topic rebuilding an existing spatial index in SDE in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/rebuilding-an-existing-spatial-index-in-sde/m-p/127941#M7355 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>recently we have had the problem of rebuilding the spatial index of a feature class storaged in ArcSDE.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Various approaches reached us, it worked following SDE command line:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>sdelayer �??o load_only_io , sdelayer �??o normal_io </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>But I wonder if there is a difference between this sde command above and these toolbox means which ArcGIS offers:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Data Management Tools: Indexes:remove spatial index, add spatial index</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We have got the explanation that with the sde command only the feature class extent of index will be recalculated.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Could anybody confirm this? I find the Toolbox help unclear in this case.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Otherwise I assume feature class extent and spatial index belong together.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>You can't rebuild a spatial index without rebuilding the extent of a feature class, can you?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Many thanks in advance, Sandra</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:47:20 GMT SandraToepsch 2012-08-13T11:47:20Z rebuilding an existing spatial index in SDE https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/rebuilding-an-existing-spatial-index-in-sde/m-p/127941#M7355 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>recently we have had the problem of rebuilding the spatial index of a feature class storaged in ArcSDE.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Various approaches reached us, it worked following SDE command line:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>sdelayer �??o load_only_io , sdelayer �??o normal_io </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>But I wonder if there is a difference between this sde command above and these toolbox means which ArcGIS offers:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Data Management Tools: Indexes:remove spatial index, add spatial index</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We have got the explanation that with the sde command only the feature class extent of index will be recalculated.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Could anybody confirm this? I find the Toolbox help unclear in this case.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Otherwise I assume feature class extent and spatial index belong together.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>You can't rebuild a spatial index without rebuilding the extent of a feature class, can you?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Many thanks in advance, Sandra</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:47:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/rebuilding-an-existing-spatial-index-in-sde/m-p/127941#M7355 SandraToepsch 2012-08-13T11:47:20Z