Creating indexes

Prerequisites

Get an application token.
Create a keyspace using the DataStax Astra DB dashboard.

Use the application token you generatedto create schema in your keyspace using the GraphQL playground.

Cassandra supports indexing any regular, non-primary key fields in an object type.Any field designated as a partition key or clustering column cannot be indexed,unless DataStax Enterprise is the defined database.A field will be indexed if `@cql_index` is added to the field definition.Indexed fields can be used as parameters in queries.

The directive `@cql_index` has the following optional arguments:

Argument	Default	Description
name	Generated	Custom index name.
class	Secondary index	Custom index class, such as SAI.
target	VALUES	Specifies set and list index type. Options are FULL and VALUES.
options	N/A	Any options to pass to the underlying index query.