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[DOCS] 6.3.0 release highlights doc (#19634)
* [DOCS] 6.3.0 release highlights doc * [DOCS] Fixed typo * [DOCS] Updated images in highlights doc * [DOCS] Incorporated review comments * [DOCS] Updated text on autocomplete as per review comments * [DOCS] Adds ML items to Kibana 6.3.0 highlights * [DOCS] Clarifies custom URL highlight * [DOCS] Improved text for autocomplete
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[[release-highlights-6.3.0]]
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== 6.3.0 Release Highlights
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<titleabbrev>6.3.0</titleabbrev>
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Each release of {kib} brings new features and product improvements. Here are the
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highlights of the features that were added in 6.3 and how the user experience
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improved.
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Refer to the <<release-notes-6.3.0, {kib} 6.3 Release Notes>> for a list bug
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fixes and other changes.
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[float]
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=== License management and {xpack} code
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Starting with version 6.3, all of the free {xpack} features, such as monitoring,
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CSV exports, Search Profiler, Grok Debugger, and dedicated APM UIs,
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ship with the default distribution of {kib}. When you install {kib}, it
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generates a Basic license with no expiration date.
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You can view the status of your license, update your license, or start a 30-day
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trial of https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions[Platinum features] in *Management
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> License Management*. The trial enables you to try out features such as security,
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machine learning, alerting, graph capabilities, and more.
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At the end of the trial period, your license reverts to a Basic license. To
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continue using the Platinum features, you can purchase a
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https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions[subscription] and update your license.
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image::images/management_basic_license.png[]
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=== Autocomplete in the query bar
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{kib}'s experimental autocomplete and simple syntax features can help you
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create queries. To turn these features on, click *Options* on the right of the
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query bar and opt in. Once enabled, just start typing in the query bar, and
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you'll get suggestions for fields, values for keyword fields, and query operators.
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image::images/query-bar-autocomplete.png[]
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=== Return to recently viewed content
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{kib} now keeps track of your recently viewed items so that you can easily get
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back to them. Here's how:
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* Your last five recently viewed items are listed at the top of the home page.
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A dropdown menu provides access to views further back in history.
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* Your recently selected time ranges are listed in the Recent tab in the time
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picker.
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=== Smaller grid dimensions for dashboards
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{kib} 6.3 gives you more control over panel sizes when creating a dashboard.
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This gives you better control over the layout. Here are the changes:
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* The grid height of the dashboard was decreased from 100 pixels to 20 pixels.
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* The number of columns in the grid was increased from 12 to 48.
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=== Chained input controls
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The <<controls, Controls visualization>> now enables you to chain dropdown menus.
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When chained, the value selected in the first menu filters the terms in the second
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menu. A chained menu is only enabled when its ancestor controls have values.
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=== Index Management UI
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The new <<managing-indices,Index management>> UI enables you to view index
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settings, mappings, and statistics and perform management operations. These
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include refreshing, flushing, clearing the cache, merging segments, and closing
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or deleting indices. The UI provides a convenient way to perform bulk operations
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on multiple indices.
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image::images/management_index_bulk.png[Index Management UI]
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=== Interactive map support in Vega
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You can now use <<vega-graph, Vega graphs>> to overlay a geographic data visualization
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on a map. To start a Vega visualization, open the Visualization application and
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click the *+* button. Scroll to the *Others* section and select *Vega*.
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=== Easily enable monitoring from the UI
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In 6.3, the first time you open {kib} monitoring, data collection is disabled,
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and you are prompted to turn it on. If you have permission to turn on data
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collection, and there is data in the cluster, {kib} displays the monitoring
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dashboards. If {kib} can't activate monitoring, you'll get a message with
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suggestions to try.
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=== Enhancements to the Console
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The autocompletion feature in the Dev Tools Console is now expanded to use all
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{kib} and Basic {xpack} APIs.
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=== APM Watcher Assistant
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The new *Watcher assistant* UI enables you to easily generate watches that alert
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you to errors in your APM data. You can specify an error group occurrence threshold
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and a trigger schedule. At a fixed interval (minutes/hours/daily), you will get
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an email or slack notification if an error group has more than the specified
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number of occurrences.
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image::images/management_watcher_assistant.png[Index Management UI]
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=== Job validation
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There is now an option in the {ml} job creation wizards to validate your choices
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before you create the job. The wizards provide advice based on your settings and
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the characteristics of your data. For example, you might be advised to reconsider
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your bucket span or choice of influencers. By heeding these suggestions, you can
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create jobs that are more likely to produce insightful machine learning results.
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For more information, see <<job-tips>>.
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=== Custom URL improvements
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The inclusion of custom URLs in your {ml} jobs enables users to follow links
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from the anomalies table in the *Anomaly Explorer* and the *Single Metric Viewer*
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to your URL of choice. For example, you could create a link to an operational
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dashboard that provides contextual information to help explain the anomaly. The
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custom URL can include targeted date ranges and optional query parameters as
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string substitutions. As a result, custom URLs have been challenging to create.
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In 6.3, when you edit your job in {kib}, there are new custom URL options to
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help you create a link to the *Discover* page, new controls for configuring the
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time range of the target page, and a button to test the URL.

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