How to use DB indexes with Datatables and yajra/laravel-datatables

So far when I try column filtering I'm able to use LIKE or REGEXP but nether of them are using table indexes, which is a great concern given the amount of data I need to filter.

Is there a way to get an exact match using indexes? (DB indexes)

I'm using: http://ift.tt/1GoqM6J v6.11.3 and https://datatables.net v1.10.10

via Chebli Mohamed