In DynamoDB, you perform Query and Scan operations directly on the index, in the same way that you would on a table. You can use either the DynamoDB API, or PartiQL, a SQL-compatible query language, to query or scan the index. You must specify both TableName and IndexName.

The following are some queries on GenreAndPriceIndex in DynamoDB. (The key schema for this index consists of Genre and Price.)