diff --git a/v4/export/dump.go b/v4/export/dump.go
index c2f2bcd1..6b70ed62 100755
--- a/v4/export/dump.go
+++ b/v4/export/dump.go
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ func (d *Dumper) concurrentDumpTable(tctx *tcontext.Context, conn *sql.Conn, met
 		return err
 	}
 
-	field, err := pickupPossibleField(db, tbl, conn, conf)
+	field, err := pickupPossibleField(meta, conn, conf)
 	if err != nil || field == "" {
 		// skip split chunk logic if not found proper field
 		tctx.L().Warn("fallback to sequential dump due to no proper field",
diff --git a/v4/export/sql.go b/v4/export/sql.go
index 586c5842..6cb88f9a 100644
--- a/v4/export/sql.go
+++ b/v4/export/sql.go
@@ -363,28 +363,34 @@ func GetPrimaryKeyColumns(db *sql.Conn, database, table string) ([]string, error
 	return cols, nil
 }
 
-// GetPrimaryKeyName try to get a numeric primary index
-func GetPrimaryKeyName(db *sql.Conn, database, table string) (string, error) {
-	return getNumericIndex(db, database, table, "PRI")
-}
-
-// GetUniqueIndexName try to get a numeric unique index
-func GetUniqueIndexName(db *sql.Conn, database, table string) (string, error) {
-	return getNumericIndex(db, database, table, "UNI")
-}
-
-func getNumericIndex(db *sql.Conn, database, table, indexType string) (string, error) {
-	keyQuery := "SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns " +
-		"WHERE table_schema = ? AND table_name = ? AND column_key = ? AND data_type IN ('int', 'bigint');"
-	var colName string
-	row := db.QueryRowContext(context.Background(), keyQuery, database, table, indexType)
-	err := row.Scan(&colName)
-	if errors.Cause(err) == sql.ErrNoRows {
-		return "", nil
-	} else if err != nil {
-		return "", errors.Annotatef(err, "sql: %s, indexType: %s", keyQuery, indexType)
+func getNumericIndex(db *sql.Conn, meta TableMeta) (string, error) {
+	database, table := meta.DatabaseName(), meta.TableName()
+	colNames, colTypes := meta.ColumnNames(), meta.ColumnTypes()
+	colName2Type := make(map[string]string, len(colNames))
+	for i := range colNames {
+		colName2Type[colNames[i]] = colTypes[i]
+	}
+	keyQuery := fmt.Sprintf("SHOW INDEX FROM `%s`.`%s`", escapeString(database), escapeString(table))
+	rows, err := db.QueryContext(context.Background(), keyQuery)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Annotatef(err, "sql: %s", keyQuery)
+	}
+	results, err := GetSpecifiedColumnValuesAndClose(rows, "NON_UNIQUE", "KEY_NAME", "COLUMN_NAME")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Annotatef(err, "sql: %s", keyQuery)
+	}
+	uniqueColumnName := ""
+	// check primary key first, then unique key
+	for _, oneRow := range results {
+		var ok bool
+		if _, ok = dataTypeNum[colName2Type[oneRow[2]]]; ok && oneRow[1] == "PRIMARY" {
+			return oneRow[2], nil
+		}
+		if uniqueColumnName != "" && oneRow[0] == "0" && ok {
+			uniqueColumnName = oneRow[2]
+		}
 	}
-	return colName, nil
+	return uniqueColumnName, nil
 }
 
 // FlushTableWithReadLock flush tables with read lock
@@ -465,6 +471,51 @@ func GetSpecifiedColumnValueAndClose(rows *sql.Rows, columnName string) ([]strin
 	return strs, errors.Trace(rows.Err())
 }
 
+// GetSpecifiedColumnValuesAndClose get columns' values whose name is equal to columnName
+func GetSpecifiedColumnValuesAndClose(rows *sql.Rows, columnName ...string) ([][]string, error) {
+	if rows == nil {
+		return [][]string{}, nil
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var strs [][]string
+	columns, err := rows.Columns()
+	if err != nil {
+		return strs, errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+	addr := make([]interface{}, len(columns))
+	oneRow := make([]sql.NullString, len(columns))
+	fieldIndexMp := make(map[int]int)
+	for i, col := range columns {
+		addr[i] = &oneRow[i]
+		for j, name := range columnName {
+			if strings.ToUpper(col) == name {
+				fieldIndexMp[i] = j
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if len(fieldIndexMp) == 0 {
+		return strs, nil
+	}
+	for rows.Next() {
+		err := rows.Scan(addr...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return strs, errors.Trace(err)
+		}
+		written := false
+		tmpStr := make([]string, len(columnName))
+		for colPos, namePos := range fieldIndexMp {
+			if oneRow[colPos].Valid {
+				written = true
+				tmpStr[namePos] = oneRow[colPos].String
+			}
+		}
+		if written {
+			strs = append(strs, tmpStr)
+		}
+	}
+	return strs, errors.Trace(rows.Err())
+}
+
 // GetPdAddrs gets PD address from TiDB
 func GetPdAddrs(tctx *tcontext.Context, db *sql.DB) ([]string, error) {
 	query := "SELECT * FROM information_schema.cluster_info where type = 'pd';"
@@ -822,7 +873,8 @@ func simpleQueryWithArgs(conn *sql.Conn, handleOneRow func(*sql.Rows) error, sql
 	return errors.Annotatef(rows.Err(), "sql: %s", sql)
 }
 
-func pickupPossibleField(dbName, tableName string, db *sql.Conn, conf *Config) (string, error) {
+func pickupPossibleField(meta TableMeta, db *sql.Conn, conf *Config) (string, error) {
+	dbName, tableName := meta.DatabaseName(), meta.TableName()
 	// If detected server is TiDB, try using _tidb_rowid
 	if conf.ServerInfo.ServerType == ServerTypeTiDB {
 		ok, err := SelectTiDBRowID(db, dbName, tableName)
@@ -834,17 +886,10 @@ func pickupPossibleField(dbName, tableName string, db *sql.Conn, conf *Config) (
 		}
 	}
 	// try to use pk
-	fieldName, err := GetPrimaryKeyName(db, dbName, tableName)
+	fieldName, err := getNumericIndex(db, meta)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	// try to use first uniqueIndex
-	if fieldName == "" {
-		fieldName, err = GetUniqueIndexName(db, dbName, tableName)
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
-	}
 
 	// if fieldName == "", there is no proper index
 	return fieldName, nil
diff --git a/v4/export/status.go b/v4/export/status.go
index 909469c0..608b553c 100644
--- a/v4/export/status.go
+++ b/v4/export/status.go
@@ -67,12 +67,7 @@ func (d *Dumper) getEstimateTotalRowsCount(tctx *tcontext.Context, conn *sql.Con
 	for db, tables := range conf.Tables {
 		for _, m := range tables {
 			if m.Type == TableTypeBase {
-				// get pk or uk for explain
-				field, err := pickupPossibleField(db, m.Name, conn, conf)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				c := estimateCount(tctx, db, m.Name, conn, field, conf)
+				c := estimateCount(tctx, db, m.Name, conn, "", conf)
 				totalCount += c
 			}
 		}