From 3a9bf339935eb644a61a005cea6593a3a3efe0aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Rodewig <40268737+jrodewig@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 16:19:47 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Remove metrics sidebar in `_source` docs (#60777) (#60786) --- .../mapping/fields/source-field.asciidoc | 15 --------------- 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/mapping/fields/source-field.asciidoc b/docs/reference/mapping/fields/source-field.asciidoc index f677986fccc..43b1fc3b1e4 100644 --- a/docs/reference/mapping/fields/source-field.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/mapping/fields/source-field.asciidoc @@ -51,21 +51,6 @@ and <> APIs. TIP: If disk space is a concern, rather increase the <> instead of disabling the `_source`. -.The metrics use case -************************************************** - -The _metrics_ use case is distinct from other time-based or logging use cases -in that there are many small documents which consist only of numbers, dates, -or keywords. There are no updates, no highlighting requests, and the data -ages quickly so there is no need to reindex. Search requests typically use -simple queries to filter the dataset by date or tags, and the results are -returned as aggregations. - -In this case, disabling the `_source` field will save space and reduce I/O. - -************************************************** - - [[include-exclude]] ==== Including / Excluding fields from `_source`