Disable index on String properties in low level datastore API (Java)

[Tomas]

Hi there,

I'm trying optimise my app and I save simple object as a entity with two properties (key, String data) into datastore. I don't need to index the 'data' property at all but I have notice ev ery write does this:

Property	Value
gae/datastore/count	1
gae/datastore/entity_writes	1
gae/datastore/index_writes	3
gae/datastore/size	1

I wonder if it's possible (and also if it makes any sense) to disable indexing of the 'data' property - as far as I understand, String fields are indexed by default... (I didn't specified any indexes manually).

Just a note - would like to avoid using objectify as I'm trying to strip my app of majority of external dependencies to improve my instance spin-up time (which now sits at 3 seconds...)

Thanks for any advice!

[Tomas]

Okay, I found it...

https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/java/javadoc/com/google/appengine/api/datastore/PropertyContainer#setUnindexedProperty(java.lang.String,%20java.lang.Object)

setUnindexedProperty

[George (Cloud Platform Support)]

Hello Tomas, 

Reducing indexes might not have a direct impact on spin-up time, but surely on long-term costs. 

Objectify and its main alternative Catatumbo are not supported by Google, but third-party products. You may consider contacting the creators of these frameworks for advice regarding their impact on start time.