BEGIN; SET max_parallel_workers_per_gather=4; SET force_parallel_mode=on; CREATE TABLE parallel_test(i int, data ajbool) WITH (parallel_workers = 4); INSERT INTO parallel_test SELECT i, CASE i%3 WHEN 0 THEN 't' WHEN 1 THEN 'f' ELSE 'u' END::ajbool as data FROM generate_series(1,1e6) i; EXPLAIN (costs off,verbose) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM parallel_test WHERE data; EXPLAIN (costs off,verbose) SELECT data, COUNT(*) FROM parallel_test GROUP BY 1; ROLLBACK;