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1 | 1 | [[release-highlights-6.3.0]] |
2 | | -== 6.3.0 release highlights |
| 2 | +== 6.3.0 Release Highlights |
3 | 3 | ++++ |
4 | 4 | <titleabbrev>6.3.0</titleabbrev> |
5 | 5 | ++++ |
6 | 6 |
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7 | | -coming[6.3.0] |
| 7 | +Each release of {kib} brings new features and product improvements. Here are the |
| 8 | +highlights of the features that were added in 6.3 and how the user experience |
| 9 | +improved. |
8 | 10 |
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9 | | -See also <<breaking-changes>> and <<release-notes-6.3.0>>. |
| 11 | +Refer to the <<release-notes-6.3.0, {kib} 6.3 Release Notes>> for a list bug |
| 12 | +fixes and other changes. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +[float] |
| 15 | +=== License management and {xpack} code |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +Starting with version 6.3, all of the free {xpack} features, such as monitoring, |
| 18 | +CSV exports, Search Profiler, Grok Debugger, and dedicated APM UIs, |
| 19 | +ship with the default distribution of {kib}. When you install {kib}, it |
| 20 | +generates a Basic license with no expiration date. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +You can view the status of your license, update your license, or start a 30-day |
| 23 | +trial of https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions[Platinum features] in *Management |
| 24 | +> License Management*. The trial enables you to try out features such as security, |
| 25 | +machine learning, alerting, graph capabilities, and more. |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +At the end of the trial period, your license reverts to a Basic license. To |
| 28 | +continue using the Platinum features, you can purchase a |
| 29 | +https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions[subscription] and update your license. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +[role="screenshot"] |
| 32 | +image::images/management_basic_license.png[] |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +[float] |
| 35 | +=== Autocomplete in the query bar |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +{kib}'s experimental autocomplete and simple syntax features can help you |
| 38 | +create queries. To turn these features on, click *Options* on the right of the |
| 39 | +query bar and opt in. Once enabled, just start typing in the query bar, and |
| 40 | +you'll get suggestions for fields, values for keyword fields, and query operators. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +[role="screenshot"] |
| 43 | +image::images/query-bar-autocomplete.png[] |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +[float] |
| 47 | +=== Return to recently viewed content |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +{kib} now keeps track of your recently viewed items so that you can easily get |
| 50 | +back to them. Here's how: |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +* Your last five recently viewed items are listed at the top of the home page. |
| 53 | +A dropdown menu provides access to views further back in history. |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +* Your recently selected time ranges are listed in the Recent tab in the time |
| 56 | +picker. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +[float] |
| 60 | +=== Smaller grid dimensions for dashboards |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +{kib} 6.3 gives you more control over panel sizes when creating a dashboard. |
| 63 | +This gives you better control over the layout. Here are the changes: |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +* The grid height of the dashboard was decreased from 100 pixels to 20 pixels. |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +* The number of columns in the grid was increased from 12 to 48. |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +[float] |
| 71 | +=== Chained input controls |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +The <<controls, Controls visualization>> now enables you to chain dropdown menus. |
| 74 | +When chained, the value selected in the first menu filters the terms in the second |
| 75 | +menu. A chained menu is only enabled when its ancestor controls have values. |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +[float] |
| 78 | +=== Index Management UI |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +The new <<managing-indices,Index management>> UI enables you to view index |
| 81 | +settings, mappings, and statistics and perform management operations. These |
| 82 | +include refreshing, flushing, clearing the cache, merging segments, and closing |
| 83 | +or deleting indices. The UI provides a convenient way to perform bulk operations |
| 84 | +on multiple indices. |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +[role="screenshot"] |
| 87 | +image::images/management_index_bulk.png[Index Management UI] |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +[float] |
| 90 | +=== Interactive map support in Vega |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +You can now use <<vega-graph, Vega graphs>> to overlay a geographic data visualization |
| 93 | +on a map. To start a Vega visualization, open the Visualization application and |
| 94 | +click the *+* button. Scroll to the *Others* section and select *Vega*. |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +[float] |
| 97 | +=== Easily enable monitoring from the UI |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | +In 6.3, the first time you open {kib} monitoring, data collection is disabled, |
| 100 | +and you are prompted to turn it on. If you have permission to turn on data |
| 101 | +collection, and there is data in the cluster, {kib} displays the monitoring |
| 102 | +dashboards. If {kib} can't activate monitoring, you'll get a message with |
| 103 | +suggestions to try. |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +[float] |
| 106 | +=== Enhancements to the Console |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +The autocompletion feature in the Dev Tools Console is now expanded to use all |
| 109 | +{kib} and Basic {xpack} APIs. |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | +[float] |
| 112 | +=== APM Watcher Assistant |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +The new *Watcher assistant* UI enables you to easily generate watches that alert |
| 115 | +you to errors in your APM data. You can specify an error group occurrence threshold |
| 116 | +and a trigger schedule. At a fixed interval (minutes/hours/daily), you will get |
| 117 | +an email or slack notification if an error group has more than the specified |
| 118 | +number of occurrences. |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +[role="screenshot"] |
| 121 | +image::images/management_watcher_assistant.png[Index Management UI] |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | +[float] |
| 124 | +=== Job validation |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +There is now an option in the {ml} job creation wizards to validate your choices |
| 127 | +before you create the job. The wizards provide advice based on your settings and |
| 128 | +the characteristics of your data. For example, you might be advised to reconsider |
| 129 | +your bucket span or choice of influencers. By heeding these suggestions, you can |
| 130 | +create jobs that are more likely to produce insightful machine learning results. |
| 131 | +For more information, see <<job-tips>>. |
| 132 | + |
| 133 | +[float] |
| 134 | +=== Custom URL improvements |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | +The inclusion of custom URLs in your {ml} jobs enables users to follow links |
| 137 | +from the anomalies table in the *Anomaly Explorer* and the *Single Metric Viewer* |
| 138 | +to your URL of choice. For example, you could create a link to an operational |
| 139 | +dashboard that provides contextual information to help explain the anomaly. The |
| 140 | +custom URL can include targeted date ranges and optional query parameters as |
| 141 | +string substitutions. As a result, custom URLs have been challenging to create. |
| 142 | +In 6.3, when you edit your job in {kib}, there are new custom URL options to |
| 143 | +help you create a link to the *Discover* page, new controls for configuring the |
| 144 | +time range of the target page, and a button to test the URL. |
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