Create an Entity Index
You can define a 
database index in your data model to enforce uniqueness of table attributes across multiple rows or to make searches quicker using those attributes as filters. In OutSystems, you can model a database index in the entity element.
To create an index for an entity:
- Open the entity by double-clicking on it or selecting the Indexes property.
- Go to the Indexes tab and create a new index.
- Add the attributes you want to include in the index.
- If you want to have unique values for the selected attributes, set the Unique property to
Yes. - To apply the index created in the database, publish the application.
Example
In the GoOutWeb application, an application to find and review interesting places, we want to ensure that an end-user cannot give more than one review to a place in the same day.
To create a unique index in the Review entity to ensure this restriction:
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Open the Review entity.
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In the Indexes tab, add a new index and name it
UniqueReview. -
Add the attributes: PlaceId, UserId, and Date. This will ensure that the same value for these attributes cannot be repeated in other records of Review table.
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Set the index to unique.
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Publish the module. While publishing, OutSystems creates the index in the database.
From now on, when an end-user tries to save the second review for the same place in the same day, OutSystems raises a database exception.