One down. Total runtime of the simplest query went from 34661.572 ms to .634 ms (45,000 times faster).
stage=> explain analyze select * from eg_order_summary_view where invoice_id=1432655; QUERY PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HashAggregate (cost=47.75..48.60 rows=13 width=214) (actual time=0.444..0.467 rows=9 loops=1) -> Nested Loop Left Join (cost=0.00..46.76 rows=21 width=214) (actual time=0.037..0.175 rows=14 loops=1) -> Index Scan using ix522779518edf278d on eg_order (cost=0.00..4.70 rows=13 width=200) (actual time=0.020..0.034 rows=9 loops=1) Index Cond: (invoice_id = 1432655) -> Index Scan using ixf8331222783867cc on eg_order_line (cost=0.00..3.21 rows=2 width=18) (actual time=0.007..0.010 rows=2 loops=9) Index Cond: ("outer".order_id = eg_order_line.order_id) Total runtime: 0.645 ms (7 rows) stage=> \d eg_order_summary_view; View definition: SELECT eg_order.order_id, 'D' AS d, max(eg_order.cso_id) AS cso_id, eg_order.invoice_id, max(eg_order.period_id) AS period_id, max(eg_order.ref_id) AS ref_id, max(eg_order.order_type::integer) AS order_type, max(eg_order.desc1::text) AS desc1, max(eg_order.desc2::text) AS desc2, max(eg_order.desc3::text) AS desc3, max(eg_order.desc4::text) AS desc4, max(eg_order.desc5::text) AS desc5, max(eg_order.desc6::text) AS desc6, max(eg_order.desc7::text) AS desc7, max(eg_order.desc8::text) AS desc8, max(timezone('PST8PDT'::text, eg_order.order_from)) AS order_from, max(timezone('PST8PDT'::text, eg_order.order_to)) AS order_to, sum( CASE WHEN eg_order_line.order_line_type <> 20 THEN eg_order_line.quantity ELSE 0::double precision END) AS hours, sum( CASE WHEN eg_order_line.order_line_type = 20 THEN eg_order_line.quantity ELSE 0::double precision END) AS mileage, sum(eg_order_line.amt_value) AS amount FROM eg_order LEFT JOIN eg_order_line USING (order_id) GROUP BY eg_order.order_id, eg_order.invoice_id; ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend