From 0998c875d6402816b15904f92ceab23d093fe638 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lisa Cawley Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:08:15 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Added forecast limitations (elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch#3503) Original commit: elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch@b4aae8f4db5c77b4942f5dbb6f82261e012699b0 --- docs/en/ml/limitations.asciidoc | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/en/ml/limitations.asciidoc b/docs/en/ml/limitations.asciidoc index 9a68ce026a2..1d8eda58bdf 100644 --- a/docs/en/ml/limitations.asciidoc +++ b/docs/en/ml/limitations.asciidoc @@ -171,3 +171,24 @@ associated with the original roles. A way to update the roles stored within the {dfeed} without changing any other settings is to submit an empty JSON document (`{}`) to the {ref}/ml-update-datafeed.html[update {dfeed} API]. + +[float] +=== Forecasts cannot be created for population jobs + +If you use an `over_field_name` property in your job (that is to say, it's a +_population job_), you cannot create a forecast. If you try to create a forecast +for this type of job, an error occurs. For more information about forecasts, +see <>. + +[float] +=== Forecasts cannot be created for jobs that use geographic, rare, or time functions + +If you use any of the following analytical functions in your job, you cannot +create a forecast: + +* `lat_long` +* `rare` and `freq_rare` +* `time_of_day` and `time_of_week` + +If you try to create a forecast for this type of job, an error occurs. For more +information about any of these functions, see <>.