# How to know Q topic index spice size

**URL:** <https://community.amazonquick.com/t/how-to-know-q-topic-index-spice-size/41812>\
**Category:** Q&A\
**Tags:** embedding, developer, quick-sight\
**Created:** [February 1, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/how-to-know-q-topic-index-spice-size/41812 "2025-02-01T19:35:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saurabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Saurabh](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/Saurabh)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/how-to-know-q-topic-index-spice-size/41812/1 "2025-02-01T19:35:42Z")

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Q topic creates index which is stored in spice, Is there any way to check how much space is taken by Q index in spice

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**Author:** ![Koushik\_Muthanna](https://d2orw1595917va.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.amazonquick.com/koushik_muthanna/32/3290_2.png) [@Koushik\_Muthanna](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/Koushik_Muthanna)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/how-to-know-q-topic-index-spice-size/41812/2 "2025-02-03T11:44:04Z")

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@Saurabh ,

Q indexing does not have an impact on your SPICE dataset [[Refreshing Amazon QuickSight Q topic indexes - Amazon QuickSight](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/quicksight-q-topics-index.html) ]. The data that you load into SPICE can be used for dashboards / QnA .

Kind regards,  
Koushik

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**Author:** ![Saurabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Saurabh](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/Saurabh)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/how-to-know-q-topic-index-spice-size/41812/3 "2025-02-03T15:17:33Z")

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@Koushik_Muthanna - Yes agreed Q index will not have impact on SPICE dataset, But as per documentation

 ![image](https://d1wl4jav5dp96l.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/6/762d561cae7e0b5f1c2e33583e4bb5631da805ac.png)  
Q creates and stores the index. So question is where it store the index. My understanding is it also stored in SPICE . So Question is how to know, how much space it will take.

Point here is to know how much it will cost me in terms of SPICE space.  
Or it is not stored in SPICE?

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**Author:** ![Koushik\_Muthanna](https://d2orw1595917va.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.amazonquick.com/koushik_muthanna/32/3290_2.png) [@Koushik\_Muthanna](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/Koushik_Muthanna)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 7:58am UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/how-to-know-q-topic-index-spice-size/41812/4 "2025-02-04T07:58:22Z")

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@Saurabh ,

> My understanding is it also stored in SPICE

It is not stored in SPICE ([https://youtu.be/oLlUxZH5BCo?t=989](https://youtu.be/oLlUxZH5BCo?t=989)) .

Kind regards,  
Koushik

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**Author:** ![Saurabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Saurabh](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/Saurabh)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/how-to-know-q-topic-index-spice-size/41812/5 "2025-02-04T11:54:02Z")

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Thanks @Koushik_Muthanna