# Index Management for Custom Fields

**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/index-management-for-custom-fields/15146
**Category:** Ideas and Feature Requests
**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/index-management-for-custom-fields/15146 "2020-07-09T14:46:01Z")
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#### Post date: [July 9, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/index-management-for-custom-fields/15146/1 "2020-07-09T14:46:01Z")

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As a user I want to be able to state which custom fields (columns) should have indexes in the database by using Web interface or a command line. Such feature would help to overcome the 64 indexes limit of MySQL.

> <https://github.com/mautic/mautic/issues/6063>
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> Please DO NOT report security vulnerabilities here. Send them to security@mautic.com instead.
> What type of report is this:
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> Bug report?
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> Feature request?
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> Enhancement?
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> Description:
> Related to #4465...