diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsComponent.tsx
index 4aca3ce6b..558beceec 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsComponent.tsx
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ export class SettingsComponent extends React.Component<SettingsComponentProps, S
   private shouldShowComputedPropertiesEditor: boolean;
   private shouldShowIndexingPolicyEditor: boolean;
   private shouldShowPartitionKeyEditor: boolean;
-  private isGlobalSecondaryIndex: boolean;
+  private isGlobalSecondaryIndexSource: boolean;
+  private isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget: boolean;
   private isVectorSearchEnabled: boolean;
   private isFullTextSearchEnabled: boolean;
   private totalThroughputUsed: number;
@@ -197,8 +198,8 @@ export class SettingsComponent extends React.Component<SettingsComponentProps, S
       this.shouldShowComputedPropertiesEditor = userContext.apiType === "SQL";
       this.shouldShowIndexingPolicyEditor = userContext.apiType !== "Cassandra" && userContext.apiType !== "Mongo";
       this.shouldShowPartitionKeyEditor = userContext.apiType === "SQL" && isRunningOnPublicCloud();
-      this.isGlobalSecondaryIndex =
-        !!this.collection?.materializedViewDefinition() || !!this.collection?.materializedViews();
+      this.isGlobalSecondaryIndexSource = !!this.collection?.materializedViews();
+      this.isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget = !!this.collection?.materializedViewDefinition();
       this.isVectorSearchEnabled = isVectorSearchEnabled() && !hasDatabaseSharedThroughput(this.collection);
       this.isFullTextSearchEnabled = userContext.apiType === "SQL";
 
@@ -1287,7 +1288,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent extends React.Component<SettingsComponentProps, S
       collection: this.collection,
       database: this.database,
       isFixedContainer: this.isFixedContainer,
-      isGlobalSecondaryIndex: this.isGlobalSecondaryIndex,
+      isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget: this.isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget,
       onThroughputChange: this.onThroughputChange,
       throughput: this.state.throughput,
       throughputBaseline: this.state.throughputBaseline,
@@ -1356,7 +1357,6 @@ export class SettingsComponent extends React.Component<SettingsComponentProps, S
       isFullTextSearchEnabled: this.isFullTextSearchEnabled,
       shouldDiscardContainerPolicies: this.state.shouldDiscardContainerPolicies,
       resetShouldDiscardContainerPolicyChange: this.resetShouldDiscardContainerPolicies,
-      isGlobalSecondaryIndex: this.isGlobalSecondaryIndex,
     };
 
     const indexingPolicyComponentProps: IndexingPolicyComponentProps = {
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent extends React.Component<SettingsComponentProps, S
       });
     }
 
-    if (this.isGlobalSecondaryIndex) {
+    if (this.isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget || this.isGlobalSecondaryIndexSource) {
       tabs.push({
         tab: SettingsV2TabTypes.GlobalSecondaryIndexTab,
         content: <GlobalSecondaryIndexComponent {...globalSecondaryIndexComponentProps} />,
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ContainerPolicyComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ContainerPolicyComponent.tsx
index f3f964060..138b3137d 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ContainerPolicyComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ContainerPolicyComponent.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export interface ContainerPolicyComponentProps {
   isFullTextSearchEnabled: boolean;
   shouldDiscardContainerPolicies: boolean;
   resetShouldDiscardContainerPolicyChange: () => void;
-  isGlobalSecondaryIndex?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const ContainerPolicyComponent: React.FC<ContainerPolicyComponentProps> = ({
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ScaleComponent.test.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ScaleComponent.test.tsx
index e54f1459c..b3f36cbc6 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ScaleComponent.test.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ScaleComponent.test.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe("ScaleComponent", () => {
     collection: collection,
     database: undefined,
     isFixedContainer: false,
-    isGlobalSecondaryIndex: false,
+    isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget: false,
     onThroughputChange: () => {
       return;
     },
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ScaleComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ScaleComponent.tsx
index 1a0aed184..fefa37dbb 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ScaleComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ScaleComponent.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export interface ScaleComponentProps {
   collection: ViewModels.Collection;
   database: ViewModels.Database;
   isFixedContainer: boolean;
-  isGlobalSecondaryIndex: boolean;
+  isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget: boolean;
   onThroughputChange: (newThroughput: number) => void;
   throughput: number;
   throughputBaseline: number;
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export class ScaleComponent extends React.Component<ScaleComponentProps> {
       throughputError={this.props.throughputError}
       instantMaximumThroughput={this.offer?.instantMaximumThroughput}
       softAllowedMaximumThroughput={this.offer?.softAllowedMaximumThroughput}
-      isGlobalSecondaryIndex={this.props.isGlobalSecondaryIndex}
+      isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget={this.props.isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget}
     />
   );
 
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ThroughputInputComponents/ThroughputInputAutoPilotV3Component.test.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ThroughputInputComponents/ThroughputInputAutoPilotV3Component.test.tsx
index a02d907b3..ced333abb 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ThroughputInputComponents/ThroughputInputAutoPilotV3Component.test.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ThroughputInputComponents/ThroughputInputAutoPilotV3Component.test.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe("ThroughputInputAutoPilotV3Component", () => {
     },
     instantMaximumThroughput: 5000,
     softAllowedMaximumThroughput: 1000000,
-    isGlobalSecondaryIndex: false,
+    isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget: false,
   };
 
   it("throughput input visible", () => {
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ThroughputInputComponents/ThroughputInputAutoPilotV3Component.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ThroughputInputComponents/ThroughputInputAutoPilotV3Component.tsx
index 816c05299..31cfa48e3 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ThroughputInputComponents/ThroughputInputAutoPilotV3Component.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/ThroughputInputComponents/ThroughputInputAutoPilotV3Component.tsx
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export interface ThroughputInputAutoPilotV3Props {
   throughputError?: string;
   instantMaximumThroughput: number;
   softAllowedMaximumThroughput: number;
-  isGlobalSecondaryIndex: boolean;
+  isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget: boolean;
 }
 
 interface ThroughputInputAutoPilotV3State {
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ export class ThroughputInputAutoPilotV3Component extends React.Component<
             toolTipElement={getToolTipContainer(this.props.infoBubbleText)}
           />
         </Label>
-        {!this.props.isGlobalSecondaryIndex && (
+        {!this.props.isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget && (
           <>
             {this.overrideWithProvisionedThroughputSettings() && (
               <MessageBar
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
index dd1d8153b..41e126a53 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
             }
             isAutoPilotSelected={false}
             isFixedContainer={false}
-            isGlobalSecondaryIndex={true}
+            isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget={true}
             onAutoPilotSelected={[Function]}
             onMaxAutoPilotThroughputChange={[Function]}
             onScaleDiscardableChange={[Function]}
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
             fullTextPolicy={{}}
             fullTextPolicyBaseline={{}}
             isFullTextSearchEnabled={true}
-            isGlobalSecondaryIndex={true}
             isVectorSearchEnabled={false}
             onFullTextPolicyChange={[Function]}
             onFullTextPolicyDirtyChange={[Function]}
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/ThroughputInput/ThroughputInput.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/ThroughputInput/ThroughputInput.tsx
index 6d71eb9c2..65a407798 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/ThroughputInput/ThroughputInput.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/ThroughputInput/ThroughputInput.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export interface ThroughputInputProps {
   isFreeTier: boolean;
   showFreeTierExceedThroughputTooltip: boolean;
   isQuickstart?: boolean;
-  isGlobalSecondaryIndex?: boolean;
+  isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget?: boolean;
   setThroughputValue: (throughput: number) => void;
   setIsAutoscale: (isAutoscale: boolean) => void;
   setIsThroughputCapExceeded: (isThroughputCapExceeded: boolean) => void;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const ThroughputInput: FunctionComponent<ThroughputInputProps> = ({
   isFreeTier,
   showFreeTierExceedThroughputTooltip,
   isQuickstart,
-  isGlobalSecondaryIndex,
+  isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget,
   setThroughputValue,
   setIsAutoscale,
   setIsThroughputCapExceeded,
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export const ThroughputInput: FunctionComponent<ThroughputInputProps> = ({
         </Text>
         <InfoTooltip>{PricingUtils.getRuToolTipText()}</InfoTooltip>
       </Stack>
-      {!isGlobalSecondaryIndex && (
+      {!isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget && (
         <Stack horizontal verticalAlign="center">
           <div role="radiogroup">
             <input
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent.tsx
index 88a6f021b..cce26189d 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export interface IVectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponentProps {
   vectorIndexes?: VectorIndex[];
   discardChanges?: boolean;
   onChangesDiscarded?: () => void;
-  isGlobalSecondaryIndex?: boolean;
+  isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface VectorEmbeddingPolicyData {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export const VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent: FunctionComponent<IVectorEmbeddin
   onVectorEmbeddingChange,
   discardChanges,
   onChangesDiscarded,
-  isGlobalSecondaryIndex,
+  isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget,
 }): JSX.Element => {
   const isExistingPolicy = (policy: VectorEmbeddingPolicyData): boolean => {
     if (!vectorEmbeddingsBaseline || vectorEmbeddingsBaseline.length === 0) {
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ export const VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent: FunctionComponent<IVectorEmbeddin
   };
 
   const getQuantizationByteSizeTooltipContent = (): string => {
-    const containerName = isGlobalSecondaryIndex
+    const containerName = isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget
       ? t(Keys.controls.vectorEmbeddingPolicies.quantizationByteSizeTooltipGlobalSecondaryIndexName)
       : t(Keys.controls.vectorEmbeddingPolicies.quantizationByteSizeTooltipContainerName);
     return t(Keys.controls.vectorEmbeddingPolicies.quantizationByteSizeTooltip, { containerName });
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel.tsx b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel.tsx
index f353f4f6a..d66f56ba0 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel.tsx
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ export const AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel = (props: AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel
       });
 
       database.collections().forEach((collection: Collection) => {
-        const isGlobalSecondaryIndex: boolean = !!collection.materializedViewDefinition();
+        const isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget: boolean = !!collection.materializedViewDefinition();
         sourceContainerOptions.push({
           key: collection.rid,
           text: collection.id(),
-          disabled: isGlobalSecondaryIndex,
-          ...(isGlobalSecondaryIndex && {
+          disabled: isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget,
+          ...(isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget && {
             title: "This is a global secondary index.",
           }),
           data: collection,
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ export const AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel = (props: AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel
                 setVectorIndexingPolicy,
                 vectorPolicyValidated,
                 setVectorPolicyValidated,
-                isGlobalSecondaryIndex: true,
+                isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget: true,
               }}
             />
           )}
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/Components/ThroughputComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/Components/ThroughputComponent.tsx
index d4f9934bc..9cb698954 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/Components/ThroughputComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/Components/ThroughputComponent.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const ThroughputComponent = (props: ThroughputComponentProps): JSX.Elemen
           isSharded={true}
           isFreeTier={isFreeTierAccount()}
           isQuickstart={false}
-          isGlobalSecondaryIndex={true}
+          isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget={true}
           setThroughputValue={(throughput: number) => {
             globalSecondaryIndexThroughputOnChange(throughput);
           }}
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/Components/VectorSearchComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/Components/VectorSearchComponent.tsx
index 7e35f211e..e3021c034 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/Components/VectorSearchComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/Components/VectorSearchComponent.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface VectorSearchComponentProps {
   vectorIndexingPolicy: VectorIndex[];
   setVectorIndexingPolicy: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<VectorIndex[]>>;
   setVectorPolicyValidated: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>;
-  isGlobalSecondaryIndex?: boolean;
+  isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const VectorSearchComponent = (props: VectorSearchComponentProps): JSX.Element => {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const VectorSearchComponent = (props: VectorSearchComponentProps): JSX.El
     vectorIndexingPolicy,
     setVectorIndexingPolicy,
     setVectorPolicyValidated,
-    isGlobalSecondaryIndex,
+    isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget,
   } = props;
 
   return (
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export const VectorSearchComponent = (props: VectorSearchComponentProps): JSX.El
                 setVectorIndexingPolicy(vectorIndexingPolicy);
                 setVectorPolicyValidated(vectorPolicyValidated);
               }}
-              isGlobalSecondaryIndex={isGlobalSecondaryIndex}
+              isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget={isGlobalSecondaryIndexTarget}
             />
           </Stack>
         </Stack>