Symptoms
Assume that you use SQL Server 2017. When you delete an attribute which contains customer index from one entity, you may notice that the index records in "mdm.tblIndex" for the other entity will also be deleted if it has the same "SysIndex_ID".
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
Resolution
This issue is fixed in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:
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References
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