YES NO