diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/IntroduceSecondaryIndexInsertDeleteRule.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/IntroduceSecondaryIndexInsertDeleteRule.java
index 3fc178a..09ad4d1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/IntroduceSecondaryIndexInsertDeleteRule.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/IntroduceSecondaryIndexInsertDeleteRule.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.algebra.operators.CommitOperator;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.DatasetConfig.DatasetType;
@@ -190,18 +191,21 @@
             metaType = (ARecordType) mp.findType(dataset.getMetaItemTypeDataverseName(), dataset.getMetaItemTypeName());
         }
         List<Index> indexes = mp.getDatasetIndexes(dataset.getDataverseName(), dataset.getDatasetName());
+        Stream<Index> indexStream = indexes.stream();
+        indexStream = indexStream.filter(index -> index.getIndexType() != IndexType.SAMPLE);
         if (primaryIndexModificationOp.getOperation() == Kind.INSERT && !primaryIndexModificationOp.isBulkload()) {
             // for insert, primary key index is handled together when primary index
-            indexes = indexes.stream().filter(index -> !index.isPrimaryKeyIndex()).collect(Collectors.toList());
+            indexStream = indexStream.filter(index -> !index.isPrimaryKeyIndex());
         }
-
-        // Set the top operator pointer to the primary IndexInsertDeleteOperator
-        ILogicalOperator currentTop = primaryIndexModificationOp;
+        indexes = indexStream.collect(Collectors.toList());
 
         // Put an n-gram or a keyword index in the later stage of index-update,
         // since TokenizeOperator needs to be involved.
         Collections.sort(indexes, (o1, o2) -> o1.getIndexType().ordinal() - o2.getIndexType().ordinal());
 
+        // Set the top operator pointer to the primary IndexInsertDeleteOperator
+        ILogicalOperator currentTop = primaryIndexModificationOp;
+
         // At this point, we have the data type info, and the indexes info as well
         int secondaryIndexTotalCnt = indexes.size() - 1;
         if (secondaryIndexTotalCnt > 0) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/MetaFunctionToMetaVariableRule.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/MetaFunctionToMetaVariableRule.java
index aa2b8fd..036c456 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/MetaFunctionToMetaVariableRule.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/MetaFunctionToMetaVariableRule.java
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@
             if (dataSource.getDatasourceType() != DataSource.Type.EXTERNAL_DATASET
                     && dataSource.getDatasourceType() != DataSource.Type.INTERNAL_DATASET
                     && dataSource.getDatasourceType() != DataSource.Type.LOADABLE
-                    && dataSource.getDatasourceType() != DataSource.Type.FUNCTION) {
+                    && dataSource.getDatasourceType() != DataSource.Type.FUNCTION
+                    && dataSource.getDatasourceType() != DataSource.Type.SAMPLE) {
                 IMutationDataSource mds = (IMutationDataSource) dataSource;
                 if (mds.isChange()) {
                     transformers = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/translator/AbstractLangTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/translator/AbstractLangTranslator.java
index ac7fabe..b0f9a1c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/translator/AbstractLangTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/translator/AbstractLangTranslator.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.functions.FunctionSignature;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.base.Statement;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.AnalyzeStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.CreateAdapterStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.CreateDataverseStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.CreateFeedStatement;
@@ -371,6 +372,17 @@
                             dataverseName);
                 }
                 break;
+
+            case ANALYZE:
+                AnalyzeStatement analyzeStmt = (AnalyzeStatement) stmt;
+                if (analyzeStmt.getDataverseName() != null) {
+                    dataverseName = analyzeStmt.getDataverseName();
+                }
+                invalidOperation = isMetadataDataverse(dataverseName);
+                if (invalidOperation) {
+                    message = String.format(BAD_DATAVERSE_OBJECT_DDL_MESSAGE, "analyze", dataset(), dataverseName);
+                }
+                break;
         }
 
         if (invalidOperation) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/DumpIndexRewriter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/DumpIndexRewriter.java
index 30eaf93..6c0382d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/DumpIndexRewriter.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/DumpIndexRewriter.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.MetadataProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.constraints.AlgebricksAbsolutePartitionConstraint;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@
         if (index.isPrimaryIndex()) {
             throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.OPERATION_NOT_SUPPORTED_ON_PRIMARY_INDEX, loc, indexName);
         }
-        SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper secondaryIndexHelper =
+        ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper secondaryIndexHelper =
                 SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper.createIndexOperationsHelper(dataset, index, metadataProvider, loc);
         IndexDataflowHelperFactory indexDataflowHelperFactory =
                 new IndexDataflowHelperFactory(metadataProvider.getStorageComponentProvider().getStorageManager(),
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
index 8eb13e1..71f59cf 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.TypeReferenceExpression;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.VariableExpr;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.AdapterDropStatement;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.AnalyzeStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.CompactStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.ConnectFeedStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.CreateAdapterStatement;
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.KeyFieldTypeUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.MetadataConstants;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.MetadataUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.SampleOperationsHelper;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.TypeUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ANull;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.IAObject;
@@ -208,6 +210,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.fulltext.FullTextConfigDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.fulltext.IFullTextFilterDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.fulltext.StopwordsFullTextFilterDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.operators.StreamStats;
 import org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.DatasetIdFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.AbstractLangTranslator;
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.ClientRequest;
@@ -251,6 +254,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.profiling.IOperatorStats;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.result.IResultSet;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.result.ResultSetId;
 import org.apache.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
@@ -486,6 +490,9 @@
                         handleQuery(metadataProvider, (Query) stmt, hcc, resultSet, resultDelivery, outMetadata, stats,
                                 requestParameters, stmtParams, stmtRewriter);
                         break;
+                    case ANALYZE:
+                        handleAnalyzeStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, hcc, requestParameters);
+                        break;
                     case COMPACT:
                         handleCompactStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, hcc);
                         break;
@@ -4201,6 +4208,225 @@
         }
     }
 
+    protected void handleAnalyzeStatement(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Statement stmt,
+            IHyracksClientConnection hcc, IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+        AnalyzeStatement analyzeStatement = (AnalyzeStatement) stmt;
+        metadataProvider.validateDatabaseObjectName(analyzeStatement.getDataverseName(),
+                analyzeStatement.getDatasetName(), analyzeStatement.getSourceLocation());
+        DataverseName dataverseName = getActiveDataverseName(analyzeStatement.getDataverseName());
+        String datasetName = analyzeStatement.getDatasetName();
+        if (isCompileOnly()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        lockUtil.analyzeDatasetBegin(lockManager, metadataProvider.getLocks(), dataverseName, datasetName);
+        try {
+            doAnalyzeDataset(metadataProvider, analyzeStatement, dataverseName, datasetName, hcc, requestParameters);
+        } finally {
+            metadataProvider.getLocks().unlock();
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void doAnalyzeDataset(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, AnalyzeStatement stmtAnalyze,
+            DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName, IHyracksClientConnection hcc,
+            IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+        SourceLocation sourceLoc = stmtAnalyze.getSourceLocation();
+        ProgressState progressNewIndexCreate = ProgressState.NO_PROGRESS;
+        ProgressState progressExistingIndexDrop = ProgressState.NO_PROGRESS;
+        Dataset ds = null;
+        Index existingIndex = null, newIndexPendingAdd = null;
+        JobSpecification existingIndexDropSpec = null;
+        MetadataTransactionContext mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
+        boolean bActiveTxn = true;
+        metadataProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(mdTxnCtx);
+        try {
+            // Check if the dataverse exists
+            Dataverse dv = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.getDataverse(mdTxnCtx, dataverseName);
+            if (dv == null) {
+                throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.UNKNOWN_DATAVERSE, sourceLoc, dataverseName);
+            }
+            // Check if the dataset exists
+            ds = metadataProvider.findDataset(dataverseName, datasetName);
+            if (ds == null) {
+                throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.UNKNOWN_DATASET_IN_DATAVERSE, sourceLoc, datasetName,
+                        dataverseName);
+            }
+            if (ds.getDatasetType() == DatasetType.INTERNAL) {
+                validateDatasetState(metadataProvider, ds, sourceLoc);
+            } else {
+                throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.OPERATION_NOT_SUPPORTED, sourceLoc);
+            }
+
+            IndexType sampleIndexType = IndexType.SAMPLE;
+            Pair<String, String> sampleIndexNames = IndexUtil.getSampleIndexNames(datasetName);
+            String newIndexName;
+            existingIndex = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.getIndex(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(), dataverseName,
+                    datasetName, sampleIndexNames.first);
+            if (existingIndex != null) {
+                newIndexName = sampleIndexNames.second;
+            } else {
+                existingIndex = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.getIndex(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(),
+                        dataverseName, datasetName, sampleIndexNames.second);
+                newIndexName = sampleIndexNames.first;
+            }
+
+            InternalDatasetDetails dsDetails = (InternalDatasetDetails) ds.getDatasetDetails();
+            int sampleCardinalityTarget = stmtAnalyze.getSampleSize();
+
+            Index.SampleIndexDetails newIndexDetailsPendingAdd = new Index.SampleIndexDetails(dsDetails.getPrimaryKey(),
+                    dsDetails.getKeySourceIndicator(), dsDetails.getPrimaryKeyType(), sampleCardinalityTarget, 0, 0);
+            newIndexPendingAdd = new Index(dataverseName, datasetName, newIndexName, sampleIndexType,
+                    newIndexDetailsPendingAdd, false, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_ADD_OP);
+
+            // #. add a new index with PendingAddOp
+            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addIndex(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(), newIndexPendingAdd);
+            // #. prepare to create the index artifact in NC.
+            JobSpecification spec =
+                    IndexUtil.buildSecondaryIndexCreationJobSpec(ds, newIndexPendingAdd, metadataProvider, sourceLoc);
+            if (spec == null) {
+                throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_ERROR, sourceLoc,
+                        "Failed to create job spec for creating index '" + ds.getDatasetName() + "."
+                                + newIndexPendingAdd.getIndexName() + "'");
+            }
+            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
+            bActiveTxn = false;
+            progressNewIndexCreate = ProgressState.ADDED_PENDINGOP_RECORD_TO_METADATA;
+
+            // #. create the index artifact in NC.
+            runJob(hcc, spec);
+
+            // #. flush dataset
+            FlushDatasetUtil.flushDataset(hcc, metadataProvider, dataverseName, datasetName);
+
+            mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
+            bActiveTxn = true;
+            metadataProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(mdTxnCtx);
+
+            // #. load data into the index in NC.
+            spec = IndexUtil.buildSecondaryIndexLoadingJobSpec(ds, newIndexPendingAdd, metadataProvider, sourceLoc);
+            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
+            bActiveTxn = false;
+
+            List<IOperatorStats> opStats = runJob(hcc, spec, jobFlags,
+                    Collections.singletonList(SampleOperationsHelper.DATASET_STATS_OPERATOR_NAME));
+            if (opStats == null || opStats.size() == 0) {
+                throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_ILLEGAL_STATE, "", sourceLoc);
+            }
+            StreamStats stats = new StreamStats(opStats.get(0));
+
+            Index.SampleIndexDetails newIndexDetailsFinal = new Index.SampleIndexDetails(dsDetails.getPrimaryKey(),
+                    dsDetails.getKeySourceIndicator(), dsDetails.getPrimaryKeyType(), sampleCardinalityTarget,
+                    stats.getCardinality(), stats.getAvgTupleSize());
+            Index newIndexFinal = new Index(dataverseName, datasetName, newIndexName, sampleIndexType,
+                    newIndexDetailsFinal, false, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+
+            // #. begin new metadataTxn
+            mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
+            bActiveTxn = true;
+            metadataProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(mdTxnCtx);
+            // #. add same new index with PendingNoOp after deleting its entry with PendingAddOp
+            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.dropIndex(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(),
+                    newIndexPendingAdd.getDataverseName(), newIndexPendingAdd.getDatasetName(),
+                    newIndexPendingAdd.getIndexName());
+            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addIndex(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(), newIndexFinal);
+            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
+            bActiveTxn = false;
+            progressNewIndexCreate = ProgressState.NO_PROGRESS;
+
+            if (existingIndex != null) {
+                // #. set existing index to PendingDropOp because we'll be dropping it next
+                mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
+                bActiveTxn = true;
+                metadataProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(mdTxnCtx);
+                MetadataManager.INSTANCE.dropIndex(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(),
+                        existingIndex.getDataverseName(), existingIndex.getDatasetName(), existingIndex.getIndexName());
+                existingIndex.setPendingOp(MetadataUtil.PENDING_DROP_OP);
+                MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addIndex(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(), existingIndex);
+                existingIndexDropSpec = IndexUtil.buildDropIndexJobSpec(existingIndex, metadataProvider, ds, sourceLoc);
+                MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
+                progressExistingIndexDrop = ProgressState.ADDED_PENDINGOP_RECORD_TO_METADATA;
+                bActiveTxn = false;
+
+                // #. drop existing index on NCs
+                runJob(hcc, existingIndexDropSpec);
+
+                // #. drop existing index metadata
+                mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
+                bActiveTxn = true;
+                metadataProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(mdTxnCtx);
+                MetadataManager.INSTANCE.dropIndex(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(),
+                        existingIndex.getDataverseName(), existingIndex.getDatasetName(), existingIndex.getIndexName());
+                MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
+                bActiveTxn = false;
+                progressExistingIndexDrop = ProgressState.NO_PROGRESS;
+            }
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOGGER.error("failed to analyze dataset; executing compensating operations", e);
+            if (bActiveTxn) {
+                abort(e, e, mdTxnCtx);
+            }
+
+            if (progressExistingIndexDrop == ProgressState.ADDED_PENDINGOP_RECORD_TO_METADATA) {
+                // #. execute compensation operations remove the index in NCs
+                try {
+                    runJob(hcc, existingIndexDropSpec);
+                } catch (Exception e2) {
+                    // do no throw exception since still the metadata needs to be compensated.
+                    e.addSuppressed(e2);
+                }
+                // #. remove the record from the metadata.
+                mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
+                metadataProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(mdTxnCtx);
+                try {
+                    MetadataManager.INSTANCE.dropIndex(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(),
+                            existingIndex.getDataverseName(), existingIndex.getDatasetName(),
+                            existingIndex.getIndexName());
+                    MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
+                } catch (Exception e2) {
+                    e.addSuppressed(e2);
+                    abort(e, e2, mdTxnCtx);
+                    throw new IllegalStateException("System is inconsistent state: pending index("
+                            + existingIndex.getDataverseName() + "." + existingIndex.getDatasetName() + "."
+                            + existingIndex.getIndexName() + ") couldn't be removed from the metadata", e);
+                }
+            } else if (progressNewIndexCreate == ProgressState.ADDED_PENDINGOP_RECORD_TO_METADATA) {
+                // #. execute compensation operations remove the index in NCs
+                mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
+                bActiveTxn = true;
+                metadataProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(mdTxnCtx);
+                try {
+                    JobSpecification jobSpec =
+                            IndexUtil.buildDropIndexJobSpec(newIndexPendingAdd, metadataProvider, ds, sourceLoc);
+                    MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
+                    bActiveTxn = false;
+                    runJob(hcc, jobSpec);
+                } catch (Exception e2) {
+                    e.addSuppressed(e2);
+                    if (bActiveTxn) {
+                        abort(e, e2, mdTxnCtx);
+                    }
+                }
+                // #. remove the record from the metadata.
+                mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
+                metadataProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(mdTxnCtx);
+                try {
+                    MetadataManager.INSTANCE.dropIndex(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(),
+                            newIndexPendingAdd.getDataverseName(), newIndexPendingAdd.getDatasetName(),
+                            newIndexPendingAdd.getIndexName());
+                    MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
+                } catch (Exception e2) {
+                    e.addSuppressed(e2);
+                    abort(e, e2, mdTxnCtx);
+                    throw new IllegalStateException("System is in inconsistent state: pending index("
+                            + newIndexPendingAdd.getDataverseName() + "." + newIndexPendingAdd.getDatasetName() + "."
+                            + newIndexPendingAdd.getIndexName() + ") couldn't be removed from the metadata", e);
+                }
+            }
+
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
     protected void handleCompactStatement(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Statement stmt,
             IHyracksClientConnection hcc) throws Exception {
         CompactStatement compactStatement = (CompactStatement) stmt;
@@ -4430,6 +4656,12 @@
         JobUtils.runJob(hcc, jobSpec, jobFlags, true);
     }
 
+    private static List<IOperatorStats> runJob(IHyracksClientConnection hcc, JobSpecification jobSpec,
+            EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags, List<String> statOperatorNames) throws Exception {
+        Pair<JobId, List<IOperatorStats>> p = JobUtils.runJob(hcc, jobSpec, jobFlags, true, statOperatorNames);
+        return p.second;
+    }
+
     private static void createAndRunJob(IHyracksClientConnection hcc, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags, Mutable<JobId> jId,
             IStatementCompiler compiler, IMetadataLocker locker, ResultDelivery resultDelivery, IResultPrinter printer,
             IRequestParameters requestParameters, boolean cancellable, ICcApplicationContext appCtx,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/TestLsmBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/TestLsmBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
index 2ee8fcf..fcc8bc6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/TestLsmBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/TestLsmBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
                 filterCmpFactories, filterFields, opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties,
                 true, bloomFilterFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, index.isPrimaryIndex(), btreeFields,
-                bloomFilterFields != null);
+                bloomFilterFields != null, false);
     }
 
     private static ITypeTraits[] getTypeTraits(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Dataset dataset, Index index,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50daffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: Test ANALYZE DATASET statement
+ */
+
+set `import-private-functions` `true`;
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+use test;
+
+create function listMetadata(showSourceAvgItemSize) {
+  select i.DatasetName, i.IndexName, i.SampleCardinalityTarget, i.SourceCardinality,
+    case when showSourceAvgItemSize then i.SourceAvgItemSize else i.SourceAvgItemSize > 0 end as SourceAvgItemSize
+  from Metadata.`Index` i
+  where i.DataverseName = "test" and i.IndexName like "sample_idx%"
+  order by i.IndexName
+};
+
+create function showSampleStats(dsName, idxName, showMinMax) {
+  select count(v.values) as cnt,
+    case when showMinMax then min(v.values[0]) else min(v.values[0]) > 0 end as min_pk,
+    case when showMinMax then max(v.values[0]) else max(v.values[0]) > 0 end as max_pk,
+    case when showMinMax then min(v.values[1].x) else min(v.values[1].x) < 0 end as min_x,
+    case when showMinMax then max(v.values[1].x) else max(v.values[1].x) < 0 end as max_x
+  from dump_index("test", dsName, idxName) as v
+};
+
+create type t1 as open {
+  id : bigint
+};
+
+create dataset ds1(t1) primary key id;
+
+-- analyze on an empty dataset
+
+analyze dataset ds1;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.10.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.10.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1de0947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.10.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: analyze dataset with sample=medium.
+ * Note, there are fewer tuples in the dataset that the target sample size
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+analyze dataset test.ds1 with { "sample": "medium" };
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.11.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.11.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..549d273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.11.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: check that the sample was re-created
+ */
+
+set `import-private-functions` `true`;
+
+use test;
+
+select * from
+  listMetadata(false) metadata,
+  showSampleStats("ds1", "sample_idx_2_ds1", true) stats;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.12.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.12.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e3886d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.12.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: Insert more data
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+insert into ds1
+select element {'id':x, 'x':-x }
+from range(1101, 4400) as x;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.13.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.13.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b098016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.13.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: analyze dataset with sample=medium
+ * Note, there are more tuples in the dataset that the target sample size
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+analyze dataset ds1 with { "sample": "medium" };
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.14.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.14.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b206f59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.14.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: check that the sample was re-created
+ */
+
+set `import-private-functions` `true`;
+
+use test;
+
+select * from
+  listMetadata(false) metadata,
+  showSampleStats("ds1", "sample_idx_1_ds1", false) stats;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.15.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.15.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cdaf19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.15.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: analyze dataset with sample=high.
+ * Note, there are fewer tuples in the dataset that the target sample size
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+analyze dataset ds1 with { "sample": "high" };
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.16.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.16.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..549d273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.16.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: check that the sample was re-created
+ */
+
+set `import-private-functions` `true`;
+
+use test;
+
+select * from
+  listMetadata(false) metadata,
+  showSampleStats("ds1", "sample_idx_2_ds1", true) stats;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.17.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.17.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c5f8ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.17.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: Insert more data
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+insert into ds1
+select element {'id':x, 'x':-x }
+from range(4401, 17100) as x;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.18.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.18.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4385f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.18.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: analyze dataset with sample=high
+ * Note, there are more tuples in the dataset that the target sample size
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+analyze dataset ds1 with { "sample": "high" };
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.19.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.19.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b206f59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.19.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: check that the sample was re-created
+ */
+
+set `import-private-functions` `true`;
+
+use test;
+
+select * from
+  listMetadata(false) metadata,
+  showSampleStats("ds1", "sample_idx_1_ds1", false) stats;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.2.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.2.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f1edbd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.2.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: Check that the sample index was created even thought
+ *              the source dataset is empty
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+listMetadata(true);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.20.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.20.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffa19b4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.20.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: test that the sample index is dropped when
+ *              its source dataset is dropped
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+drop dataset ds1;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.21.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.21.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..587629e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.21.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: check that the sample was dropped
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+select count(*) cnt
+from listMetadata(true) v;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.3.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.3.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b83b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.3.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+insert into ds1
+select element {'id':x, 'x':-x }
+from range(1, 8) as x;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.4.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.4.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3993a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.4.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: Test sample size parameter
+ */
+
+analyze dataset test.ds1 with { "sample": "low" };
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.5.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.5.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..243dab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.5.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: check that sample index was recreated with a new name.
+ * Also check that all 8 dataset tuples are in the sample
+ */
+
+set `import-private-functions` `true`;
+
+use test;
+
+select * from
+  listMetadata(false) metadata,
+  showSampleStats("ds1", "sample_idx_2_ds1", true) stats
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.6.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.6.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..340fbb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.6.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: Insert more data
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+insert into ds1
+select element {'id':x, 'x':-x }
+from range(9, 1100) as x;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.7.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.7.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d984ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.7.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: check that the sample content remains the same
+ * after INSERT because we did not run ANALYZE DATASET after that
+ */
+
+set `import-private-functions` `true`;
+
+use test;
+
+select * from
+  listMetadata(false) metadata,
+  showSampleStats("ds1", "sample_idx_2_ds1", true) stats;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.8.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.8.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f452f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.8.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: analyze dataset with sample=low.
+ * Note, there are more tuples in the dataset that the target sample size
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+analyze dataset ds1 with { "sample": "low" };
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.9.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.9.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b206f59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.9.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: check that the sample was re-created
+ */
+
+set `import-private-functions` `true`;
+
+use test;
+
+select * from
+  listMetadata(false) metadata,
+  showSampleStats("ds1", "sample_idx_1_ds1", false) stats;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.11.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.11.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..534cc7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.11.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "metadata": { "DatasetName": "ds1", "IndexName": "sample_idx_2_ds1", "SampleCardinalityTarget": 4252, "SourceCardinality": 1100, "SourceAvgItemSize": true }, "stats": { "cnt": 1100, "min_pk": 1, "max_pk": 1100, "min_x": -1100, "max_x": -1 } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.14.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.14.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee57f4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.14.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "metadata": { "DatasetName": "ds1", "IndexName": "sample_idx_1_ds1", "SampleCardinalityTarget": 4252, "SourceCardinality": 4400, "SourceAvgItemSize": true }, "stats": { "cnt": 4246, "min_pk": true, "max_pk": true, "min_x": true, "max_x": true } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.16.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.16.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b46ed0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.16.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "metadata": { "DatasetName": "ds1", "IndexName": "sample_idx_2_ds1", "SampleCardinalityTarget": 17008, "SourceCardinality": 4400, "SourceAvgItemSize": true }, "stats": { "cnt": 4400, "min_pk": 1, "max_pk": 4400, "min_x": -4400, "max_x": -1 } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.19.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.19.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74d0927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.19.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "metadata": { "DatasetName": "ds1", "IndexName": "sample_idx_1_ds1", "SampleCardinalityTarget": 17008, "SourceCardinality": 17100, "SourceAvgItemSize": true }, "stats": { "cnt": 16972, "min_pk": true, "max_pk": true, "min_x": true, "max_x": true } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.2.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.2.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab853ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.2.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "DatasetName": "ds1", "IndexName": "sample_idx_1_ds1", "SampleCardinalityTarget": 1063, "SourceCardinality": 0, "SourceAvgItemSize": 0 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.21.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.21.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bacb60c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.21.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "cnt": 0 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.5.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.5.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8a77bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.5.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "metadata": { "DatasetName": "ds1", "IndexName": "sample_idx_2_ds1", "SampleCardinalityTarget": 1063, "SourceCardinality": 8, "SourceAvgItemSize": true }, "stats": { "cnt": 8, "min_pk": 1, "max_pk": 8, "min_x": -8, "max_x": -1 } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.7.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.7.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8a77bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.7.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "metadata": { "DatasetName": "ds1", "IndexName": "sample_idx_2_ds1", "SampleCardinalityTarget": 1063, "SourceCardinality": 8, "SourceAvgItemSize": true }, "stats": { "cnt": 8, "min_pk": 1, "max_pk": 8, "min_x": -8, "max_x": -1 } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.9.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.9.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee7f2c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/ddl/analyze-dataset-1/analyze-dataset-1.9.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "metadata": { "DatasetName": "ds1", "IndexName": "sample_idx_1_ds1", "SampleCardinalityTarget": 1063, "SourceCardinality": 1100, "SourceAvgItemSize": true }, "stats": { "cnt": 1033, "min_pk": true, "max_pk": true, "min_x": true, "max_x": true } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/explain/explain_object_constructor-01/explain_object_constructor-01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/explain/explain_object_constructor-01/explain_object_constructor-01.1.adm
index 9a536a6..e89d96a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/explain/explain_object_constructor-01/explain_object_constructor-01.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/explain/explain_object_constructor-01/explain_object_constructor-01.1.adm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- DISTRIBUTE_RESULT  |UNPARTITIONED|
   exchange
   -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |UNPARTITIONED|
-    assign [$$2] <- [{ a: "1", b: 1 }]
+    assign [$$2] <- [{ "a": "1", "b": 1 }]
     -- ASSIGN  |UNPARTITIONED|
       empty-tuple-source
       -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |UNPARTITIONED|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/explain/explain_object_constructor-02/explain_object_constructor-02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/explain/explain_object_constructor-02/explain_object_constructor-02.1.adm
index c637d87..2a8a531 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/explain/explain_object_constructor-02/explain_object_constructor-02.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/explain/explain_object_constructor-02/explain_object_constructor-02.1.adm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- DISTRIBUTE_RESULT  |UNPARTITIONED|
   exchange
   -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |UNPARTITIONED|
-    assign [$$2] <- [{ a: "1" }]
+    assign [$$2] <- [{ "a": "1" }]
     -- ASSIGN  |UNPARTITIONED|
       empty-tuple-source
-      -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |UNPARTITIONED|
+      -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |UNPARTITIONED|
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/array-access-pushdown/array-access-pushdown.15.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/array-access-pushdown/array-access-pushdown.15.adm
index de214d0..02a5277 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/array-access-pushdown/array-access-pushdown.15.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/array-access-pushdown/array-access-pushdown.15.adm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
               subplan {
                         aggregate [$$39] <- [empty-stream()]
                         -- AGGREGATE  |LOCAL|
-                          select (not(if-missing-or-null(eq($$48, "string"), FALSE)))
+                          select (not(if-missing-or-null(eq($$48, "string"), false)))
                           -- STREAM_SELECT  |LOCAL|
                             assign [$$48] <- [$$ht.getField("display_url")]
                             -- ASSIGN  |LOCAL|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/array-access-pushdown/array-access-pushdown.17.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/array-access-pushdown/array-access-pushdown.17.adm
index 9f122c6..f0a3dcb 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/array-access-pushdown/array-access-pushdown.17.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/array-access-pushdown/array-access-pushdown.17.adm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
               subplan {
                         aggregate [$$39] <- [empty-stream()]
                         -- AGGREGATE  |LOCAL|
-                          select (not(if-missing-or-null(eq($$48, "string"), FALSE)))
+                          select (not(if-missing-or-null(eq($$48, "string"), false)))
                           -- STREAM_SELECT  |LOCAL|
                             assign [$$48] <- [$$ht.getField("display_url")]
                             -- ASSIGN  |LOCAL|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/heterogeneous-access-pushdown/heterogeneous-access-pushdown.03.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/heterogeneous-access-pushdown/heterogeneous-access-pushdown.03.adm
index 4a602ef..6114e6d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/heterogeneous-access-pushdown/heterogeneous-access-pushdown.03.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/heterogeneous-access-pushdown/heterogeneous-access-pushdown.03.adm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
     project ([$$20])
     -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-      assign [$$20] <- [switch-case(TRUE, is-array($$22), $$24, $$25)]
+      assign [$$20] <- [switch-case(true, is-array($$22), $$24, $$25)]
       -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
         project ([$$22, $$24, $$25])
         -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/heterogeneous-access-pushdown/heterogeneous-access-pushdown.05.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/heterogeneous-access-pushdown/heterogeneous-access-pushdown.05.adm
index 56dd2ee..420abf4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/heterogeneous-access-pushdown/heterogeneous-access-pushdown.05.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/heterogeneous-access-pushdown/heterogeneous-access-pushdown.05.adm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
     project ([$$20])
     -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-      assign [$$20] <- [switch-case(TRUE, is-array($$22), $$24, $$25)]
+      assign [$$20] <- [switch-case(true, is-array($$22), $$24, $$25)]
       -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
         project ([$$22, $$24, $$25])
         -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/pushdown-plans/pushdown-plans.07.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/pushdown-plans/pushdown-plans.07.adm
index 30d5ac3..cfe8897 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/pushdown-plans/pushdown-plans.07.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/common/parquet/pushdown-plans/pushdown-plans.07.adm
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
                                                   -- HASH_PARTITION_EXCHANGE [$$81]  |PARTITIONED|
                                                     project ([$$104, $$81])
                                                     -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                                                      assign [$$104, $$81] <- [TRUE, $$ht2.getField("text")]
+                                                      assign [$$104, $$81] <- [true, $$ht2.getField("text")]
                                                       -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
                                                         project ([$$ht2])
                                                         -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-library/type_validation/type_validation.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-library/type_validation/type_validation.1.adm
index f164f97..121262f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-library/type_validation/type_validation.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-library/type_validation/type_validation.1.adm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"907 9.07 \"907\" 9.07 TRUE date: { 2013-01-01 } datetime: { 1989-09-07T12:13:14.039 } "
+"907 9.07 \"907\" 9.07 true date: { 2013-01-01 } datetime: { 1989-09-07T12:13:14.039 } "
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select.3.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select.3.adm
index 3543f5d..607ed1a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select.3.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select.3.adm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
           -- STREAM_LIMIT  |PARTITIONED|
             exchange
             -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-              unnest-map [$$17, $$18, $$c] <- index-search("LineItem", 0, "test", "LineItem", FALSE, FALSE, 2, $$23, $$24, 2, $$23, $$24, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE) condition (and(lt($$c.getField(2), 150), lt($$c.getField(5), 10000))) limit 10
+              unnest-map [$$17, $$18, $$c] <- index-search("LineItem", 0, "test", "LineItem", false, false, 2, $$23, $$24, 2, $$23, $$24, true, true, true) condition (and(lt($$c.getField(2), 150), lt($$c.getField(5), 10000))) limit 10
               -- BTREE_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
                 exchange
                 -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
                       -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
                         exchange
                         -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                          unnest-map [$$22, $$23, $$24] <- index-search("idx_LineItem_suppkey", 0, "test", "LineItem", FALSE, FALSE, 0, 1, $$21, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE)
+                          unnest-map [$$22, $$23, $$24] <- index-search("idx_LineItem_suppkey", 0, "test", "LineItem", false, false, 0, 1, $$21, true, false, false)
                           -- BTREE_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
                             exchange
                             -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
                               assign [$$21] <- [150]
                               -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
                                 empty-tuple-source
-                                -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select.5.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select.5.adm
index 1f4ef66..cad5cf0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select.5.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select/push-limit-to-primary-lookup-select.5.adm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
                 -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
                   exchange
                   -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                    unnest-map [$$21, $$22, $$c] <- index-search("LineItem", 0, "test", "LineItem", FALSE, FALSE, 2, $$26, $$27, 2, $$26, $$27, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE) condition (lt($$c.getField(2), 150)) limit 5
+                    unnest-map [$$21, $$22, $$c] <- index-search("LineItem", 0, "test", "LineItem", false, false, 2, $$26, $$27, 2, $$26, $$27, true, true, true) condition (lt($$c.getField(2), 150)) limit 5
                     -- BTREE_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
                       exchange
                       -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
                             -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
                               exchange
                               -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                                unnest-map [$$25, $$26, $$27] <- index-search("idx_LineItem_suppkey", 0, "test", "LineItem", FALSE, FALSE, 0, 1, $$24, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE)
+                                unnest-map [$$25, $$26, $$27] <- index-search("idx_LineItem_suppkey", 0, "test", "LineItem", false, false, 0, 1, $$24, true, false, false)
                                 -- BTREE_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
                                   exchange
                                   -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
                                     assign [$$24] <- [150]
                                     -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
                                       empty-tuple-source
-                                      -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                      -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup/push-limit-to-primary-lookup.3.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup/push-limit-to-primary-lookup.3.adm
index a0a3c84..60dedd5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup/push-limit-to-primary-lookup.3.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup/push-limit-to-primary-lookup.3.adm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
           -- STREAM_LIMIT  |PARTITIONED|
             exchange
             -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-              unnest-map [$$14, $$15, $$c] <- index-search("LineItem", 0, "test", "LineItem", FALSE, FALSE, 2, $$19, $$20, 2, $$19, $$20, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE) condition (lt($$c.getField(2), 150)) limit 10
+              unnest-map [$$14, $$15, $$c] <- index-search("LineItem", 0, "test", "LineItem", false, false, 2, $$19, $$20, 2, $$19, $$20, true, true, true) condition (lt($$c.getField(2), 150)) limit 10
               -- BTREE_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
                 exchange
                 -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
                       -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
                         exchange
                         -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                          unnest-map [$$18, $$19, $$20] <- index-search("idx_LineItem_suppkey", 0, "test", "LineItem", FALSE, FALSE, 0, 1, $$17, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE)
+                          unnest-map [$$18, $$19, $$20] <- index-search("idx_LineItem_suppkey", 0, "test", "LineItem", false, false, 0, 1, $$17, true, false, false)
                           -- BTREE_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
                             exchange
                             -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
                               assign [$$17] <- [150]
                               -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
                                 empty-tuple-source
-                                -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup/push-limit-to-primary-lookup.5.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup/push-limit-to-primary-lookup.5.adm
index 44507f4..717f424 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup/push-limit-to-primary-lookup.5.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/push-limit-to-primary-lookup/push-limit-to-primary-lookup.5.adm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
           -- STREAM_LIMIT  |PARTITIONED|
             exchange
             -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-              unnest-map [$$16, $$17, $$c] <- index-search("LineItem", 0, "test", "LineItem", FALSE, FALSE, 2, $$21, $$22, 2, $$21, $$22, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE) condition (lt($$c.getField(2), 150)) limit 10
+              unnest-map [$$16, $$17, $$c] <- index-search("LineItem", 0, "test", "LineItem", false, false, 2, $$21, $$22, 2, $$21, $$22, true, true, true) condition (lt($$c.getField(2), 150)) limit 10
               -- BTREE_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
                 exchange
                 -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
                       -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
                         exchange
                         -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                          unnest-map [$$20, $$21, $$22] <- index-search("idx_LineItem_suppkey", 0, "test", "LineItem", FALSE, FALSE, 0, 1, $$19, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE)
+                          unnest-map [$$20, $$21, $$22] <- index-search("idx_LineItem_suppkey", 0, "test", "LineItem", false, false, 0, 1, $$19, true, false, false)
                           -- BTREE_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
                             exchange
                             -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
                               assign [$$19] <- [150]
                               -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
                                 empty-tuple-source
-                                -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/list/enforcing_item_type/enforcing_item_type.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/list/enforcing_item_type/enforcing_item_type.1.adm
index f0da628..01a297a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/list/enforcing_item_type/enforcing_item_type.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/list/enforcing_item_type/enforcing_item_type.1.adm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     -- STREAM_PROJECT  |UNPARTITIONED|
       assign [$$20] <- [{"id": get-item($$t, 0), "v": get-item($$t, 1)}]
       -- ASSIGN  |UNPARTITIONED|
-        unnest $$t <- scan-collection(ordered-list-constructor(ordered-list-constructor(29, cast({ f1: "a", f2: 3 }))))
+        unnest $$t <- scan-collection(ordered-list-constructor(ordered-list-constructor(29, cast({ "f1": "a", "f2": 3 }))))
         -- UNNEST  |UNPARTITIONED|
           empty-tuple-source
           -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |UNPARTITIONED|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/constant_folding/constant_folding.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/constant_folding/constant_folding.1.adm
index 379603f..c757014 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/constant_folding/constant_folding.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/constant_folding/constant_folding.1.adm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- DISTRIBUTE_RESULT  |UNPARTITIONED|
   exchange
   -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |UNPARTITIONED|
-    assign [$$5] <- [{ f1: 5, f2: 6, f3: 7 }]
+    assign [$$5] <- [{ "f1": 5, "f2": 6, "f3": 7 }]
     -- ASSIGN  |UNPARTITIONED|
       empty-tuple-source
       -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |UNPARTITIONED|
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/constant_folding/constant_folding.3.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/constant_folding/constant_folding.3.adm
index aafd2d0..7a73900 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/constant_folding/constant_folding.3.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/constant_folding/constant_folding.3.adm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- DISTRIBUTE_RESULT  |UNPARTITIONED|
   exchange
   -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |UNPARTITIONED|
-    assign [$$14] <- [TRUE]
+    assign [$$14] <- [true]
     -- ASSIGN  |UNPARTITIONED|
       project ([])
       -- STREAM_PROJECT  |UNPARTITIONED|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/constant_folding/constant_folding.7.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/constant_folding/constant_folding.7.adm
index d2f3187..775cc2a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/constant_folding/constant_folding.7.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/constant_folding/constant_folding.7.adm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |UNPARTITIONED|
     project ([$$16])
     -- STREAM_PROJECT  |UNPARTITIONED|
-      assign [$$16] <- [or(TRUE, lt(get-year(current-date()), $$x))]
+      assign [$$16] <- [or(true, lt(get-year(current-date()), $$x))]
       -- ASSIGN  |UNPARTITIONED|
         exchange
         -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |UNPARTITIONED|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/rebalance/single_dataset_with_index/single_dataset_with_index.13.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/rebalance/single_dataset_with_index/single_dataset_with_index.13.adm
index e14f391..6faed2f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/rebalance/single_dataset_with_index/single_dataset_with_index.13.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/rebalance/single_dataset_with_index/single_dataset_with_index.13.adm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         -- STREAM_SELECT  |PARTITIONED|
           exchange
           -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-            unnest-map [$$16, $$17, $$l] <- index-search("LineItem", 0, "tpch", "LineItem", FALSE, FALSE, 2, $$24, $$25, 2, $$24, $$25, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE)
+            unnest-map [$$16, $$17, $$l] <- index-search("LineItem", 0, "tpch", "LineItem", false, false, 2, $$24, $$25, 2, $$24, $$25, true, true, true)
             -- BTREE_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
               exchange
               -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                     -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
                       exchange
                       -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                        unnest-map [$$23, $$24, $$25] <- index-search("lineitem_shipdateIx", 0, "tpch", "LineItem", FALSE, FALSE, 1, $$21, 1, $$22, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE)
+                        unnest-map [$$23, $$24, $$25] <- index-search("lineitem_shipdateIx", 0, "tpch", "LineItem", false, false, 1, $$21, 1, $$22, true, true, true)
                         -- BTREE_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
                           exchange
                           -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/rebalance/single_dataset_with_index/single_dataset_with_index.8.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/rebalance/single_dataset_with_index/single_dataset_with_index.8.adm
index e14f391..6faed2f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/rebalance/single_dataset_with_index/single_dataset_with_index.8.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/rebalance/single_dataset_with_index/single_dataset_with_index.8.adm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         -- STREAM_SELECT  |PARTITIONED|
           exchange
           -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-            unnest-map [$$16, $$17, $$l] <- index-search("LineItem", 0, "tpch", "LineItem", FALSE, FALSE, 2, $$24, $$25, 2, $$24, $$25, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE)
+            unnest-map [$$16, $$17, $$l] <- index-search("LineItem", 0, "tpch", "LineItem", false, false, 2, $$24, $$25, 2, $$24, $$25, true, true, true)
             -- BTREE_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
               exchange
               -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                     -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
                       exchange
                       -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                        unnest-map [$$23, $$24, $$25] <- index-search("lineitem_shipdateIx", 0, "tpch", "LineItem", FALSE, FALSE, 1, $$21, 1, $$22, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE)
+                        unnest-map [$$23, $$24, $$25] <- index-search("lineitem_shipdateIx", 0, "tpch", "LineItem", false, false, 1, $$21, 1, $$22, true, true, true)
                         -- BTREE_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
                           exchange
                           -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
index d33d054..7aef277 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
@@ -4125,6 +4125,11 @@
         -->
   </test-group>
   <test-group name="ddl">
+    <test-case FilePath="ddl">
+      <compilation-unit name="analyze-dataset-1">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">analyze-dataset-1</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="ddl/create-index">
       <compilation-unit name="create-index-1">
         <output-dir compare="Text">create-index-1</output-dir>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/DatasetConfig.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/DatasetConfig.java
index b85c0be..478bd46 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/DatasetConfig.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/DatasetConfig.java
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
         SINGLE_PARTITION_NGRAM_INVIX,
         LENGTH_PARTITIONED_WORD_INVIX,
         LENGTH_PARTITIONED_NGRAM_INVIX,
-        ARRAY;
+        ARRAY,
+        SAMPLE;
     }
 
     public enum TransactionState {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/OptimizationConfUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/OptimizationConfUtil.java
index d498d69..00704e6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/OptimizationConfUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/OptimizationConfUtil.java
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@
                 sourceLoc);
     }
 
+    public static int getGroupByNumFrames(CompilerProperties compilerProperties,
+            Map<String, Object> querySpecificConfig, SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws AlgebricksException {
+        return getFrameLimit(CompilerProperties.COMPILER_GROUPMEMORY_KEY,
+                (String) querySpecificConfig.get(CompilerProperties.COMPILER_GROUPMEMORY_KEY),
+                compilerProperties.getGroupMemorySize(), compilerProperties.getFrameSize(),
+                MIN_FRAME_LIMIT_FOR_GROUP_BY, sourceLoc);
+    }
+
     public static int getTextSearchNumFrames(CompilerProperties compilerProperties,
             Map<String, Object> querySpecificConfig, SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws AlgebricksException {
         return getFrameLimit(CompilerProperties.COMPILER_TEXTSEARCHMEMORY_KEY,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/dataflow/DatasetLocalResource.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/dataflow/DatasetLocalResource.java
index 249505b..58d5f9b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/dataflow/DatasetLocalResource.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/dataflow/DatasetLocalResource.java
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@
         this.partition = partition;
     }
 
+    public IResource getResource() {
+        return resource;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public IIndex createInstance(INCServiceContext ncServiceCtx) throws HyracksDataException {
         return resource.createInstance(ncServiceCtx);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/metadata/IMetadataLockUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/metadata/IMetadataLockUtil.java
index 28eb553..684ddae 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/metadata/IMetadataLockUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/metadata/IMetadataLockUtil.java
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
     void refreshDatasetBegin(IMetadataLockManager lockManager, LockList locks, DataverseName dataverseName,
             String datasetName) throws AlgebricksException;
 
+    void analyzeDatasetBegin(IMetadataLockManager lockManager, LockList locks, DataverseName dataverseName,
+            String datasetName) throws AlgebricksException;
+
     void compactBegin(IMetadataLockManager lockManager, LockList locks, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName)
             throws AlgebricksException;
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/JobUtils.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/JobUtils.java
index 232c8dd..c1c6f18 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/JobUtils.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/JobUtils.java
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@
 package org.apache.asterix.common.utils;
 
 import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.profiling.IOperatorStats;
 
 public class JobUtils {
 
@@ -53,4 +56,21 @@
         }
         return jobId;
     }
+
+    public static Pair<JobId, List<IOperatorStats>> runJob(IHyracksClientConnection hcc, JobSpecification spec,
+            EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags, boolean waitForCompletion, List<String> statOperatorNames) throws Exception {
+        spec.setMaxReattempts(0);
+        final JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(spec, jobFlags);
+        List<IOperatorStats> opStats = null;
+        if (waitForCompletion) {
+            String nameBefore = Thread.currentThread().getName();
+            try {
+                Thread.currentThread().setName(nameBefore + " : WaitForCompletionForJobId: " + jobId);
+                opStats = hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId, statOperatorNames);
+            } finally {
+                Thread.currentThread().setName(nameBefore);
+            }
+        }
+        return new Pair<>(jobId, opStats);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/base/Statement.java b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/base/Statement.java
index 2594cdd..b1ad073 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/base/Statement.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/base/Statement.java
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
         CREATE_SYNONYM,
         SYNONYM_DROP,
         VIEW_DROP,
+        ANALYZE,
         COMPACT,
         EXTERNAL_DATASET_REFRESH,
         SUBSCRIBE_FEED,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/statement/AnalyzeStatement.java b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/statement/AnalyzeStatement.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e6e99d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/statement/AnalyzeStatement.java
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.base.AbstractStatement;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.RecordConstructor;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.util.ExpressionUtils;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.visitor.base.ILangVisitor;
+import org.apache.asterix.object.base.AdmBigIntNode;
+import org.apache.asterix.object.base.AdmDoubleNode;
+import org.apache.asterix.object.base.AdmObjectNode;
+import org.apache.asterix.object.base.AdmStringNode;
+import org.apache.asterix.object.base.IAdmNode;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+
+public class AnalyzeStatement extends AbstractStatement {
+
+    private static final String SAMPLE_FIELD_NAME = "sample";
+    private static final String SAMPLE_LOW = "low";
+    private static final String SAMPLE_MEDIUM = "medium";
+    private static final String SAMPLE_HIGH = "high";
+    private static final int SAMPLE_LOW_SIZE = 1063;
+    private static final int SAMPLE_MEDIUM_SIZE = SAMPLE_LOW_SIZE * 4;
+    private static final int SAMPLE_HIGH_SIZE = SAMPLE_MEDIUM_SIZE * 4;
+    private static final int SAMPLE_DEFAULT_SIZE = SAMPLE_LOW_SIZE;
+
+    private final DataverseName dataverseName;
+    private final String datasetName;
+    private final AdmObjectNode options;
+
+    public AnalyzeStatement(DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName, RecordConstructor options)
+            throws CompilationException {
+        this.dataverseName = dataverseName;
+        this.datasetName = datasetName;
+        this.options = options == null ? null : ExpressionUtils.toNode(options);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Kind getKind() {
+        return Kind.ANALYZE;
+    }
+
+    public DataverseName getDataverseName() {
+        return dataverseName;
+    }
+
+    public String getDatasetName() {
+        return datasetName;
+    }
+
+    public int getSampleSize() throws CompilationException {
+        IAdmNode n = getOption(SAMPLE_FIELD_NAME);
+        if (n == null) {
+            return SAMPLE_DEFAULT_SIZE;
+        }
+        switch (n.getType()) {
+            case STRING:
+                String s = ((AdmStringNode) n).get();
+                switch (s.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)) {
+                    case SAMPLE_LOW:
+                        return SAMPLE_LOW_SIZE;
+                    case SAMPLE_MEDIUM:
+                        return SAMPLE_MEDIUM_SIZE;
+                    case SAMPLE_HIGH:
+                        return SAMPLE_HIGH_SIZE;
+                    default:
+                        throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.INVALID_PROPERTY_FORMAT, SAMPLE_FIELD_NAME);
+                }
+            case BIGINT:
+                int v = (int) ((AdmBigIntNode) n).get();
+                if (!isValidSampleSize(v)) {
+                    throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.INVALID_PROPERTY_FORMAT, SAMPLE_FIELD_NAME);
+                }
+                return v;
+            case DOUBLE:
+                v = (int) ((AdmDoubleNode) n).get();
+                if (!isValidSampleSize(v)) {
+                    throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.INVALID_PROPERTY_FORMAT, SAMPLE_FIELD_NAME);
+                }
+                return v;
+            default:
+                throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.WITH_FIELD_MUST_BE_OF_TYPE, SAMPLE_FIELD_NAME,
+                        BuiltinType.ASTRING.getTypeName(), n.getType().toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean isValidSampleSize(int v) {
+        return v >= SAMPLE_LOW_SIZE && v <= SAMPLE_HIGH_SIZE;
+    }
+
+    private IAdmNode getOption(String optionName) {
+        return options != null ? options.get(optionName) : null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <R, T> R accept(ILangVisitor<R, T> visitor, T arg) throws CompilationException {
+        return visitor.visit(this, arg);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte getCategory() {
+        return Category.DDL;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/visitor/FormatPrintVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/visitor/FormatPrintVisitor.java
index 0ddbeb4..c6db0a3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/visitor/FormatPrintVisitor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/visitor/FormatPrintVisitor.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.UnorderedListTypeDefinition;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.VariableExpr;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.AdapterDropStatement;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.AnalyzeStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.CompactStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.ConnectFeedStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.CreateAdapterStatement;
@@ -929,6 +930,14 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public Void visit(AnalyzeStatement as, Integer step) throws CompilationException {
+        out.print(skip(step) + "analyze dataset ");
+        out.print(generateFullName(as.getDataverseName(), as.getDatasetName()));
+        out.println(SEMICOLON);
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public Void visit(CompactStatement del, Integer step) throws CompilationException {
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/visitor/base/AbstractQueryExpressionVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/visitor/base/AbstractQueryExpressionVisitor.java
index 91fe664..bc8a8d3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/visitor/base/AbstractQueryExpressionVisitor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/visitor/base/AbstractQueryExpressionVisitor.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.TypeReferenceExpression;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.UnorderedListTypeDefinition;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.AdapterDropStatement;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.AnalyzeStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.CompactStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.ConnectFeedStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.CreateAdapterStatement;
@@ -261,6 +262,11 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public R visit(AnalyzeStatement as, T arg) throws CompilationException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public R visit(CompactStatement del, T arg) throws CompilationException {
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/visitor/base/ILangVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/visitor/base/ILangVisitor.java
index c2b1311..a5c71ef 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/visitor/base/ILangVisitor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/visitor/base/ILangVisitor.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.UnorderedListTypeDefinition;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.VariableExpr;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.AdapterDropStatement;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.AnalyzeStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.CompactStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.ConnectFeedStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.CreateAdapterStatement;
@@ -207,6 +208,8 @@
 
     R visit(SynonymDropStatement del, T arg) throws CompilationException;
 
+    R visit(AnalyzeStatement as, T arg) throws CompilationException;
+
     R visit(CompactStatement del, T arg) throws CompilationException;
 
     R visit(ListSliceExpression expression, T arg) throws CompilationException;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
index 4e64944..9edd07d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.functions.FunctionSignature;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DatasetFullyQualifiedName;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.AdapterIdentifier;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.base.AbstractClause;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.base.AbstractLangExpression;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.base.AbstractStatement;
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.literal.TrueLiteral;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.parser.ScopeChecker;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.AdapterDropStatement;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.AnalyzeStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.CompactStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.ConnectFeedStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.statement.StartFeedStatement;
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.sqlpp.util.ExpressionToVariableUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.sqlpp.util.FunctionMapUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.sqlpp.util.SqlppVariableUtil;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.AdapterIdentifier;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.MetadataConstants;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
@@ -836,6 +838,7 @@
     | stmt = UpsertStatement()
     | stmt = ConnectionStatement()
     | stmt = CompactStatement()
+    | stmt = AnalyzeStatement()
     | stmt = Query()
     | stmt = RefreshExternalDatasetStatement()
   )
@@ -1378,7 +1381,7 @@
   <ON> nameComponents = QualifiedName() (<TYPE> <BTREE>)?
   {
     if (indexName == null) {
-      indexName = "primary_idx_" + nameComponents.second;
+      indexName = MetadataConstants.PRIMARY_INDEX_PREFIX + nameComponents.second;
     }
     CreateIndexStatement stmt = new CreateIndexStatement(nameComponents.first, nameComponents.second,
       new Identifier(indexName), IndexType.BTREE, Collections.emptyList(), false, -1, null, ifNotExists, null, null,
@@ -2628,6 +2631,25 @@
     }
 }
 
+Statement AnalyzeStatement() throws ParseException:
+{
+  Token startToken = null;
+  Pair<DataverseName,Identifier> nameComponents = null;
+  RecordConstructor withRecord = null;
+}
+{
+  <ANALYZE> { startToken = token; } Dataset() nameComponents = QualifiedName()
+  ( <WITH> withRecord = RecordConstructor() )?
+  {
+    try {
+    AnalyzeStatement stmt = new AnalyzeStatement(nameComponents.first, nameComponents.second.getValue(), withRecord);
+    return addSourceLocation(stmt, startToken);
+    } catch (CompilationException e) {
+       throw new SqlppParseException(getSourceLocation(startToken), e.getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 Statement CompactStatement() throws ParseException:
 {
   Token startToken = null;
@@ -5318,6 +5340,7 @@
 {
   <ADAPTER: "adapter">
   | <ALL : "all">
+  | <ANALYZE: "analyze">
   | <AND : "and">
   | <ANY : "any">
   | <APPLY : "apply">
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
index fd0d30b..8880461 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
@@ -423,16 +423,16 @@
         if (createMetadataDataset) {
             final double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate =
                     appContext.getStorageProperties().getBloomFilterFalsePositiveRate();
-            LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory lsmBtreeFactory =
-                    new LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory(storageComponentProvider.getStorageManager(), typeTraits,
-                            cmpFactories, null, null, null, opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory,
-                            pageWriteCallbackFactory, storageComponentProvider.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(),
-                            new AsterixVirtualBufferCacheProvider(datasetId),
-                            storageComponentProvider.getIoOperationSchedulerProvider(),
-                            appContext.getMetadataMergePolicyFactory(),
-                            StorageConstants.DEFAULT_COMPACTION_POLICY_PROPERTIES, true, bloomFilterKeyFields,
-                            bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, true, null, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true,
-                            TypeTraitProvider.INSTANCE.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
+            LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory lsmBtreeFactory = new LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory(
+                    storageComponentProvider.getStorageManager(), typeTraits, cmpFactories, null, null, null,
+                    opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
+                    storageComponentProvider.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(),
+                    new AsterixVirtualBufferCacheProvider(datasetId),
+                    storageComponentProvider.getIoOperationSchedulerProvider(),
+                    appContext.getMetadataMergePolicyFactory(), StorageConstants.DEFAULT_COMPACTION_POLICY_PROPERTIES,
+                    true, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, true, null,
+                    NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true,
+                    TypeTraitProvider.INSTANCE.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE, false);
             DatasetLocalResourceFactory dsLocalResourceFactory =
                     new DatasetLocalResourceFactory(datasetId, lsmBtreeFactory);
             // TODO(amoudi) Creating the index should be done through the same code path as
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
index c0bdc75..9a2821e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
                         pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider,
                         mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, null, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
                         index.isPrimaryIndex(), btreeFields, compDecompFactory, false,
-                        typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
+                        typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE, false);
             default:
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_DATASET_TYPE,
                         dataset.getDatasetType().toString());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
index 168b56e..d119067 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.common.config.DatasetConfig;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.DatasetConfig.DatasetType;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.context.AsterixVirtualBufferCacheProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.context.IStorageComponentProvider;
@@ -92,13 +93,13 @@
                                 filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields, opTrackerFactory,
                                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, bloomFilterFields,
-                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter,
+                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter,
                                 typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE)
                         : new ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories,
                                 filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields, opTrackerFactory,
                                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, bloomFilterFields,
-                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter,
+                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter,
                                 typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
             case INTERNAL:
                 AsterixVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider =
@@ -112,12 +113,15 @@
                     compDecompFactory = NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE;
                 }
 
+                boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance = index.getIndexType() == DatasetConfig.IndexType.SAMPLE;
+
                 return new LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits,
                         filterCmpFactories, filterFields, opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory,
                         pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider,
                         mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, bloomFilterFields,
                         bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, index.isPrimaryIndex(), btreeFields, compDecompFactory,
-                        hasBloomFilter, typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
+                        hasBloomFilter, typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE,
+                        isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
             default:
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_DATASET_TYPE,
                         dataset.getDatasetType().toString());
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@
     private static ITypeTraits[] getTypeTraits(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Dataset dataset, Index index,
             ARecordType recordType, ARecordType metaType) throws AlgebricksException {
         ITypeTraits[] primaryTypeTraits = dataset.getPrimaryTypeTraits(metadataProvider, recordType, metaType);
-        if (index.isPrimaryIndex()) {
+        if (index.isPrimaryIndex() || index.getIndexType() == DatasetConfig.IndexType.SAMPLE) {
             return primaryTypeTraits;
         } else if (dataset.getDatasetType() == DatasetType.EXTERNAL
                 && index.getIndexName().equals(IndexingConstants.getFilesIndexName(dataset.getDatasetName()))) {
@@ -162,7 +166,7 @@
             Index index, ARecordType recordType, ARecordType metaType) throws AlgebricksException {
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] primaryCmpFactories =
                 dataset.getPrimaryComparatorFactories(metadataProvider, recordType, metaType);
-        if (index.isPrimaryIndex()) {
+        if (index.isPrimaryIndex() || index.getIndexType() == DatasetConfig.IndexType.SAMPLE) {
             return dataset.getPrimaryComparatorFactories(metadataProvider, recordType, metaType);
         } else if (dataset.getDatasetType() == DatasetType.EXTERNAL
                 && index.getIndexName().equals(IndexingConstants.getFilesIndexName(dataset.getDatasetName()))) {
@@ -200,7 +204,8 @@
         if (index.isPrimaryIndex() || index.isPrimaryKeyIndex()) {
             return dataset.getPrimaryBloomFilterFields();
         }
-        if (dataset.getDatasetType() == DatasetType.EXTERNAL) {
+        if (dataset.getDatasetType() == DatasetType.EXTERNAL
+                && index.getIndexType() != DatasetConfig.IndexType.SAMPLE) {
             if (index.getIndexName().equals(IndexingConstants.getFilesIndexName(dataset.getDatasetName()))) {
                 return FilesIndexDescription.BLOOM_FILTER_FIELDS;
             } else {
@@ -224,6 +229,8 @@
                     bloomFilterKeyFields[i] = i;
                 }
                 return bloomFilterKeyFields;
+            case SAMPLE:
+                return null;
             default:
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_INDEX_TYPE,
                         String.valueOf(index.getIndexType()));
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/DataSource.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/DataSource.java
index 454d3da..95b0906 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/DataSource.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/DataSource.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
         public static final byte FEED = 0x02;
         public static final byte LOADABLE = 0x03;
         public static final byte FUNCTION = 0x04;
+        public static final byte SAMPLE = 0x05;
 
         // Hide implicit public constructor
         private Type() {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/DataSourcePartitioningProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/DataSourcePartitioningProvider.java
index 21b744f..324c660 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/DataSourcePartitioningProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/DataSourcePartitioningProvider.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
                 pp = getFeedPartitioningProperty(ds, domain, scanVariables);
                 break;
             case DataSource.Type.INTERNAL_DATASET:
+            case DataSource.Type.SAMPLE:
                 Set<LogicalVariable> pvars = new ListSet<>();
                 pp = getInternalDatasetPartitioningProperty(ds, domain, scanVariables, pvars);
                 propsLocal.add(new LocalOrderProperty(getOrderColumns(pvars)));
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/DatasetDataSource.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/DatasetDataSource.java
index 1d82b19..661b954 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/DatasetDataSource.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/DatasetDataSource.java
@@ -78,13 +78,18 @@
 
     private void initInternalDataset(IAType itemType, IAType metaItemType, IDatasetDetails datasetDetails)
             throws AlgebricksException {
-        InternalDatasetDetails internalDatasetDetails = (InternalDatasetDetails) datasetDetails;
+        schemaTypes =
+                createSchemaTypesForInternalDataset(itemType, metaItemType, (InternalDatasetDetails) datasetDetails);
+    }
+
+    static IAType[] createSchemaTypesForInternalDataset(IAType itemType, IAType metaItemType,
+            InternalDatasetDetails internalDatasetDetails) throws AlgebricksException {
         ARecordType recordType = (ARecordType) itemType;
         ARecordType metaRecordType = (ARecordType) metaItemType;
         List<IAType> partitioningKeyTypes =
                 KeyFieldTypeUtil.getPartitioningKeyTypes(internalDatasetDetails, recordType, metaRecordType);
         int n = partitioningKeyTypes.size();
-        schemaTypes = metaItemType == null ? new IAType[n + 1] : new IAType[n + 2];
+        IAType[] schemaTypes = metaItemType == null ? new IAType[n + 1] : new IAType[n + 2];
         for (int keyIndex = 0; keyIndex < n; ++keyIndex) {
             schemaTypes[keyIndex] = partitioningKeyTypes.get(keyIndex);
         }
@@ -92,11 +97,17 @@
         if (metaItemType != null) {
             schemaTypes[n + 1] = metaItemType;
         }
+        return schemaTypes;
     }
 
     private void initExternalDataset(IAType itemType) {
-        schemaTypes = new IAType[1];
+        schemaTypes = createSchemaTypesForExternalDataset(itemType);
+    }
+
+    static IAType[] createSchemaTypesForExternalDataset(IAType itemType) {
+        IAType[] schemaTypes = new IAType[1];
         schemaTypes[0] = itemType;
+        return schemaTypes;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/MetadataProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/MetadataProvider.java
index ca8dd10..712a216 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/MetadataProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/MetadataProvider.java
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.lock.ExternalDatasetsRegistry;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.DatasetUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.FullTextUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.IndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.MetadataConstants;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.MetadataUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.SplitsAndConstraintsUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionExtensionManager;
@@ -429,6 +431,16 @@
         return MetadataManagerUtil.getDatasetIndexes(mdTxnCtx, dataverseName, datasetName);
     }
 
+    public Index findSampleIndex(DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName) throws AlgebricksException {
+        Pair<String, String> sampleIndexNames = IndexUtil.getSampleIndexNames(datasetName);
+        Index sampleIndex = getIndex(dataverseName, datasetName, sampleIndexNames.first);
+        if (sampleIndex != null && sampleIndex.getPendingOp() == MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP) {
+            return sampleIndex;
+        }
+        sampleIndex = getIndex(dataverseName, datasetName, sampleIndexNames.second);
+        return sampleIndex != null && sampleIndex.getPendingOp() == MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP ? sampleIndex : null;
+    }
+
     public Triple<DataverseName, String, Boolean> resolveDatasetNameUsingSynonyms(DataverseName dataverseName,
             String datasetName, boolean includingViews) throws AlgebricksException {
         DataverseName dvName = getActiveDataverseName(dataverseName);
@@ -553,6 +565,12 @@
             case BTREE:
                 numSecondaryKeys = ((Index.ValueIndexDetails) theIndex.getIndexDetails()).getKeyFieldNames().size();
                 break;
+            case SAMPLE:
+                if (isIndexOnlyPlan) {
+                    throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_ILLEGAL_STATE, "");
+                }
+                numSecondaryKeys = 0;
+                break;
             default:
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_INDEX_TYPE,
                         theIndex.getIndexType().toString());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/SampleDataSource.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/SampleDataSource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77d8d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/SampleDataSource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.constraints.AlgebricksPartitionConstraint;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.LogicalVariable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IVariableTypeEnvironment;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.metadata.IDataSource;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.metadata.IProjectionInfo;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.IOperatorSchema;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.properties.INodeDomain;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.jobgen.impl.JobGenContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITupleFilterFactory;
+
+public class SampleDataSource extends DataSource {
+
+    private final Dataset dataset;
+
+    private final String sampleIndexName;
+
+    public SampleDataSource(Dataset dataset, String sampleIndexName, IAType itemType, IAType metaItemType,
+            INodeDomain domain) throws AlgebricksException {
+        super(createSampleDataSourceId(dataset, sampleIndexName), itemType, metaItemType, Type.SAMPLE, domain);
+        this.dataset = dataset;
+        this.sampleIndexName = sampleIndexName;
+        this.schemaTypes = DatasetDataSource.createSchemaTypesForInternalDataset(itemType, metaItemType,
+                (InternalDatasetDetails) dataset.getDatasetDetails());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> buildDatasourceScanRuntime(
+            MetadataProvider metadataProvider, IDataSource<DataSourceId> dataSource,
+            List<LogicalVariable> scanVariables, List<LogicalVariable> projectVariables, boolean projectPushed,
+            List<LogicalVariable> minFilterVars, List<LogicalVariable> maxFilterVars,
+            ITupleFilterFactory tupleFilterFactory, long outputLimit, IOperatorSchema opSchema,
+            IVariableTypeEnvironment typeEnv, JobGenContext context, JobSpecification jobSpec, Object implConfig,
+            IProjectionInfo<?> projectionInfo) throws AlgebricksException {
+        return metadataProvider.buildBtreeRuntime(jobSpec, opSchema, typeEnv, context, true, false, null, dataset,
+                sampleIndexName, null, null, true, true, false, null, null, null, tupleFilterFactory, outputLimit,
+                false, false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isScanAccessPathALeaf() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static DataSourceId createSampleDataSourceId(Dataset dataset, String sampleIndexName) {
+        return new DataSourceId(dataset.getDataverseName(), dataset.getDatasetName(), new String[] { sampleIndexName });
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Dataset.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Dataset.java
index 37e22ed..e3935a4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Dataset.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Dataset.java
@@ -497,6 +497,10 @@
                         recordType, metaType, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits,
                         filterCmpFactories);
                 break;
+            case SAMPLE:
+                resourceFactory = BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResourceFactory(mdProvider, this, index,
+                        recordType, metaType, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, null, null);
+                break;
             default:
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_INDEX_TYPE,
                         index.getIndexType().toString());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Index.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Index.java
index 9e67292..eae81d5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Index.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Index.java
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@
         switch (indexType) {
             case ARRAY:
             case BTREE:
+            case SAMPLE:
                 return ResourceType.LSM_BTREE;
             case RTREE:
                 return ResourceType.LSM_RTREE;
@@ -296,7 +297,8 @@
     public enum IndexCategory {
         VALUE,
         TEXT,
-        ARRAY;
+        ARRAY,
+        SAMPLE;
 
         public static IndexCategory of(IndexType indexType) {
             switch (indexType) {
@@ -310,6 +312,8 @@
                     return TEXT;
                 case ARRAY:
                     return ARRAY;
+                case SAMPLE:
+                    return SAMPLE;
                 default:
                     throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.valueOf(indexType));
             }
@@ -533,6 +537,68 @@
         }
     }
 
+    public static class SampleIndexDetails extends AbstractIndexDetails {
+
+        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+        private final List<List<String>> keyFieldNames;
+
+        private final List<Integer> keyFieldSourceIndicators;
+
+        private final List<IAType> keyFieldTypes;
+
+        private final int sampleCardinalityTarget;
+
+        private final long sourceCardinality;
+
+        private final int sourceAvgItemSize;
+
+        public SampleIndexDetails(List<List<String>> keyFieldNames, List<Integer> keyFieldSourceIndicators,
+                List<IAType> keyFieldTypes, int sampleCardinalityTarget, long sourceCardinality,
+                int sourceAvgItemSize) {
+            this.keyFieldNames = keyFieldNames;
+            this.keyFieldSourceIndicators = keyFieldSourceIndicators;
+            this.keyFieldTypes = keyFieldTypes;
+            this.sampleCardinalityTarget = sampleCardinalityTarget;
+            this.sourceCardinality = sourceCardinality;
+            this.sourceAvgItemSize = sourceAvgItemSize;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        IndexCategory getIndexCategory() {
+            return IndexCategory.SAMPLE;
+        }
+
+        public List<List<String>> getKeyFieldNames() {
+            return keyFieldNames;
+        }
+
+        public List<Integer> getKeyFieldSourceIndicators() {
+            return keyFieldSourceIndicators;
+        }
+
+        public List<IAType> getKeyFieldTypes() {
+            return keyFieldTypes;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isOverridingKeyFieldTypes() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public int getSampleCardinalityTarget() {
+            return sampleCardinalityTarget;
+        }
+
+        public long getSourceCardinality() {
+            return sourceCardinality;
+        }
+
+        public int getSourceAvgItemSize() {
+            return sourceAvgItemSize;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Deprecated
     private static Index.IIndexDetails createSimpleIndexDetails(IndexType indexType, List<List<String>> keyFieldNames,
             List<Integer> keyFieldSourceIndicators, List<IAType> keyFieldTypes, boolean overrideKeyFieldTypes,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslator.java
index bb51748..967c2ba 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslator.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ABoolean;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ACollectionCursor;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt64;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt8;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt8;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ANull;
@@ -90,6 +91,9 @@
     public static final String INDEX_SEARCHKEY_ELEMENTS_FIELD_NAME = "SearchKeyElements";
     public static final String COMPLEXSEARCHKEY_UNNEST_FIELD_NAME = "UnnestList";
     public static final String COMPLEXSEARCHKEY_PROJECT_FIELD_NAME = "ProjectList";
+    public static final String SAMPLE_CARDINALITY_TARGET = "SampleCardinalityTarget";
+    public static final String SOURCE_CARDINALITY = "SourceCardinality";
+    public static final String SOURCE_AVG_ITEM_SIZE = "SourceAvgItemSize";
 
     protected final TxnId txnId;
     protected final MetadataNode metadataNode;
@@ -240,6 +244,9 @@
                     searchElements.add(searchElement);
                 }
                 break;
+            case SAMPLE:
+                searchElements = Collections.emptyList();
+                break;
             default:
                 throw new AsterixException(ErrorCode.METADATA_ERROR, indexType.toString());
         }
@@ -452,6 +459,33 @@
                 }
                 indexDetails = new Index.ArrayIndexDetails(elementList, isOverridingKeyTypes);
                 break;
+            case SAMPLE:
+                keyFieldNames =
+                        searchElements.stream().map(Pair::getSecond).map(l -> l.get(0)).collect(Collectors.toList());
+                keyFieldTypes = searchKeyType.stream().map(l -> l.get(0)).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+                int sampleCardinalityTargetPos = indexRecord.getType().getFieldIndex(SAMPLE_CARDINALITY_TARGET);
+                if (sampleCardinalityTargetPos < 0) {
+                    throw new AsterixException(ErrorCode.METADATA_ERROR, SAMPLE_CARDINALITY_TARGET);
+                }
+                int sampleCardinalityTarget =
+                        ((AInt32) indexRecord.getValueByPos(sampleCardinalityTargetPos)).getIntegerValue();
+
+                int sourceCardinalityPos = indexRecord.getType().getFieldIndex(SOURCE_CARDINALITY);
+                if (sourceCardinalityPos < 0) {
+                    throw new AsterixException(ErrorCode.METADATA_ERROR, SOURCE_CARDINALITY);
+                }
+                long sourceCardinality = ((AInt64) indexRecord.getValueByPos(sourceCardinalityPos)).getLongValue();
+
+                int sourceAvgItemSizePos = indexRecord.getType().getFieldIndex(SOURCE_AVG_ITEM_SIZE);
+                if (sourceAvgItemSizePos < 0) {
+                    throw new AsterixException(ErrorCode.METADATA_ERROR, SOURCE_AVG_ITEM_SIZE);
+                }
+                int sourceAvgItemSize = ((AInt32) indexRecord.getValueByPos(sourceAvgItemSizePos)).getIntegerValue();
+
+                indexDetails = new Index.SampleIndexDetails(keyFieldNames, keyFieldSourceIndicator, keyFieldTypes,
+                        sampleCardinalityTarget, sourceCardinality, sourceAvgItemSize);
+                break;
             default:
                 throw new AsterixException(ErrorCode.METADATA_ERROR, indexType.toString());
         }
@@ -527,6 +561,9 @@
                 // If we have a complex index, we persist all of the names in the complex SK name array instead.
                 searchKey = Collections.emptyList();
                 break;
+            case SAMPLE:
+                searchKey = ((Index.SampleIndexDetails) index.getIndexDetails()).getKeyFieldNames();
+                break;
             default:
                 throw new AsterixException(ErrorCode.METADATA_ERROR, indexType.toString());
         }
@@ -596,6 +633,7 @@
         writeSearchKeySourceIndicator(index);
         writeExcludeUnknownKey(index);
         writeCast(index);
+        writeSampleDetails(index);
     }
 
     private void writeComplexSearchKeys(Index.ArrayIndexDetails indexDetails) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -767,6 +805,9 @@
                 keySourceIndicator = ((Index.ArrayIndexDetails) index.getIndexDetails()).getElementList().stream()
                         .map(Index.ArrayIndexElement::getSourceIndicator).collect(Collectors.toList());
                 break;
+            case SAMPLE:
+                keySourceIndicator = ((Index.SampleIndexDetails) index.getIndexDetails()).getKeyFieldSourceIndicators();
+                break;
             default:
                 throw new AsterixException(ErrorCode.METADATA_ERROR, index.getIndexType().toString());
         }
@@ -855,4 +896,31 @@
             }
         }
     }
+
+    private void writeSampleDetails(Index index) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (index.getIndexType() == IndexType.SAMPLE) {
+            Index.SampleIndexDetails indexDetails = (Index.SampleIndexDetails) index.getIndexDetails();
+
+            nameValue.reset();
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(SAMPLE_CARDINALITY_TARGET);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, nameValue.getDataOutput());
+            int32Serde.serialize(new AInt32(indexDetails.getSampleCardinalityTarget()), fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            recordBuilder.addField(nameValue, fieldValue);
+
+            nameValue.reset();
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(SOURCE_CARDINALITY);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, nameValue.getDataOutput());
+            int64Serde.serialize(new AInt64(indexDetails.getSourceCardinality()), fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            recordBuilder.addField(nameValue, fieldValue);
+
+            nameValue.reset();
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(SOURCE_AVG_ITEM_SIZE);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, nameValue.getDataOutput());
+            int32Serde.serialize(new AInt32(indexDetails.getSourceAvgItemSize()), fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            recordBuilder.addField(nameValue, fieldValue);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13ff19d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.constraints.AlgebricksPartitionConstraint;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
+import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IndexDropOperatorDescriptor;
+
+public interface ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper {
+
+    void init() throws AlgebricksException;
+
+    JobSpecification buildCreationJobSpec() throws AlgebricksException;
+
+    JobSpecification buildLoadingJobSpec() throws AlgebricksException;
+
+    JobSpecification buildCompactJobSpec() throws AlgebricksException;
+
+    JobSpecification buildDropJobSpec(Set<IndexDropOperatorDescriptor.DropOption> options) throws AlgebricksException;
+
+    IFileSplitProvider getSecondaryFileSplitProvider();
+
+    RecordDescriptor getSecondaryRecDesc();
+
+    IBinaryComparatorFactory[] getSecondaryComparatorFactories();
+
+    AlgebricksPartitionConstraint getSecondaryPartitionConstraint();
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/IndexUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/IndexUtil.java
index ad92803..7e9cfc3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/IndexUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/IndexUtil.java
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@
         } else if (index.getIndexType() == DatasetConfig.IndexType.ARRAY) {
             numSecondaryKeys = ((Index.ArrayIndexDetails) index.getIndexDetails()).getElementList().stream()
                     .map(e -> e.getProjectList().size()).reduce(0, Integer::sum);
+        } else if (index.getIndexType() == DatasetConfig.IndexType.SAMPLE) {
+            return null;
         } else {
             throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_INDEX_TYPE, index.getIndexType().toString());
         }
@@ -111,6 +113,8 @@
             case SINGLE_PARTITION_NGRAM_INVIX:
             case SINGLE_PARTITION_WORD_INVIX:
                 break;
+            case SAMPLE:
+                break;
             default:
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_INDEX_TYPE,
                         index.getIndexType().toString());
@@ -120,21 +124,21 @@
 
     public static JobSpecification buildDropIndexJobSpec(Index index, MetadataProvider metadataProvider,
             Dataset dataset, SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws AlgebricksException {
-        SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper secondaryIndexHelper =
+        ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper secondaryIndexHelper =
                 SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper.createIndexOperationsHelper(dataset, index, metadataProvider, sourceLoc);
         return secondaryIndexHelper.buildDropJobSpec(EnumSet.noneOf(DropOption.class));
     }
 
     public static JobSpecification buildDropIndexJobSpec(Index index, MetadataProvider metadataProvider,
             Dataset dataset, Set<DropOption> options, SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws AlgebricksException {
-        SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper secondaryIndexHelper =
+        ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper secondaryIndexHelper =
                 SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper.createIndexOperationsHelper(dataset, index, metadataProvider, sourceLoc);
         return secondaryIndexHelper.buildDropJobSpec(options);
     }
 
     public static JobSpecification buildSecondaryIndexCreationJobSpec(Dataset dataset, Index index,
             MetadataProvider metadataProvider, SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws AlgebricksException {
-        SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper secondaryIndexHelper =
+        ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper secondaryIndexHelper =
                 SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper.createIndexOperationsHelper(dataset, index, metadataProvider, sourceLoc);
         return secondaryIndexHelper.buildCreationJobSpec();
     }
@@ -147,8 +151,8 @@
     public static JobSpecification buildSecondaryIndexLoadingJobSpec(Dataset dataset, Index index,
             MetadataProvider metadataProvider, List<ExternalFile> files, SourceLocation sourceLoc)
             throws AlgebricksException {
-        SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper secondaryIndexHelper;
-        if (dataset.isCorrelated()) {
+        ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper secondaryIndexHelper;
+        if (dataset.isCorrelated() && supportsCorrelated(index.getIndexType())) { //TODO:REVISIT
             secondaryIndexHelper = SecondaryCorrelatedTreeIndexOperationsHelper.createIndexOperationsHelper(dataset,
                     index, metadataProvider, sourceLoc);
         } else {
@@ -156,14 +160,18 @@
                     metadataProvider, sourceLoc);
         }
         if (files != null) {
-            secondaryIndexHelper.setExternalFiles(files);
+            ((SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper) secondaryIndexHelper).setExternalFiles(files);
         }
         return secondaryIndexHelper.buildLoadingJobSpec();
     }
 
+    private static boolean supportsCorrelated(DatasetConfig.IndexType indexType) {
+        return indexType != DatasetConfig.IndexType.SAMPLE;
+    }
+
     public static JobSpecification buildSecondaryIndexCompactJobSpec(Dataset dataset, Index index,
             MetadataProvider metadataProvider, SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws AlgebricksException {
-        SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper secondaryIndexHelper =
+        ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper secondaryIndexHelper =
                 SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper.createIndexOperationsHelper(dataset, index, metadataProvider, sourceLoc);
         return secondaryIndexHelper.buildCompactJobSpec();
     }
@@ -240,4 +248,9 @@
     public static boolean excludesUnknowns(Index index) {
         return !includesUnknowns(index);
     }
+
+    public static Pair<String, String> getSampleIndexNames(String datasetName) {
+        return new Pair<>(MetadataConstants.SAMPLE_INDEX_1_PREFIX + datasetName,
+                MetadataConstants.SAMPLE_INDEX_2_PREFIX + datasetName);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/MetadataConstants.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/MetadataConstants.java
index b52cddd..0f0ea40 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/MetadataConstants.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/MetadataConstants.java
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
     public static final String FULL_TEXT_CONFIG_DATASET_NAME = "FullTextConfig";
     public static final String FULL_TEXT_FILTER_DATASET_NAME = "FullTextFilter";
 
+    public static final String PRIMARY_INDEX_PREFIX = "primary_idx_";
+    public static final String SAMPLE_INDEX_PREFIX = "sample_idx_";
+    public static final String SAMPLE_INDEX_1_PREFIX = SAMPLE_INDEX_PREFIX + "1_";
+    public static final String SAMPLE_INDEX_2_PREFIX = SAMPLE_INDEX_PREFIX + "2_";
+
     private MetadataConstants() {
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/MetadataLockUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/MetadataLockUtil.java
index 7bb11e5..afd1582 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/MetadataLockUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/MetadataLockUtil.java
@@ -311,6 +311,13 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public void analyzeDatasetBegin(IMetadataLockManager lockMgr, LockList locks, DataverseName dataverseName,
+            String datasetName) throws AlgebricksException {
+        lockMgr.acquireDataverseReadLock(locks, dataverseName);
+        lockMgr.acquireDatasetCreateIndexLock(locks, dataverseName, datasetName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public void compactBegin(IMetadataLockManager lockMgr, LockList locks, DataverseName dataverseName,
             String datasetName) throws AlgebricksException {
         lockMgr.acquireDataverseReadLock(locks, dataverseName);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/SampleOperationsHelper.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/SampleOperationsHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28e1ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/SampleOperationsHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,348 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.common.config.OptimizationConfUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.context.IStorageComponentProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.StorageConstants;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.base.IDataFormat;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.MetadataProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.constants.AsterixConstantValue;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.collections.FirstElementEvalFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.comparisons.GreaterThanDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.operators.LSMIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.operators.StreamStatsOperatorDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.runningaggregates.std.SampleSlotRunningAggregateFunctionFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.runningaggregates.std.TidRunningAggregateDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.utils.RuntimeUtils;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.constraints.AlgebricksPartitionConstraint;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.constraints.AlgebricksPartitionConstraintHelper;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.OrderOperator;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.jobgen.impl.ConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.INormalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.ISerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.ITypeTraitProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IAggregateEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IPushRuntimeFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IRunningAggregateEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.evaluators.ColumnAccessEvalFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.operators.aggreg.SimpleAlgebricksAccumulatingAggregatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.operators.aggrun.RunningAggregateRuntimeFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.operators.base.SinkRuntimeFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.operators.meta.AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.operators.std.StreamProjectRuntimeFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.operators.std.StreamSelectRuntimeFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.INormalizedKeyComputerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
+import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.AbstractAggregatorDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.sort.SortGroupByOperatorDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexBuilderFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.build.IndexBuilderFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IndexCreateOperatorDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IndexDataflowHelperFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IndexDropOperatorDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IResourceFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class for sampling operations.
+ * <p>
+ * The sampling method described in:
+ * "A Convenient Algorithm for Drawing a Simple Random Sample",
+ * by A. I. McLeod and D. R. Bellhouse
+ */
+public class SampleOperationsHelper implements ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper {
+
+    public static final String DATASET_STATS_OPERATOR_NAME = "Sample.DatasetStats";
+
+    private final MetadataProvider metadataProvider;
+    private final Dataset dataset;
+    private final Index index;
+    private final SourceLocation sourceLoc;
+
+    private ARecordType itemType;
+    private ARecordType metaType;
+    private RecordDescriptor recordDesc;
+    private IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories;
+    private IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider;
+    private AlgebricksPartitionConstraint partitionConstraint;
+    private ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory;
+    private Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties;
+    private int groupbyNumFrames;
+
+    protected SampleOperationsHelper(Dataset dataset, Index index, MetadataProvider metadataProvider,
+            SourceLocation sourceLoc) {
+        this.dataset = dataset;
+        this.index = index;
+        this.metadataProvider = metadataProvider;
+        this.sourceLoc = sourceLoc;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void init() throws AlgebricksException {
+        itemType =
+                (ARecordType) metadataProvider.findType(dataset.getItemTypeDataverseName(), dataset.getItemTypeName());
+        metaType = DatasetUtil.getMetaType(metadataProvider, dataset);
+        recordDesc = dataset.getPrimaryRecordDescriptor(metadataProvider);
+        comparatorFactories = dataset.getPrimaryComparatorFactories(metadataProvider, itemType, metaType);
+        groupbyNumFrames = getGroupByNumFrames(metadataProvider, sourceLoc);
+
+        Pair<IFileSplitProvider, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> secondarySplitsAndConstraint =
+                metadataProvider.getSplitProviderAndConstraints(dataset, index.getIndexName());
+        fileSplitProvider = secondarySplitsAndConstraint.first;
+        partitionConstraint = secondarySplitsAndConstraint.second;
+
+        Pair<ILSMMergePolicyFactory, Map<String, String>> compactionInfo =
+                DatasetUtil.getMergePolicyFactory(dataset, metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext());
+        mergePolicyFactory = compactionInfo.first;
+        mergePolicyProperties = compactionInfo.second;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JobSpecification buildCreationJobSpec() throws AlgebricksException {
+        JobSpecification spec = RuntimeUtils.createJobSpecification(metadataProvider.getApplicationContext());
+        IStorageComponentProvider storageComponentProvider = metadataProvider.getStorageComponentProvider();
+        IResourceFactory resourceFactory = dataset.getResourceFactory(metadataProvider, index, itemType, metaType,
+                mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties);
+        IIndexBuilderFactory indexBuilderFactory = new IndexBuilderFactory(storageComponentProvider.getStorageManager(),
+                fileSplitProvider, resourceFactory, true);
+        IndexCreateOperatorDescriptor indexCreateOp = new IndexCreateOperatorDescriptor(spec, indexBuilderFactory);
+        indexCreateOp.setSourceLocation(sourceLoc);
+        AlgebricksPartitionConstraintHelper.setPartitionConstraintInJobSpec(spec, indexCreateOp, partitionConstraint);
+        spec.addRoot(indexCreateOp);
+        spec.setConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy(new ConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy());
+        return spec;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JobSpecification buildLoadingJobSpec() throws AlgebricksException {
+        Index.SampleIndexDetails indexDetails = (Index.SampleIndexDetails) index.getIndexDetails();
+        int sampleCardinalityTarget = indexDetails.getSampleCardinalityTarget();
+        IDataFormat format = metadataProvider.getDataFormat();
+        int nFields = recordDesc.getFieldCount();
+        int[] columns = new int[nFields];
+        for (int i = 0; i < nFields; i++) {
+            columns[i] = i;
+        }
+
+        JobSpecification spec = RuntimeUtils.createJobSpecification(metadataProvider.getApplicationContext());
+        IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory = new IndexDataflowHelperFactory(
+                metadataProvider.getStorageComponentProvider().getStorageManager(), fileSplitProvider);
+
+        // job spec:
+        IndexUtil.bindJobEventListener(spec, metadataProvider);
+
+        // dummy key provider ----> primary index scan
+        IOperatorDescriptor sourceOp = DatasetUtil.createDummyKeyProviderOp(spec, dataset, metadataProvider);
+        IOperatorDescriptor targetOp = DatasetUtil.createPrimaryIndexScanOp(spec, metadataProvider, dataset);
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sourceOp, 0, targetOp, 0);
+        sourceOp = targetOp;
+
+        // primary index scan ----> stream stats op
+        targetOp = new StreamStatsOperatorDescriptor(spec, recordDesc, DATASET_STATS_OPERATOR_NAME);
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sourceOp, 0, targetOp, 0);
+        sourceOp = targetOp;
+
+        // stream stats op ----> (running agg + select)
+        // ragg produces a slot number and a tuple counter for each tuple
+        // If the slot number is 0 then the tuple is not in the sample and is removed by subsequent select op.
+        // If the slot number is greater than 0 then the tuple is in the sample.
+        // There could be several tuples with the same slot number, the latest one wins
+        // (with the greatest tuple counter). This is accomplished by the group by below
+        BuiltinType raggSlotType = BuiltinType.AINT32;
+        BuiltinType raggCounterType = BuiltinType.AINT64;
+        int[] raggProjectColumns = new int[nFields + 2];
+        raggProjectColumns[0] = nFields;
+        raggProjectColumns[1] = nFields + 1;
+        System.arraycopy(columns, 0, raggProjectColumns, 2, nFields);
+        int[] raggAggColumns = { nFields, nFields + 1 };
+
+        ISerializerDeserializerProvider serdeProvider = format.getSerdeProvider();
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] raggSerdes = new ISerializerDeserializer[nFields + 2];
+        raggSerdes[0] = serdeProvider.getSerializerDeserializer(raggSlotType);
+        raggSerdes[1] = serdeProvider.getSerializerDeserializer(raggCounterType);
+        System.arraycopy(recordDesc.getFields(), 0, raggSerdes, 2, nFields);
+
+        ITypeTraitProvider typeTraitProvider = format.getTypeTraitProvider();
+        ITypeTraits[] raggTraits = new ITypeTraits[nFields + 2];
+        raggTraits[0] = typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(raggSlotType);
+        raggTraits[1] = typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(raggCounterType);
+        System.arraycopy(recordDesc.getTypeTraits(), 0, raggTraits, 2, nFields);
+
+        RecordDescriptor raggRecordDesc = new RecordDescriptor(raggSerdes, raggTraits);
+
+        IRunningAggregateEvaluatorFactory raggSlotEvalFactory =
+                new SampleSlotRunningAggregateFunctionFactory(sampleCardinalityTarget);
+        IRunningAggregateEvaluatorFactory raggCounterEvalFactory = TidRunningAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY
+                .createFunctionDescriptor().createRunningAggregateEvaluatorFactory(new IScalarEvaluatorFactory[0]);
+        RunningAggregateRuntimeFactory raggRuntimeFactory =
+                new RunningAggregateRuntimeFactory(raggProjectColumns, raggAggColumns,
+                        new IRunningAggregateEvaluatorFactory[] { raggSlotEvalFactory, raggCounterEvalFactory });
+
+        IFunctionDescriptor gtDescriptor = GreaterThanDescriptor.FACTORY.createFunctionDescriptor();
+        gtDescriptor.setImmutableStates(raggSlotType, raggSlotType);
+        IScalarEvaluatorFactory gtFactory =
+                gtDescriptor.createEvaluatorFactory(new IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] { new ColumnAccessEvalFactory(0),
+                        format.getConstantEvalFactory(new AsterixConstantValue(new AInt32(0))) });
+        StreamSelectRuntimeFactory selectRuntimeFactory = new StreamSelectRuntimeFactory(gtFactory, null,
+                format.getBinaryBooleanInspectorFactory(), false, -1, null);
+
+        targetOp = new AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor(spec, 1, 1,
+                new IPushRuntimeFactory[] { raggRuntimeFactory, selectRuntimeFactory },
+                new RecordDescriptor[] { raggRecordDesc, raggRecordDesc });
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sourceOp, 0, targetOp, 0);
+        sourceOp = targetOp;
+
+        // (running agg + select) ---> group-by
+        int[] groupFields = new int[] { 0 }; // [slot]
+        int[] sortFields = new int[] { 0, 1 }; // [slot, counter]
+        OrderOperator.IOrder sortSlotOrder = OrderOperator.ASC_ORDER;
+        OrderOperator.IOrder sortCounterOrder = OrderOperator.DESC_ORDER;
+        IBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider comparatorFactoryProvider = format.getBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider();
+        IBinaryComparatorFactory[] raggCmpFactories = {
+                comparatorFactoryProvider.getBinaryComparatorFactory(raggSlotType,
+                        sortSlotOrder.getKind() == OrderOperator.IOrder.OrderKind.ASC),
+                comparatorFactoryProvider.getBinaryComparatorFactory(raggCounterType,
+                        sortCounterOrder.getKind() == OrderOperator.IOrder.OrderKind.ASC) };
+
+        INormalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider normKeyProvider = format.getNormalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider();
+        INormalizedKeyComputerFactory[] normKeyFactories = {
+                normKeyProvider.getNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(raggSlotType,
+                        sortSlotOrder.getKind() == OrderOperator.IOrder.OrderKind.ASC),
+                normKeyProvider.getNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(raggCounterType,
+                        sortCounterOrder.getKind() == OrderOperator.IOrder.OrderKind.ASC) };
+
+        // agg = [counter, .. original columns ..]
+        IAggregateEvaluatorFactory[] aggFactories = new IAggregateEvaluatorFactory[nFields + 1];
+        for (int i = 0; i < aggFactories.length; i++) {
+            aggFactories[i] = new FirstElementEvalFactory(
+                    new IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] { new ColumnAccessEvalFactory(1 + i) }, false, sourceLoc);
+        }
+        AbstractAggregatorDescriptorFactory aggregatorFactory =
+                new SimpleAlgebricksAccumulatingAggregatorFactory(aggFactories, groupFields);
+
+        targetOp = new SortGroupByOperatorDescriptor(spec, groupbyNumFrames, sortFields, groupFields, normKeyFactories,
+                raggCmpFactories, aggregatorFactory, aggregatorFactory, raggRecordDesc, raggRecordDesc, false);
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sourceOp, 0, targetOp, 0);
+        sourceOp = targetOp;
+
+        // group by --> project (remove ragg fields)
+        int[] projectColumns = new int[nFields];
+        for (int i = 0; i < nFields; i++) {
+            projectColumns[i] = 2 + i;
+        }
+        StreamProjectRuntimeFactory projectRuntimeFactory = new StreamProjectRuntimeFactory(projectColumns);
+        targetOp = new AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor(spec, 1, 1, new IPushRuntimeFactory[] { projectRuntimeFactory },
+                new RecordDescriptor[] { recordDesc });
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sourceOp, 0, targetOp, 0);
+        sourceOp = targetOp;
+
+        // project ---> bulk load op
+        targetOp = createTreeIndexBulkLoadOp(spec, columns, dataflowHelperFactory,
+                StorageConstants.DEFAULT_TREE_FILL_FACTOR, sampleCardinalityTarget);
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sourceOp, 0, targetOp, 0);
+        sourceOp = targetOp;
+
+        // bulk load op ----> sink op
+        SinkRuntimeFactory sinkRuntimeFactory = new SinkRuntimeFactory();
+        sinkRuntimeFactory.setSourceLocation(sourceLoc);
+        targetOp = new AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor(spec, 1, 0, new IPushRuntimeFactory[] { sinkRuntimeFactory },
+                new RecordDescriptor[] { recordDesc });
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sourceOp, 0, targetOp, 0);
+
+        spec.addRoot(targetOp);
+        spec.setConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy(new ConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy());
+
+        return spec;
+    }
+
+    protected LSMIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor createTreeIndexBulkLoadOp(JobSpecification spec,
+            int[] fieldPermutation, IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory, float fillFactor,
+            long numElementHint) {
+        LSMIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor treeIndexBulkLoadOp = new LSMIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                recordDesc, fieldPermutation, fillFactor, false, numElementHint, true, dataflowHelperFactory, null,
+                LSMIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor.BulkLoadUsage.LOAD, dataset.getDatasetId(), null);
+        treeIndexBulkLoadOp.setSourceLocation(sourceLoc);
+        AlgebricksPartitionConstraintHelper.setPartitionConstraintInJobSpec(spec, treeIndexBulkLoadOp,
+                partitionConstraint);
+        return treeIndexBulkLoadOp;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JobSpecification buildDropJobSpec(Set<IndexDropOperatorDescriptor.DropOption> options)
+            throws AlgebricksException {
+        return SecondaryTreeIndexOperationsHelper.buildDropJobSpecImpl(dataset, index, options, metadataProvider,
+                sourceLoc);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JobSpecification buildCompactJobSpec() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IFileSplitProvider getSecondaryFileSplitProvider() {
+        return fileSplitProvider;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RecordDescriptor getSecondaryRecDesc() {
+        return recordDesc;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBinaryComparatorFactory[] getSecondaryComparatorFactories() {
+        return comparatorFactories;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AlgebricksPartitionConstraint getSecondaryPartitionConstraint() {
+        return partitionConstraint;
+    }
+
+    private static int getGroupByNumFrames(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, SourceLocation sourceLoc)
+            throws AlgebricksException {
+        return OptimizationConfUtil.getGroupByNumFrames(
+                metadataProvider.getApplicationContext().getCompilerProperties(), metadataProvider.getConfig(),
+                sourceLoc);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper.java
index 9e0d650..694b153 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 // TODO: We should eventually have a hierarchy of classes that can create all
 // possible index job specs,
 // not just for creation.
-public abstract class SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper {
+public abstract class SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper implements ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper {
     protected final MetadataProvider metadataProvider;
     protected final Dataset dataset;
     protected final Index index;
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@
                 metadataProvider.getConfig(), sourceLoc);
     }
 
-    public static SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper createIndexOperationsHelper(Dataset dataset, Index index,
+    public static ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper createIndexOperationsHelper(Dataset dataset, Index index,
             MetadataProvider metadataProvider, SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws AlgebricksException {
 
-        SecondaryIndexOperationsHelper indexOperationsHelper;
+        ISecondaryIndexOperationsHelper indexOperationsHelper;
         switch (index.getIndexType()) {
             case ARRAY:
                 indexOperationsHelper =
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@
                 indexOperationsHelper =
                         new SecondaryInvertedIndexOperationsHelper(dataset, index, metadataProvider, sourceLoc);
                 break;
+            case SAMPLE:
+                indexOperationsHelper = new SampleOperationsHelper(dataset, index, metadataProvider, sourceLoc);
+                break;
             default:
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_INDEX_TYPE, sourceLoc,
                         index.getIndexType());
@@ -202,7 +205,8 @@
 
     protected abstract int getNumSecondaryKeys();
 
-    protected void init() throws AlgebricksException {
+    @Override
+    public void init() throws AlgebricksException {
         payloadSerde = SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(itemType);
         metaSerde =
                 metaType == null ? null : SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(metaType);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/SecondaryTreeIndexOperationsHelper.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/SecondaryTreeIndexOperationsHelper.java
index 0373e32..e8825fc 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/SecondaryTreeIndexOperationsHelper.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/SecondaryTreeIndexOperationsHelper.java
@@ -72,13 +72,19 @@
 
     @Override
     public JobSpecification buildDropJobSpec(Set<DropOption> options) throws AlgebricksException {
+        return buildDropJobSpecImpl(dataset, index, options, metadataProvider, sourceLoc);
+    }
+
+    static JobSpecification buildDropJobSpecImpl(Dataset dataset, Index index, Set<DropOption> dropOptions,
+            MetadataProvider metadataProvider, SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws AlgebricksException {
         JobSpecification spec = RuntimeUtils.createJobSpecification(metadataProvider.getApplicationContext());
         Pair<IFileSplitProvider, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> splitsAndConstraint =
                 metadataProvider.getSplitProviderAndConstraints(dataset, index.getIndexName());
         IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory = new IndexDataflowHelperFactory(
                 metadataProvider.getStorageComponentProvider().getStorageManager(), splitsAndConstraint.first);
         // The index drop operation should be persistent regardless of temp datasets or permanent dataset.
-        IndexDropOperatorDescriptor btreeDrop = new IndexDropOperatorDescriptor(spec, dataflowHelperFactory, options);
+        IndexDropOperatorDescriptor btreeDrop =
+                new IndexDropOperatorDescriptor(spec, dataflowHelperFactory, dropOptions);
         btreeDrop.setSourceLocation(sourceLoc);
         AlgebricksPartitionConstraintHelper.setPartitionConstraintInJobSpec(spec, btreeDrop,
                 splitsAndConstraint.second);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/ABoolean.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/ABoolean.java
index 5589205..0664fec 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/ABoolean.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/ABoolean.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return Boolean.toString(bVal).toUpperCase();
+        return Boolean.toString(bVal);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/ARecord.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/ARecord.java
index d964079..cb6c5fe 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/ARecord.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/ARecord.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.utils.RecordUtil;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.JSONUtil;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@
                 if (i > 0) {
                     sb.append(", ");
                 }
-                sb.append(type.getFieldNames()[i]);
+                JSONUtil.quoteAndEscape(sb, type.getFieldNames()[i]);
                 sb.append(": ");
                 sb.append(fields[i]);
             }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/collections/FirstElementEvalFactory.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/collections/FirstElementEvalFactory.java
index b787e26..6c5c0c7 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/collections/FirstElementEvalFactory.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/collections/FirstElementEvalFactory.java
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
-class FirstElementEvalFactory implements IAggregateEvaluatorFactory {
+public class FirstElementEvalFactory implements IAggregateEvaluatorFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     private final IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args;
     private final boolean isLocal;
     private final SourceLocation sourceLoc;
 
-    FirstElementEvalFactory(IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args, boolean isLocal, SourceLocation sourceLoc) {
+    public FirstElementEvalFactory(IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args, boolean isLocal, SourceLocation sourceLoc) {
         this.args = args;
         this.isLocal = isLocal;
         this.sourceLoc = sourceLoc;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/operators/StreamStats.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/operators/StreamStats.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..268009f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/operators/StreamStats.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.operators;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.profiling.IOperatorStats;
+
+/**
+ * Helper method to access stats produced by {@link org.apache.asterix.runtime.operators.StreamStatsOperatorDescriptor}
+ */
+public final class StreamStats {
+
+    private final long cardinality;
+
+    private final int avgTupleSize;
+
+    public StreamStats(IOperatorStats opStats) {
+        this.cardinality = opStats.getTupleCounter().get();
+        long totalTupleSize = opStats.getDiskIoCounter().get();
+        this.avgTupleSize = cardinality > 0 ? (int) (totalTupleSize / cardinality) : 0;
+    }
+
+    static void update(IOperatorStats opStats, long tupleCount, long tupleSize) {
+        opStats.getTupleCounter().update(tupleCount);
+        opStats.getDiskIoCounter().update(tupleSize);
+    }
+
+    public long getCardinality() {
+        return cardinality;
+    }
+
+    public int getAvgTupleSize() {
+        return avgTupleSize;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/operators/StreamStatsOperatorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/operators/StreamStatsOperatorDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..353401a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/operators/StreamStatsOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.operators;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorNodePushable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IRecordDescriptorProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.IOperatorDescriptorRegistry;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.profiling.IOperatorStats;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.profiling.IStatsCollector;
+import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.util.FrameUtils;
+import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractUnaryInputUnaryOutputOperatorNodePushable;
+
+/**
+ * Computes total tuple count and total tuple length for all input tuples,
+ * and emits these values as operator stats.
+ */
+public final class StreamStatsOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private final String operatorName;
+
+    public StreamStatsOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, RecordDescriptor rDesc,
+            String operatorName) {
+        super(spec, 1, 1);
+        outRecDescs[0] = rDesc;
+        this.operatorName = operatorName;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
+            IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) throws HyracksDataException {
+
+        return new AbstractUnaryInputUnaryOutputOperatorNodePushable() {
+
+            private FrameTupleAccessor fta;
+            private long totalTupleCount;
+            private long totalTupleLength;
+
+            @Override
+            public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
+                fta = new FrameTupleAccessor(outRecDescs[0]);
+                totalTupleCount = 0;
+                writer.open();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void nextFrame(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
+                fta.reset(buffer);
+                computeStats();
+                FrameUtils.flushFrame(buffer, writer);
+            }
+
+            private void computeStats() {
+                int n = fta.getTupleCount();
+                totalTupleCount += n;
+                for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+                    totalTupleLength += fta.getTupleLength(i);
+                }
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void fail() throws HyracksDataException {
+                writer.fail();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
+                IStatsCollector statsCollector = ctx.getStatsCollector();
+                if (statsCollector != null) {
+                    IOperatorStats stats = statsCollector.getOrAddOperatorStats(operatorName);
+                    StreamStats.update(stats, totalTupleCount, totalTupleLength);
+                }
+                writer.close();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                writer.flush();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public String getDisplayName() {
+                return operatorName;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/runningaggregates/std/SampleSlotRunningAggregateFunctionFactory.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/runningaggregates/std/SampleSlotRunningAggregateFunctionFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c53da46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/runningaggregates/std/SampleSlotRunningAggregateFunctionFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.runningaggregates.std;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt32;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IRunningAggregateEvaluator;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IRunningAggregateEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
+import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+
+/**
+ * See {@code SampleOperationsHelper} for the sampling algorithm details.
+ */
+public class SampleSlotRunningAggregateFunctionFactory implements IRunningAggregateEvaluatorFactory {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private final int sampleCardinalityTarget;
+
+    public SampleSlotRunningAggregateFunctionFactory(int sampleCardinalityTarget) {
+        this.sampleCardinalityTarget = sampleCardinalityTarget;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IRunningAggregateEvaluator createRunningAggregateEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+
+        int sampleCardinalityTargetPerPartition = getSampleCardinalityTargetPerPartition(sampleCardinalityTarget,
+                ctx.getTaskContext().getPartitionCount());
+
+        return new IRunningAggregateEvaluator() {
+
+            private final ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+            private final DataOutput resultOutput = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
+            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+            private final ISerializerDeserializer<AInt32> int32Serde =
+                    SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT32);
+            private final AMutableInt32 aInt32 = new AMutableInt32(0);
+
+            private final Random rnd = new Random();
+            private long counter;
+
+            @Override
+            public void init() {
+                counter = 0;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void step(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+                try {
+                    counter++;
+                    int outValue = evaluate();
+
+                    resultStorage.reset();
+                    aInt32.setValue(outValue);
+                    int32Serde.serialize(aInt32, resultOutput);
+                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+                }
+            }
+
+            private int evaluate() {
+                if (counter <= sampleCardinalityTargetPerPartition) {
+                    return (int) counter;
+                } else {
+                    long v = 1 + (long) (rnd.nextDouble() * counter);
+                    return v <= sampleCardinalityTargetPerPartition ? (int) v : 0;
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static int getSampleCardinalityTargetPerPartition(int sampleCardinalityTarget, int nPartitions) {
+        return Math.max(1, sampleCardinalityTarget / nPartitions + Math.min(sampleCardinalityTarget % nPartitions, 1));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/runningaggregates/std/TidRunningAggregateDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/runningaggregates/std/TidRunningAggregateDescriptor.java
index 95de235..c39db40 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/runningaggregates/std/TidRunningAggregateDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/runningaggregates/std/TidRunningAggregateDescriptor.java
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
 
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
             @Override
-            public IRunningAggregateEvaluator createRunningAggregateEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx)
-                    throws HyracksDataException {
+            public IRunningAggregateEvaluator createRunningAggregateEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) {
 
                 return new IRunningAggregateEvaluator() {
 
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@
                     private final ISerializerDeserializer<AInt64> serde =
                             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT64);
                     private final AMutableInt64 m = new AMutableInt64(0);
-                    private int cnt;
+                    private long cnt;
 
                     @Override
                     public void step(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@
                     }
 
                     @Override
-                    public void init() throws HyracksDataException {
+                    public void init() {
                         cnt = 1;
                     }
                 };
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/expressions/ConstantExpression.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/expressions/ConstantExpression.java
index e2a68da..e9a2f2a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/expressions/ConstantExpression.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/expressions/ConstantExpression.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
         @Override
         public String toString() {
-            return "TRUE";
+            return "true";
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
         @Override
         public String toString() {
-            return "FALSE";
+            return "false";
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/RemoveRedundantVariablesRule.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/RemoveRedundantVariablesRule.java
index 3760be5..32f754c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/RemoveRedundantVariablesRule.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/RemoveRedundantVariablesRule.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.Mutable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@
                 modified = true;
             }
         } else {
+            substVisitor.reset(context);
             if (op.acceptExpressionTransform(substVisitor)) {
                 modified = true;
             }
@@ -282,6 +284,13 @@
     }
 
     private class VariableSubstitutionVisitor implements ILogicalExpressionReferenceTransform {
+
+        private IOptimizationContext context;
+
+        void reset(IOptimizationContext context) {
+            this.context = Objects.requireNonNull(context);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public boolean transform(Mutable<ILogicalExpression> exprRef) {
             ILogicalExpression e = exprRef.getValue();
@@ -290,6 +299,9 @@
                     // Replace variable references with their equivalent representative in the equivalence class map.
                     VariableReferenceExpression varRefExpr = (VariableReferenceExpression) e;
                     LogicalVariable var = varRefExpr.getVariableReference();
+                    if (context.shouldNotBeInlined(var)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
                     LogicalVariable representative = findEquivalentRepresentativeVar(var);
                     if (representative != null) {
                         varRefExpr.setVariable(representative);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java
index 0ee3658..7a320b1 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java
@@ -346,12 +346,19 @@
     }
 
     public static class WaitForCompletionFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+        private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
 
         private final JobId jobId;
 
+        private final List<String> statOperatorNames;
+
         public WaitForCompletionFunction(JobId jobId) {
+            this(jobId, null);
+        }
+
+        public WaitForCompletionFunction(JobId jobId, List<String> statOperatorNames) {
             this.jobId = jobId;
+            this.statOperatorNames = statOperatorNames;
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -362,6 +369,10 @@
         public JobId getJobId() {
             return jobId;
         }
+
+        public List<String> getStatOperatorNames() {
+            return statOperatorNames;
+        }
     }
 
     public static class GetNodeControllersInfoFunction extends Function {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
index 1118a68..be965eb 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobInfo;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobStatus;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.profiling.IOperatorStats;
 
 /**
  * Interface used by clients to communicate with the Hyracks Cluster Controller.
@@ -157,6 +158,19 @@
     void waitForCompletion(JobId jobId) throws Exception;
 
     /**
+     * Waits until the specified job has completed, either successfully or has
+     * encountered a permanent failure.
+     *
+     * @param jobId
+     *            JobId of the Job
+     * @param statsOperatorNames
+     *            names of the operators which stats should be returned
+     * @return stats for the specified operators
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    List<IOperatorStats> waitForCompletion(JobId jobId, List<String> statsOperatorNames) throws Exception;
+
+    /**
      * Deploy files to the cluster
      *
      * @param files
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java
index 4cc47d2..be47014 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobInfo;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobStatus;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.profiling.IOperatorStats;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.topology.ClusterTopology;
 
 public interface IHyracksClientInterface {
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@
 
     public void waitForCompletion(JobId jobId) throws Exception;
 
+    public List<IOperatorStats> waitForCompletion(JobId jobId, List<String> statOperatorNames) throws Exception;
+
     public Map<String, NodeControllerInfo> getNodeControllersInfo() throws Exception;
 
     public ClusterTopology getClusterTopology() throws Exception;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/context/IHyracksTaskContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/context/IHyracksTaskContext.java
index 4561af1..ad5624c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/context/IHyracksTaskContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/context/IHyracksTaskContext.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 
     TaskAttemptId getTaskAttemptId();
 
+    int getPartitionCount();
+
     ICounterContext getCounterContext();
 
     ExecutorService getExecutorService();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/job/profiling/IStatsCollector.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/job/profiling/IStatsCollector.java
index 8930d34..c903c68 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/job/profiling/IStatsCollector.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/job/profiling/IStatsCollector.java
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@
     IOperatorStats getOrAddOperatorStats(String operatorName);
 
     /**
+     * @param operatorName
+     * @return {@link IOperatorStats} for the operator with name <code>operatorName</code>
+     * if it already exists, or {@code null} if the operator does not exist
+     */
+    IOperatorStats getOperatorStats(String operatorName);
+
+    /**
      * Get every registered operator stats object
      * @return All registered operators, and their collected stats, with the names as keys and stats as values
      */
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/cc/ClientInterfaceIPCI.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/cc/ClientInterfaceIPCI.java
index e6973dd..6da8fdf 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/cc/ClientInterfaceIPCI.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/cc/ClientInterfaceIPCI.java
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@
             case WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION:
                 HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.WaitForCompletionFunction wfcf =
                         (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.WaitForCompletionFunction) fn;
-                ccs.getWorkQueue()
-                        .schedule(new WaitForJobCompletionWork(ccs, wfcf.getJobId(), new IPCResponder<>(handle, mid)));
+                ccs.getWorkQueue().schedule(new WaitForJobCompletionWork(ccs, wfcf.getJobId(),
+                        wfcf.getStatOperatorNames(), new IPCResponder<>(handle, mid)));
                 break;
             case GET_NODE_CONTROLLERS_INFO:
                 ccs.getWorkQueue().schedule(
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/cc/work/WaitForJobCompletionWork.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/cc/work/WaitForJobCompletionWork.java
index 911bedf..14d92fb 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/cc/work/WaitForJobCompletionWork.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/cc/work/WaitForJobCompletionWork.java
@@ -33,11 +33,14 @@
 public class WaitForJobCompletionWork extends SynchronizableWork {
     private final ClusterControllerService ccs;
     private final JobId jobId;
+    private final List<String> statOperatorNames;
     private final IResultCallback<Object> callback;
 
-    public WaitForJobCompletionWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, JobId jobId, IResultCallback<Object> callback) {
+    public WaitForJobCompletionWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, JobId jobId, List<String> statOperatorNames,
+            IResultCallback<Object> callback) {
         this.ccs = ccs;
         this.jobId = jobId;
+        this.statOperatorNames = statOperatorNames;
         this.callback = callback;
     }
 
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@
                         Thread.currentThread()
                                 .setName(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " : WaitForCompletionForJobId: " + jobId);
                         jobRun.waitForCompletion();
-                        callback.setValue(null);
+                        callback.setValue(jobRun.getJobProfile().getAggregatedStats(statOperatorNames));
                     } catch (Exception e) {
                         callback.setException(e);
                     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/job/profiling/StatsCollector.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/job/profiling/StatsCollector.java
index 878d7c3..580a560 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/job/profiling/StatsCollector.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/job/profiling/StatsCollector.java
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public IOperatorStats getOperatorStats(String operatorName) {
+        return operatorStatsMap.get(operatorName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public Map<String, IOperatorStats> getAllOperatorStats() {
         return Collections.unmodifiableMap(operatorStatsMap);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/job/profiling/om/JobProfile.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/job/profiling/om/JobProfile.java
index c4eff85..0026af4 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/job/profiling/om/JobProfile.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/job/profiling/om/JobProfile.java
@@ -21,11 +21,18 @@
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.TaskAttemptId;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.TaskId;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.profiling.IOperatorStats;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.profiling.IStatsCollector;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.profiling.OperatorStats;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
@@ -109,4 +116,44 @@
             entry.getValue().writeFields(output);
         }
     }
+
+    public List<IOperatorStats> getAggregatedStats(List<String> operatorNames) {
+        if (jobletProfiles == null || operatorNames == null || operatorNames.isEmpty()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        // gather final task attempts for each task
+        Map<TaskId, TaskProfile> taskProfileMap = new HashMap<>();
+        for (JobletProfile jobletProfile : jobletProfiles.values()) {
+            for (TaskProfile taskProfile : jobletProfile.getTaskProfiles().values()) {
+                TaskAttemptId taskAttemptId = taskProfile.getTaskId();
+                TaskId taskId = taskAttemptId.getTaskId();
+                TaskProfile existingProfile = taskProfileMap.get(taskId);
+                if (existingProfile == null || taskAttemptId.getAttempt() > existingProfile.getTaskId().getAttempt()) {
+                    taskProfileMap.put(taskId, taskProfile);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // compute aggregated counts
+        int n = operatorNames.size();
+        IOperatorStats[] outStats = new IOperatorStats[n];
+        for (TaskProfile taskProfile : taskProfileMap.values()) {
+            IStatsCollector statsCollector = taskProfile.getStatsCollector();
+            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+                String operatorName = operatorNames.get(i);
+                IOperatorStats opTaskStats = statsCollector.getOperatorStats(operatorName);
+                if (opTaskStats == null) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                IOperatorStats opOutStats = outStats[i];
+                if (opOutStats == null) {
+                    opOutStats = new OperatorStats(operatorName);
+                    outStats[i] = opOutStats;
+                }
+                opOutStats.getTupleCounter().update(opTaskStats.getTupleCounter().get());
+                opOutStats.getTimeCounter().update(opTaskStats.getTimeCounter().get());
+                opOutStats.getDiskIoCounter().update(opTaskStats.getDiskIoCounter().get());
+            }
+        }
+        return Arrays.asList(outStats);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java
index 158e24e..900ac7e 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
 
     private final TaskAttemptId taskAttemptId;
 
+    private final int partitionCount;
+
     private final String displayName;
 
     private final ExecutorService executorService;
@@ -131,12 +133,13 @@
 
     private final Map<Long, IThreadStats> perThreadStats = new HashMap<>();
 
-    public Task(Joblet joblet, Set<JobFlag> jobFlags, TaskAttemptId taskId, String displayName,
+    public Task(Joblet joblet, Set<JobFlag> jobFlags, TaskAttemptId taskId, int partitionCount, String displayName,
             ExecutorService executor, NodeControllerService ncs,
             List<List<PartitionChannel>> inputChannelsFromConnectors) {
         this.joblet = joblet;
         this.jobFlags = jobFlags;
         this.taskAttemptId = taskId;
+        this.partitionCount = partitionCount;
         this.displayName = displayName;
         this.executorService = executor;
         fileFactory = new WorkspaceFileFactory(this, joblet.getIoManager());
@@ -225,6 +228,11 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public int getPartitionCount() {
+        return partitionCount;
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public ICounter getCounter(String name, boolean create) {
         Counter counter = counterMap.get(name);
         if (counter == null && create) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java
index 7d84fe9..f6c144d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java
@@ -152,11 +152,12 @@
                 ActivityCluster ac = acg.getActivityMap().get(aid);
                 IActivity han = ac.getActivityMap().get(aid);
                 LOGGER.trace("Initializing {} -> {} for {}", taId, han, jobId);
+                int partitionCount = td.getPartitionCount();
                 final int partition = tid.getPartition();
                 List<IConnectorDescriptor> inputs = ac.getActivityInputMap().get(aid);
-                task = new Task(joblet, flags, taId, han.getDisplayName(), ncs.getExecutor(), ncs,
+                task = new Task(joblet, flags, taId, partitionCount, han.getDisplayName(), ncs.getExecutor(), ncs,
                         createInputChannels(td, inputs));
-                IOperatorNodePushable operator = han.createPushRuntime(task, rdp, partition, td.getPartitionCount());
+                IOperatorNodePushable operator = han.createPushRuntime(task, rdp, partition, partitionCount);
                 List<IPartitionCollector> collectors = new ArrayList<>();
                 if (inputs != null) {
                     for (int i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@
                                 createPartitionWriterFactory(task, cPolicy, jobId, conn, partition, taId, flags);
                         LOGGER.trace("input: {}: {}", i, conn.getConnectorId());
                         IFrameWriter writer = conn.createPartitioner(task, recordDesc, pwFactory, partition,
-                                td.getPartitionCount(), td.getOutputPartitionCounts()[i]);
+                                partitionCount, td.getOutputPartitionCounts()[i]);
                         writer = (enforce && !profile) ? EnforceFrameWriter.enforce(writer) : writer;
                         operator.setOutputFrameWriter(i, writer, recordDesc);
                     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/io/RunFileWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/io/RunFileWriter.java
index c370b58..26b9f10 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/io/RunFileWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/io/RunFileWriter.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (!failed) {
+        if (!failed && handle != null) {
             ioManager.close(handle);
         }
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
index bcd71a3..c3bc5ca 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@
                 getVirtualBufferCacheProvider(), SynchronousSchedulerProvider.INSTANCE, MERGE_POLICY_FACTORY,
                 MERGE_POLICY_PROPERTIES, DURABLE, bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 LSMTreeOperatorTestHelper.DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE, true, btreefields,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null, false);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/ipc/impl/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/ipc/impl/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java
index 82d7a3b..3b59a70 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/ipc/impl/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/ipc/impl/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobInfo;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobStatus;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.profiling.IOperatorStats;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.topology.ClusterTopology;
 import org.apache.hyracks.ipc.api.IIPCHandle;
 import org.apache.hyracks.ipc.api.RPCInterface;
@@ -130,6 +131,13 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public List<IOperatorStats> waitForCompletion(JobId jobId, List<String> statOperatorNames) throws Exception {
+        HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.WaitForCompletionFunction wfcf =
+                new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.WaitForCompletionFunction(jobId, statOperatorNames);
+        return (List<IOperatorStats>) rpci.call(ipcHandle, wfcf);
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public Map<String, NodeControllerInfo> getNodeControllersInfo() throws Exception {
         HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetNodeControllersInfoFunction gncif =
                 new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetNodeControllersInfoFunction();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/ipc/impl/HyracksConnection.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/ipc/impl/HyracksConnection.java
index 5b65de8..1b6d8af 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/ipc/impl/HyracksConnection.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/ipc/impl/HyracksConnection.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobInfo;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobStatus;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.profiling.IOperatorStats;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.network.ISocketChannelFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.topology.ClusterTopology;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.InvokeUtil;
@@ -202,6 +203,17 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public List<IOperatorStats> waitForCompletion(JobId jobId, List<String> statOperatorNames) throws Exception {
+        try {
+            return hci.waitForCompletion(jobId, statOperatorNames);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            // Cancels an on-going job if the current thread gets interrupted.
+            cancelJob(jobId);
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public Map<String, NodeControllerInfo> getNodeControllerInfos() throws HyracksException {
         try {
             return hci.getNodeControllersInfo();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
index e16baf9..ee4c4f7 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -56,19 +56,21 @@
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter,
-            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector,
+            boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance) {
         super(typeTraits, cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, path,
                 storageManager, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories,
                 btreeFields, filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory, null, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector,
+                isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 
     private ExternalBTreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter)
-            throws HyracksDataException {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(registry, json, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -97,6 +99,6 @@
         LSMBTreeLocalResource lsmBtree = (LSMBTreeLocalResource) LSMBTreeLocalResource.fromJson(registry, json);
         return new ExternalBTreeLocalResource(registry, json, lsmBtree.bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 lsmBtree.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, lsmBtree.isPrimary, lsmBtree.btreeFields,
-                lsmBtree.hasBloomFilter);
+                lsmBtree.hasBloomFilter, lsmBtree.isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index e4c29ba..3a28057 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
             Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter,
-            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, null,
                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, bloomFilterKeyFields,
-                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE,
-                hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE,
+                hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector, true);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, mergePolicyFactory,
                 mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector,
+                isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
index 863ae56..f2c5263 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
@@ -59,19 +59,21 @@
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter,
-            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector,
+            boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance) {
         super(typeTraits, cmpFactories, buddyBtreeFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, path, storageManager,
                 mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields,
                 filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory, null, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector,
+                isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 
     private ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json,
             int[] bloomFilterKeyFields, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields,
-            boolean hasBloomFilter) throws HyracksDataException {
+            boolean hasBloomFilter, boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(registry, json, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -100,6 +102,6 @@
         LSMBTreeLocalResource lsmBtree = (LSMBTreeLocalResource) LSMBTreeLocalResource.fromJson(registry, json);
         return new ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource(registry, json, lsmBtree.bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 lsmBtree.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, lsmBtree.isPrimary, lsmBtree.btreeFields,
-                lsmBtree.hasBloomFilter);
+                lsmBtree.hasBloomFilter, lsmBtree.isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
index 39c8aed..995a23b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
             Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, int[] buddyBtreeFields,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter,
-            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, null,
                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, buddyBtreeFields,
-                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE,
-                hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE,
+                hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector, true);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, mergePolicyFactory,
                 mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector,
+                isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
index 656ae02..a7e433c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     protected final boolean isPrimary;
     protected final int[] btreeFields;
     protected final ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory;
+    protected final boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance;
 
     public LSMBTreeLocalResource(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories,
             int[] bloomFilterKeyFields, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, String path,
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory, IVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable,
             ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter,
-            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector,
+            boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance) {
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                 vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, nullTypeTraits,
@@ -81,12 +83,13 @@
         this.btreeFields = btreeFields;
         this.compressorDecompressorFactory = compressorDecompressorFactory;
         this.hasBloomFilter = hasBloomFilter;
+        this.isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance = isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance;
     }
 
     protected LSMBTreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields,
-            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter)
-            throws HyracksDataException {
+            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(registry, json);
         this.bloomFilterKeyFields = bloomFilterKeyFields;
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@
         this.btreeFields = btreeFields;
         this.compressorDecompressorFactory = compressorDecompressorFactory;
         this.hasBloomFilter = hasBloomFilter;
+        this.isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance = isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -114,6 +118,10 @@
                 compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
+    public boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance() {
+        return isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
         final ObjectNode jsonObject = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
@@ -131,8 +139,10 @@
         final JsonNode compressorDecompressorNode = json.get("compressorDecompressorFactory");
         final ICompressorDecompressorFactory compDecompFactory = (ICompressorDecompressorFactory) registry
                 .deserializeOrDefault(compressorDecompressorNode, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.class);
+        boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance =
+                getOrDefaultBoolean(json, "isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance", false);
         return new LSMBTreeLocalResource(registry, json, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary,
-                btreeFields, compDecompFactory, hasBloomFilter);
+                btreeFields, compDecompFactory, hasBloomFilter, isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -145,13 +155,16 @@
         json.put("isPrimary", isPrimary);
         json.putPOJO("btreeFields", btreeFields);
         json.putPOJO("compressorDecompressorFactory", compressorDecompressorFactory.toJson(registry));
+        json.put("isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance", isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 
     private static boolean getOrDefaultHasBloomFilter(JsonNode json, boolean isPrimary) {
-        if (json.has(HAS_BLOOM_FILTER_FIELD)) {
-            return json.get(HAS_BLOOM_FILTER_FIELD).asBoolean();
-        }
-        // for backward compatibiliy, only primary indexes have bloom filters
-        return isPrimary;
+        // for backward compatibility, only primary indexes have bloom filters
+        return getOrDefaultBoolean(json, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER_FIELD, isPrimary);
     }
+
+    private static boolean getOrDefaultBoolean(JsonNode jsonNode, String fieldName, boolean defaultValue) {
+        return jsonNode.has(fieldName) ? jsonNode.get(fieldName).asBoolean() : defaultValue;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index e926a48..6695e90 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     protected final boolean isPrimary;
     protected final int[] btreeFields;
     protected final ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory;
+    protected final boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance;
 
     public LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory(IStorageManager storageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] filterTypeTraits,
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@
             Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields,
             ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter,
-            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector,
+            boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                 vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, nullTypeTraits,
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@
         this.isPrimary = isPrimary;
         this.btreeFields = btreeFields;
         this.compressorDecompressorFactory = compressorDecompressorFactory;
+        this.isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance = isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -78,7 +81,8 @@
                 isPrimary, fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties,
                 filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory,
                 pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector,
+                isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 
     private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestTaskContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestTaskContext.java
index dcb85f6..c73ebee 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestTaskContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestTaskContext.java
@@ -49,15 +49,17 @@
 public class TestTaskContext implements IHyracksTaskContext {
     private final TestJobletContext jobletContext;
     private final TaskAttemptId taskId;
+    private int partitionCount;
     private WorkspaceFileFactory fileFactory;
     private Map<Object, IStateObject> stateObjectMap = new HashMap<>();
     private Object sharedObject;
     private final IStatsCollector statsCollector = new StatsCollector();
     private final ThreadStats threadStats = new ThreadStats();
 
-    public TestTaskContext(TestJobletContext jobletContext, TaskAttemptId taskId) {
+    public TestTaskContext(TestJobletContext jobletContext, TaskAttemptId taskId, int partitionCount) {
         this.jobletContext = jobletContext;
         this.taskId = taskId;
+        this.partitionCount = partitionCount;
         fileFactory = new WorkspaceFileFactory(this, getIoManager());
     }
 
@@ -129,6 +131,11 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public int getPartitionCount() {
+        return partitionCount;
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public synchronized void setStateObject(IStateObject taskState) {
         stateObjectMap.put(taskState.getId(), taskState);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestUtils.java
index 71c81a8..2348a1a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestUtils.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             INCServiceContext serviceCtx = new TestNCServiceContext(ioManager, null);
             TestJobletContext jobletCtx = new TestJobletContext(frameSize, serviceCtx, new JobId(0));
             TaskAttemptId tid = new TaskAttemptId(new TaskId(new ActivityId(new OperatorDescriptorId(0), 0), 0), 0);
-            IHyracksTaskContext taskCtx = new TestTaskContext(jobletCtx, tid);
+            IHyracksTaskContext taskCtx = new TestTaskContext(jobletCtx, tid, 1);
             return taskCtx;
         } catch (HyracksException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
index 8e2d6dd..c7d3dff 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
@@ -56,19 +56,21 @@
             ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerProvider, ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory,
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory, IVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider,
-            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance) {
         super(typeTraits, cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, path,
                 storageManager, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories,
                 btreeFields, filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, null, null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, null, null,
+                isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 
     protected TestLsmBtreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter)
-            throws HyracksDataException {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(registry, json, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -107,7 +109,8 @@
         final boolean isPrimary = json.get("isPrimary").asBoolean();
         final boolean hasBloomFilter = json.get("hasBloomFilter").asBoolean();
         final int[] btreeFields = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("btreeFields"), int[].class);
+        boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance = json.get("isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance").asBoolean();
         return new TestLsmBtreeLocalResource(registry, json, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
-                isPrimary, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter);
+                isPrimary, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter, isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index 7d9b24a..48adf91 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -46,12 +46,14 @@
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory, IVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
             Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            boolean isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                 vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable,
                 bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, null, null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, null, null,
+                isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -60,6 +62,6 @@
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, mergePolicyFactory,
                 mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter, isSecondaryNoIncrementalMaintenance);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.java
index aa9cd5a..144f1ad 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.java
@@ -740,6 +740,11 @@
         }
 
         @Override
+        public int getPartitionCount() {
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        @Override
         public ICounterContext getCounterContext() {
             return null;
         }