Docs: Remove the 'Factor' paragraph to reflect #6490

The current implementation of 'date_histogram' does not understand
the `factor` parameter. Since the docs shouldn't raise false hopes,
I removed the section.

Closes #7277
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Konrad Feldmeier 2014-08-14 11:58:36 +02:00 committed by Clinton Gormley
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@ -69,14 +69,6 @@ set `pre_zone_adjust_large_interval` to `true`, which will apply the same conver
example, to day and above intervals (it can be set regardless of the interval, but only kick in when using day and
higher intervals).
==== Factor
The date histogram works on numeric values (since time is stored in milliseconds since the epoch in UTC). But,
sometimes, systems will store a different resolution (like seconds since UTC) in a numeric field. The `factor`
parameter can be used to change the value in the field to milliseconds to actual do the relevant rounding, and then
be applied again to get to the original unit. For example, when storing in a numeric field seconds resolution, the
factor can be set to 1000.
==== Pre/Post Offset
Specific offsets can be provided for pre rounding and post rounding. The `pre_offset` for pre rounding, and