You have to add the noexpand hint to the query to use the view's index. The noexpand hint forces the optimizer to use the views data instead of the underlying tables and indexes. You have to remember that the optimizer is still cost efficient and sometimes it thinks the using the underlying data is cheaper than using the view data, which may be true in certain cases. Anyway you must use the noexpand hint to make the optimizer look at the view and its indexes only. On the flip side, you can use the expand hint to make the optimizer expand the view.