This field gives the number of index entries inserted into all index nodes. This number includes root, leaf, and duplicate entries within user- and system-defined indexes. This number is greater than the number of records being stored in the database because it usually takes one to two insertions into an index for each record for each index. The calculation of node insertions minus the sum of the root, leaf, and duplicate insertions yields the number of entries inserted into mid-level nodes. This number and the "root insertions" field indicate sorted balancing activity.