Add data frame feature (#38934) (#39029)

The data frame plugin allows users to create feature indexes by pivoting a source index. In a
nutshell this can be understood as reindex supporting aggregations or similar to the so called entity
centric indexing.

Full history is provided in: feature/data-frame-transforms

client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/IndicesClientIT.java

@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ public class IndicesClientIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
         assertTrue(template2.mappings().containsKey("custom_doc_type"));
 
         List<String> names = randomBoolean()
-            ? Arrays.asList("*-1", "template-2")
+            ? Arrays.asList("*plate-1", "template-2")
             : Arrays.asList("template-*");
         GetIndexTemplatesRequest getBothRequest = new GetIndexTemplatesRequest(names);
         org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.get.GetIndexTemplatesResponse getBoth = execute(
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ public class IndicesClientIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
 
 
         List<String> names = randomBoolean()
-            ? Arrays.asList("*-1", "template-2")
+            ? Arrays.asList("*plate-1", "template-2")
             : Arrays.asList("template-*");
         GetIndexTemplatesRequest getBothRequest = new GetIndexTemplatesRequest(names);
         GetIndexTemplatesResponse getBoth = execute(
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ public class IndicesClientIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
 
         {
             final List<String> templateNames = randomBoolean()
-                ? Arrays.asList("*-1", "template-2")
+                ? Arrays.asList("*plate-1", "template-2")
                 : Arrays.asList("template-*");
 
             final IndexTemplatesExistRequest bothRequest = new IndexTemplatesExistRequest(templateNames);

docs/reference/rest-api/info.asciidoc

@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ Example response:
         "available" : true,
         "enabled" : true
       },
+      "data_frame" : {
+          "description" : "Data Frame for the Elastic Stack",
+          "available" : true,
+          "enabled" : true
+      },
       "graph" : {
          "description" : "Graph Data Exploration for the Elastic Stack",
          "available" : true,

x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/XPackLicenseState.java

@@ -553,6 +553,15 @@ public class XPackLicenseState {
         return isPlatinumOrTrialOperationMode(operationMode);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Data Frame is always available as long as there is a valid license
+     *
+     * @return true if the license is active
+     */
+    public synchronized boolean isDataFrameAllowed() {
+        return status.active;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Rollup is always available as long as there is a valid license
      *

x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ClientHelper.java

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public final class ClientHelper {
     public static final String DEPRECATION_ORIGIN = "deprecation";
     public static final String PERSISTENT_TASK_ORIGIN = "persistent_tasks";
     public static final String ROLLUP_ORIGIN = "rollup";
+    public static final String DATA_FRAME_ORIGIN = "data_frame";
 
     private ClientHelper() {}
 

x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackClientPlugin.java

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.action.XPackUsageAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.beats.BeatsFeatureSetUsage;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ccr.AutoFollowMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ccr.CCRFeatureSet;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameFeatureSetUsage;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.deprecation.DeprecationInfoAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.graph.GraphFeatureSetUsage;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.graph.action.GraphExploreAction;
@@ -439,8 +440,9 @@ public class XPackClientPlugin extends Plugin implements ActionPlugin, NetworkPl
                 new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(LifecycleAction.class, DeleteAction.NAME, DeleteAction::new),
                 new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(LifecycleAction.class, FreezeAction.NAME, FreezeAction::new),
                 new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(LifecycleAction.class, SetPriorityAction.NAME, SetPriorityAction::new),
-                new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(LifecycleAction.class, UnfollowAction.NAME, UnfollowAction::new)
-        );
+                new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(LifecycleAction.class, UnfollowAction.NAME, UnfollowAction::new),
+                // Data Frame
+                new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(XPackFeatureSet.Usage.class, XPackField.DATA_FRAME, DataFrameFeatureSetUsage::new));
     }
 
     @Override

x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackField.java

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public final class XPackField {
     public static final String INDEX_LIFECYCLE = "ilm";
     /** Name constant for the CCR feature. */
     public static final String CCR = "ccr";
+    /** Name constant for the data frame feature. */
+    public static final String DATA_FRAME = "data_frame";
 
     private XPackField() {}
 

x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackSettings.java

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ public class XPackSettings {
      */
     public static final Setting<Boolean> CCR_ENABLED_SETTING = Setting.boolSetting("xpack.ccr.enabled", true, Property.NodeScope);
 
+    /** Setting for enabling or disabling data frame. Defaults to true. */
+    public static final Setting<Boolean> DATA_FRAME_ENABLED = Setting.boolSetting("xpack.data_frame.enabled", true,
+            Setting.Property.NodeScope);
+
     /** Setting for enabling or disabling security. Defaults to true. */
     public static final Setting<Boolean> SECURITY_ENABLED = Setting.boolSetting("xpack.security.enabled", true, Setting.Property.NodeScope);
 
@@ -209,6 +213,7 @@ public class XPackSettings {
         settings.add(ROLLUP_ENABLED);
         settings.add(PASSWORD_HASHING_ALGORITHM);
         settings.add(INDEX_LIFECYCLE_ENABLED);
+        settings.add(DATA_FRAME_ENABLED);
         return Collections.unmodifiableList(settings);
     }
 

x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/DataFrameFeatureSetUsage.java

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackFeatureSet.Usage;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameIndexerTransformStats;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class DataFrameFeatureSetUsage extends Usage {
+
+    private final Map<String, Long> transformCountByState;
+    private final DataFrameIndexerTransformStats accumulatedStats;
+
+    public DataFrameFeatureSetUsage(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        this.transformCountByState = in.readMap(StreamInput::readString, StreamInput::readLong);
+        this.accumulatedStats = new DataFrameIndexerTransformStats(in);
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameFeatureSetUsage(boolean available, boolean enabled, Map<String, Long> transformCountByState,
+            DataFrameIndexerTransformStats accumulatedStats) {
+        super(XPackField.DATA_FRAME, available, enabled);
+        this.transformCountByState = Objects.requireNonNull(transformCountByState);
+        this.accumulatedStats = Objects.requireNonNull(accumulatedStats);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        super.writeTo(out);
+        out.writeMap(transformCountByState, StreamOutput::writeString, StreamOutput::writeLong);
+        accumulatedStats.writeTo(out);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void innerXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        super.innerXContent(builder, params);
+        if (transformCountByState.isEmpty() == false) {
+            builder.startObject(DataFrameField.TRANSFORMS.getPreferredName());
+            long all = 0L;
+            for (Entry<String, Long> entry : transformCountByState.entrySet()) {
+                builder.field(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+                all+=entry.getValue();
+            }
+            builder.field(MetaData.ALL, all);
+            builder.endObject();
+
+            // if there are no transforms, do not show any stats
+            builder.field(DataFrameField.STATS_FIELD.getPreferredName(), accumulatedStats);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(enabled, available, transformCountByState, accumulatedStats);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (obj == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        DataFrameFeatureSetUsage other = (DataFrameFeatureSetUsage) obj;
+        return Objects.equals(name, other.name) && available == other.available && enabled == other.enabled
+                && Objects.equals(transformCountByState, other.transformCountByState)
+                && Objects.equals(accumulatedStats, other.accumulatedStats);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/DataFrameField.java

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+
+/*
+ * Utility class to hold common fields and strings for data frame.
+ */
+public final class DataFrameField {
+
+    // common parse fields
+    public static final ParseField AGGREGATIONS = new ParseField("aggregations");
+    public static final ParseField AGGS = new ParseField("aggs");
+    public static final ParseField ID = new ParseField("id");
+    public static final ParseField TRANSFORMS = new ParseField("transforms");
+    public static final ParseField COUNT = new ParseField("count");
+    public static final ParseField GROUP_BY = new ParseField("group_by");
+    public static final ParseField TIMEOUT = new ParseField("timeout");
+    public static final ParseField WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION = new ParseField("wait_for_completion");
+    public static final ParseField STATS_FIELD = new ParseField("stats");
+
+    // common strings
+    public static final String TASK_NAME = "data_frame/transforms";
+    public static final String REST_BASE_PATH = "/_data_frame/";
+    public static final String REST_BASE_PATH_TRANSFORMS_BY_ID = REST_BASE_PATH + "transforms/{id}/";
+
+    // note: this is used to match tasks
+    public static final String PERSISTENT_TASK_DESCRIPTION_PREFIX = "data_frame_";
+
+    // strings for meta information
+    public static final String META_FIELDNAME = "_data_frame";
+    public static final String CREATION_DATE_MILLIS = "creation_date_in_millis";
+    public static final String VERSION = "version";
+    public static final String CREATED = "created";
+    public static final String CREATED_BY = "created_by";
+    public static final String TRANSFORM = "transform";
+    public static final String DATA_FRAME_SIGNATURE = "data-frame-transform";
+
+    private DataFrameField() {
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/DataFrameMessages.java

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe;
+
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+public class DataFrameMessages {
+
+    public static final String REST_STOP_TRANSFORM_WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION_TIMEOUT =
+            "Timed out after [{0}] while waiting for data frame transform [{1}] to stop";
+    public static final String REST_STOP_TRANSFORM_WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION_INTERRUPT =
+            "Interrupted while waiting for data frame transform [{0}] to stop";
+    public static final String REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_EXISTS = "Transform with id [{0}] already exists";
+    public static final String REST_DATA_FRAME_UNKNOWN_TRANSFORM = "Transform with id [{0}] could not be found";
+    public static final String REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_FAILED_TO_VALIDATE_DATA_FRAME_CONFIGURATION =
+            "Failed to validate data frame configuration";
+    public static final String REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_FAILED_PERSIST_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION = "Failed to persist data frame configuration";
+    public static final String REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_FAILED_TO_DEDUCE_TARGET_MAPPINGS = "Failed to deduce target mappings";
+    public static final String REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_FAILED_TO_CREATE_TARGET_INDEX = "Failed to create target index";
+    public static final String REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_FAILED_TO_START_PERSISTENT_TASK =
+            "Failed to start persistent task, configuration has been cleaned up: [{0}]";
+    public static final String REST_DATA_FRAME_FAILED_TO_SERIALIZE_TRANSFORM = "Failed to serialise transform [{0}]";
+
+    public static final String FAILED_TO_CREATE_DESTINATION_INDEX = "Could not create destination index [{0}] for transform[{1}]";
+    public static final String FAILED_TO_LOAD_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION =
+            "Failed to load data frame transform configuration for transform [{0}]";
+    public static final String FAILED_TO_PARSE_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION =
+            "Failed to parse transform configuration for data frame transform [{0}]";
+    public static final String DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_NO_TRANSFORM =
+            "Data frame transform configuration must specify exactly 1 function";
+    public static final String DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_PIVOT_NO_GROUP_BY =
+            "Data frame pivot transform configuration must specify at least 1 group_by";
+    public static final String DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_PIVOT_NO_AGGREGATION =
+            "Data frame pivot transform configuration must specify at least 1 aggregation";
+    public static final String DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_PIVOT_FAILED_TO_CREATE_COMPOSITE_AGGREGATION =
+            "Failed to create composite aggregation from pivot function";
+    public static final String DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_INVALID =
+            "Data frame transform configuration [{0}] has invalid elements";
+
+    public static final String LOG_DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_BAD_QUERY =
+            "Failed to parse query for data frame transform";
+    public static final String LOG_DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_BAD_GROUP_BY =
+            "Failed to parse group_by for data frame pivot transform";
+    public static final String LOG_DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_BAD_AGGREGATION =
+            "Failed to parse aggregation for data frame pivot transform";
+
+    private DataFrameMessages() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the message parameter
+     *
+     * @param message Should be one of the statics defined in this class
+     */
+    public static String getMessage(String message) {
+        return message;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Format the message with the supplied arguments
+     *
+     * @param message Should be one of the statics defined in this class
+     * @param args MessageFormat arguments. See {@linkplain MessageFormat#format(Object)}]
+     */
+    public static String getMessage(String message, Object... args) {
+        return new MessageFormat(message, Locale.ROOT).format(args);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/transform/DataFrameIndexerTransformStats.java

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexing.IndexerJobStats;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser.constructorArg;
+
+public class DataFrameIndexerTransformStats extends IndexerJobStats {
+    private static ParseField NUM_PAGES = new ParseField("pages_processed");
+    private static ParseField NUM_INPUT_DOCUMENTS = new ParseField("documents_processed");
+    private static ParseField NUM_OUTPUT_DOCUMENTS = new ParseField("documents_indexed");
+    private static ParseField NUM_INVOCATIONS = new ParseField("trigger_count");
+    private static ParseField INDEX_TIME_IN_MS = new ParseField("index_time_in_ms");
+    private static ParseField SEARCH_TIME_IN_MS = new ParseField("search_time_in_ms");
+    private static ParseField INDEX_TOTAL = new ParseField("index_total");
+    private static ParseField SEARCH_TOTAL = new ParseField("search_total");
+    private static ParseField SEARCH_FAILURES = new ParseField("search_failures");
+    private static ParseField INDEX_FAILURES = new ParseField("index_failures");
+
+    public static final ConstructingObjectParser<DataFrameIndexerTransformStats, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(
+            NAME.getPreferredName(), args -> new DataFrameIndexerTransformStats((long) args[0], (long) args[1], (long) args[2],
+                    (long) args[3], (long) args[4], (long) args[5], (long) args[6], (long) args[7], (long) args[8], (long) args[9]));
+
+    static {
+        PARSER.declareLong(constructorArg(), NUM_PAGES);
+        PARSER.declareLong(constructorArg(), NUM_INPUT_DOCUMENTS);
+        PARSER.declareLong(constructorArg(), NUM_OUTPUT_DOCUMENTS);
+        PARSER.declareLong(constructorArg(), NUM_INVOCATIONS);
+        PARSER.declareLong(constructorArg(), INDEX_TIME_IN_MS);
+        PARSER.declareLong(constructorArg(), SEARCH_TIME_IN_MS);
+        PARSER.declareLong(constructorArg(), INDEX_TOTAL);
+        PARSER.declareLong(constructorArg(), SEARCH_TOTAL);
+        PARSER.declareLong(constructorArg(), INDEX_FAILURES);
+        PARSER.declareLong(constructorArg(), SEARCH_FAILURES);
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameIndexerTransformStats() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameIndexerTransformStats(long numPages, long numInputDocuments, long numOuputDocuments, long numInvocations,
+            long indexTime, long searchTime, long indexTotal, long searchTotal, long indexFailures, long searchFailures) {
+        super(numPages, numInputDocuments, numOuputDocuments, numInvocations, indexTime, searchTime, indexTotal, searchTotal, indexFailures,
+                searchFailures);
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameIndexerTransformStats(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject();
+        builder.field(NUM_PAGES.getPreferredName(), numPages);
+        builder.field(NUM_INPUT_DOCUMENTS.getPreferredName(), numInputDocuments);
+        builder.field(NUM_OUTPUT_DOCUMENTS.getPreferredName(), numOuputDocuments);
+        builder.field(NUM_INVOCATIONS.getPreferredName(), numInvocations);
+        builder.field(INDEX_TIME_IN_MS.getPreferredName(), indexTime);
+        builder.field(INDEX_TOTAL.getPreferredName(), indexTotal);
+        builder.field(INDEX_FAILURES.getPreferredName(), indexFailures);
+        builder.field(SEARCH_TIME_IN_MS.getPreferredName(), searchTime);
+        builder.field(SEARCH_TOTAL.getPreferredName(), searchTotal);
+        builder.field(SEARCH_FAILURES.getPreferredName(), searchFailures);
+        builder.endObject();
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameIndexerTransformStats merge(DataFrameIndexerTransformStats other) {
+        numPages += other.numPages;
+        numInputDocuments += other.numInputDocuments;
+        numOuputDocuments += other.numOuputDocuments;
+        numInvocations += other.numInvocations;
+        indexTime += other.indexTime;
+        searchTime += other.searchTime;
+        indexTotal += other.indexTotal;
+        searchTotal += other.searchTotal;
+        indexFailures += other.indexFailures;
+        searchFailures += other.searchFailures;
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public static DataFrameIndexerTransformStats fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
+        try {
+            return PARSER.parse(parser, null);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/transform/DataFrameTransformState.java

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTaskState;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexing.IndexerState;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.SortedMap;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser.constructorArg;
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser.optionalConstructorArg;
+
+public class DataFrameTransformState implements Task.Status, PersistentTaskState {
+    public static final String NAME = DataFrameField.TASK_NAME;
+
+    private final IndexerState state;
+    private final long generation;
+
+    @Nullable
+    private final SortedMap<String, Object> currentPosition;
+
+    private static final ParseField STATE = new ParseField("transform_state");
+    private static final ParseField CURRENT_POSITION = new ParseField("current_position");
+    private static final ParseField GENERATION = new ParseField("generation");
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static final ConstructingObjectParser<DataFrameTransformState, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(NAME,
+            args -> new DataFrameTransformState((IndexerState) args[0], (HashMap<String, Object>) args[1], (long) args[2]));
+
+    static {
+        PARSER.declareField(constructorArg(), p -> {
+            if (p.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.VALUE_STRING) {
+                return IndexerState.fromString(p.text());
+            }
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported token [" + p.currentToken() + "]");
+
+        }, STATE, ObjectParser.ValueType.STRING);
+        PARSER.declareField(optionalConstructorArg(), p -> {
+            if (p.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT) {
+                return p.map();
+            }
+            if (p.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.VALUE_NULL) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported token [" + p.currentToken() + "]");
+        }, CURRENT_POSITION, ObjectParser.ValueType.VALUE_OBJECT_ARRAY);
+        PARSER.declareLong(ConstructingObjectParser.optionalConstructorArg(), GENERATION);
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameTransformState(IndexerState state, @Nullable Map<String, Object> position, long generation) {
+        this.state = state;
+        this.currentPosition = position == null ? null : Collections.unmodifiableSortedMap(new TreeMap<>(position));
+        this.generation = generation;
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameTransformState(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        state = IndexerState.fromStream(in);
+        currentPosition = in.readBoolean() ? Collections.unmodifiableSortedMap(new TreeMap<>(in.readMap())) : null;
+        generation = in.readLong();
+    }
+
+    public IndexerState getIndexerState() {
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, Object> getPosition() {
+        return currentPosition;
+    }
+
+    public long getGeneration() {
+        return generation;
+    }
+
+    public static DataFrameTransformState fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
+        try {
+            return PARSER.parse(parser, null);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject();
+        builder.field(STATE.getPreferredName(), state.value());
+        if (currentPosition != null) {
+            builder.field(CURRENT_POSITION.getPreferredName(), currentPosition);
+        }
+        builder.field(GENERATION.getPreferredName(), generation);
+        builder.endObject();
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getWriteableName() {
+        return NAME;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        state.writeTo(out);
+        out.writeBoolean(currentPosition != null);
+        if (currentPosition != null) {
+            out.writeMap(currentPosition);
+        }
+        out.writeLong(generation);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (this == other) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        DataFrameTransformState that = (DataFrameTransformState) other;
+
+        return Objects.equals(this.state, that.state) && Objects.equals(this.currentPosition, that.currentPosition)
+                && this.generation == that.generation;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(state, currentPosition, generation);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/DataFrameFeatureSetUsageTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable.Reader;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractWireSerializingTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameIndexerTransformStatsTests;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexing.IndexerState;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class DataFrameFeatureSetUsageTests extends AbstractWireSerializingTestCase<DataFrameFeatureSetUsage> {
+
+    @Override
+    protected DataFrameFeatureSetUsage createTestInstance() {
+        Map<String, Long> transformCountByState = new HashMap<>();
+
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+            transformCountByState.put(randomFrom(IndexerState.values()).toString(), randomLong());
+        }
+
+        return new DataFrameFeatureSetUsage(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), transformCountByState,
+                DataFrameIndexerTransformStatsTests.randomStats());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Reader<DataFrameFeatureSetUsage> instanceReader() {
+        return DataFrameFeatureSetUsage::new;
+    }
+
+}

x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/DataFrameMessagesTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+public class DataFrameMessagesTests extends ESTestCase {
+
+    public void testGetMessage_WithFormatStrings() {
+        String formattedMessage = DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_STOP_TRANSFORM_WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION_TIMEOUT, "30s",
+                "my_transform");
+        assertEquals("Timed out after [30s] while waiting for data frame transform [my_transform] to stop", formattedMessage);
+    }
+
+    public void testMessageProperFormat() throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+        Field[] declaredFields = DataFrameMessages.class.getFields();
+        int checkedMessages = 0;
+
+        for (Field field : declaredFields) {
+            int modifiers = field.getModifiers();
+            if (java.lang.reflect.Modifier.isStatic(modifiers) && java.lang.reflect.Modifier.isFinal(modifiers)
+                    && field.getType().isAssignableFrom(String.class)) {
+
+                assertSingleMessage((String) field.get(DataFrameMessages.class));
+                ++checkedMessages;
+            }
+        }
+        assertTrue(checkedMessages > 0);
+        logger.info("Checked {} messages", checkedMessages);
+    }
+
+    public void testAssertSingleMessage() {
+        expectThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> innerAssertSingleMessage("missing zero position {1} {1}"));
+        expectThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> innerAssertSingleMessage("incomplete {}"));
+        expectThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> innerAssertSingleMessage("count from 1 {1}"));
+    }
+
+    private void assertSingleMessage(String message) {
+        // for testing the test method, we can not assert directly, but wrap it with an exception, which also
+        // nicely encapsulate parsing errors thrown by MessageFormat itself
+        try {
+            innerAssertSingleMessage(message);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail(e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void innerAssertSingleMessage(String message) {
+        MessageFormat messageWithNoArguments = new MessageFormat(message, Locale.ROOT);
+        int numberOfArguments = messageWithNoArguments.getFormats().length;
+
+        List<String> args = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfArguments; ++i) {
+            args.add(randomAlphaOfLength(5));
+        }
+
+        String properFormatedMessage = new MessageFormat(message, Locale.ROOT).format(args.toArray(new String[0]));
+        for (String arg : args) {
+            if (properFormatedMessage.contains(arg) == false) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Message check: [" + message + "] failed, missing argument");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/transform/DataFrameIndexerTransformStatsTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractSerializingTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class DataFrameIndexerTransformStatsTests extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<DataFrameIndexerTransformStats> {
+    @Override
+    protected DataFrameIndexerTransformStats createTestInstance() {
+        return randomStats();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Writeable.Reader<DataFrameIndexerTransformStats> instanceReader() {
+        return DataFrameIndexerTransformStats::new;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected DataFrameIndexerTransformStats doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) {
+        return DataFrameIndexerTransformStats.fromXContent(parser);
+    }
+
+    public static DataFrameIndexerTransformStats randomStats() {
+        return new DataFrameIndexerTransformStats(randomLongBetween(0L, 10000L), randomLongBetween(0L, 10000L),
+                randomLongBetween(0L, 10000L), randomLongBetween(0L, 10000L), randomLongBetween(0L, 10000L), randomLongBetween(0L, 10000L),
+                randomLongBetween(0L, 10000L), randomLongBetween(0L, 10000L), randomLongBetween(0L, 10000L), randomLongBetween(0L, 10000L));
+    }
+
+    public void testMerge() throws IOException {
+        DataFrameIndexerTransformStats emptyStats = new DataFrameIndexerTransformStats();
+        DataFrameIndexerTransformStats randomStats = randomStats();
+
+        assertEquals(randomStats, emptyStats.merge(randomStats));
+        assertEquals(randomStats, randomStats.merge(emptyStats));
+
+        DataFrameIndexerTransformStats randomStatsClone = copyInstance(randomStats);
+
+        DataFrameIndexerTransformStats trippleRandomStats = new DataFrameIndexerTransformStats(3 * randomStats.getNumPages(),
+                3 * randomStats.getNumDocuments(), 3 * randomStats.getOutputDocuments(), 3 * randomStats.getNumInvocations(),
+                3 * randomStats.getIndexTime(), 3 * randomStats.getSearchTime(), 3 * randomStats.getIndexTotal(),
+                3 * randomStats.getSearchTotal(), 3 * randomStats.getIndexFailures(), 3 * randomStats.getSearchFailures());
+
+        assertEquals(trippleRandomStats, randomStats.merge(randomStatsClone).merge(randomStatsClone));
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/dataframe/transform/DataFrameTransformStateTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable.Reader;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractSerializingTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameTransformState;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexing.IndexerState;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class DataFrameTransformStateTests extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<DataFrameTransformState> {
+
+    public static DataFrameTransformState randomDataFrameTransformState() {
+        return new DataFrameTransformState(randomFrom(IndexerState.values()), randomPosition(), randomLongBetween(0,10));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected DataFrameTransformState doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        return DataFrameTransformState.fromXContent(parser);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected DataFrameTransformState createTestInstance() {
+        return randomDataFrameTransformState();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Reader<DataFrameTransformState> instanceReader() {
+        return DataFrameTransformState::new;
+    }
+
+    private static Map<String, Object> randomPosition() {
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        int numFields = randomIntBetween(1, 5);
+        Map<String, Object> position = new HashMap<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < numFields; i++) {
+            Object value;
+            if (randomBoolean()) {
+                value = randomLong();
+            } else {
+                value = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10);
+            }
+            position.put(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(3, 10), value);
+        }
+        return position;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/build.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+evaluationDependsOn(xpackModule('core'))
+
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.esplugin'
+esplugin {
+  name 'data-frame'
+  description 'A plugin to build data frames'
+  classname 'org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.DataFrame'
+  extendedPlugins = ['x-pack-core']
+}
+
+compileJava.options.compilerArgs << "-Xlint:-rawtypes"
+compileTestJava.options.compilerArgs << "-Xlint:-rawtypes"
+
+dependencies {
+    compileOnly "org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:${version}"
+
+    compileOnly project(path: xpackModule('core'), configuration: 'default')
+    testCompile project(path: xpackModule('core'), configuration: 'testArtifacts')
+}
+
+run {
+    plugin xpackModule('core')
+}
+
+// xpack modules are installed in real clusters as the meta plugin, so
+// installing them as individual plugins for integ tests doesn't make sense,
+// so we disable integ tests
+integTest.enabled = false
+
+// add all sub-projects of the qa sub-project
+gradle.projectsEvaluated {
+    project.subprojects
+            .find { it.path == project.path + ":qa" }
+            .subprojects
+            .findAll { it.path.startsWith(project.path + ":qa") }
+            .each { check.dependsOn it.check }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/qa/build.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* Remove assemble on all qa projects because we don't need to publish
+ * artifacts for them. */
+gradle.projectsEvaluated {
+  subprojects {
+    Task assemble = project.tasks.findByName('assemble')
+    if (assemble) {
+      assemble.enabled = false
+    }
+    Task dependenciesInfo = project.tasks.findByName('dependenciesInfo')
+    if (dependenciesInfo) {
+      dependenciesInfo.enabled = false
+    }
+  }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/qa/single-node-tests/build.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.standalone-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.rest-test'
+
+dependencies {
+  testCompile "org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core:${version}"
+  testCompile project(path: xpackModule('data-frame'), configuration: 'runtime')
+}
+
+integTestCluster {
+  setting 'xpack.security.enabled', 'false'
+  setting 'xpack.license.self_generated.type', 'trial'
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/qa/single-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/integration/DataFrameConfigurationIndexIT.java

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.integration;
+
+import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
+import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Request;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Response;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.ResponseException;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence.DataFrameInternalIndex;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformConfig;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
+
+public class DataFrameConfigurationIndexIT extends DataFrameRestTestCase {
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the corner case that for some reason a transform configuration still exists in the index but
+     * the persistent task disappeared
+     *
+     * test note: {@link DataFrameRestTestCase} checks for an empty index as part of the test case cleanup,
+     * so we do not need to check that the document has been deleted in this place
+     */
+    public void testDeleteConfigurationLeftOver() throws IOException {
+        String fakeTransformName = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(5, 20);
+
+        try (XContentBuilder builder = jsonBuilder()) {
+            builder.startObject();
+            {
+                builder.field(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName(), fakeTransformName);
+            }
+            builder.endObject();
+            final StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(Strings.toString(builder), ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+            Request req = new Request("PUT",
+                    DataFrameInternalIndex.INDEX_NAME + "/_doc/" + DataFrameTransformConfig.documentId(fakeTransformName));
+            req.setEntity(entity);
+            client().performRequest(req);
+        }
+
+        Request deleteRequest = new Request("DELETE", DATAFRAME_ENDPOINT + fakeTransformName);
+        Response deleteResponse = client().performRequest(deleteRequest);
+        assertOK(deleteResponse);
+        assertTrue((boolean)XContentMapValues.extractValue("acknowledged", entityAsMap(deleteResponse)));
+
+        // delete again, should fail
+        expectThrows(ResponseException.class,() -> client().performRequest(deleteRequest));
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/qa/single-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/integration/DataFrameMetaDataIT.java

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.integration;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.Version;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Request;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Response;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class DataFrameMetaDataIT extends DataFrameRestTestCase {
+
+    private boolean indicesCreated = false;
+
+    // preserve indices in order to reuse source indices in several test cases
+    @Override
+    protected boolean preserveIndicesUponCompletion() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void createIndexes() throws IOException {
+
+        // it's not possible to run it as @BeforeClass as clients aren't initialized then, so we need this little hack
+        if (indicesCreated) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        createReviewsIndex();
+        indicesCreated = true;
+    }
+
+    public void testMetaData() throws IOException {
+        long testStarted = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        createPivotReviewsTransform("test_meta", "pivot_reviews", null);
+
+        Response mappingResponse = client().performRequest(new Request("GET", "pivot_reviews/_mapping"));
+
+        Map<?, ?> mappingAsMap = entityAsMap(mappingResponse);
+        assertEquals(Version.CURRENT.toString(),
+                XContentMapValues.extractValue("pivot_reviews.mappings._meta._data_frame.version.created", mappingAsMap));
+        assertTrue((Long) XContentMapValues.extractValue("pivot_reviews.mappings._meta._data_frame.creation_date_in_millis",
+                mappingAsMap) < System.currentTimeMillis());
+        assertTrue((Long) XContentMapValues.extractValue("pivot_reviews.mappings._meta._data_frame.creation_date_in_millis",
+                mappingAsMap) > testStarted);
+        assertEquals("test_meta",
+                XContentMapValues.extractValue("pivot_reviews.mappings._meta._data_frame.transform", mappingAsMap));
+        assertEquals("data-frame-transform",
+                XContentMapValues.extractValue("pivot_reviews.mappings._meta.created_by", mappingAsMap));
+    }
+
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/qa/single-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/integration/DataFramePivotRestIT.java

@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.integration;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Request;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Response;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+
+public class DataFramePivotRestIT extends DataFrameRestTestCase {
+
+    private static boolean indicesCreated = false;
+
+    // preserve indices in order to reuse source indices in several test cases
+    @Override
+    protected boolean preserveIndicesUponCompletion() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void createIndexes() throws IOException {
+
+        // it's not possible to run it as @BeforeClass as clients aren't initialized then, so we need this little hack
+        if (indicesCreated) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        createReviewsIndex();
+        indicesCreated = true;
+    }
+
+    public void testSimplePivot() throws Exception {
+        String transformId = "simplePivot";
+        String dataFrameIndex = "pivot_reviews";
+
+        createPivotReviewsTransform(transformId, dataFrameIndex, null);
+
+        startAndWaitForTransform(transformId, dataFrameIndex);
+
+        // we expect 27 documents as there shall be 27 user_id's
+        Map<String, Object> indexStats = getAsMap(dataFrameIndex + "/_stats");
+        assertEquals(27, XContentMapValues.extractValue("_all.total.docs.count", indexStats));
+
+        // get and check some users
+        assertOnePivotValue(dataFrameIndex + "/_search?q=reviewer:user_0", 3.776978417);
+        assertOnePivotValue(dataFrameIndex + "/_search?q=reviewer:user_5", 3.72);
+        assertOnePivotValue(dataFrameIndex + "/_search?q=reviewer:user_11", 3.846153846);
+        assertOnePivotValue(dataFrameIndex + "/_search?q=reviewer:user_20", 3.769230769);
+        assertOnePivotValue(dataFrameIndex + "/_search?q=reviewer:user_26", 3.918918918);
+    }
+
+    public void testSimplePivotWithQuery() throws Exception {
+        String transformId = "simplePivotWithQuery";
+        String dataFrameIndex = "pivot_reviews_user_id_above_20";
+        String query = "\"match\": {\"user_id\": \"user_26\"}";
+
+        createPivotReviewsTransform(transformId, dataFrameIndex, query);
+
+        startAndWaitForTransform(transformId, dataFrameIndex);
+
+        // we expect only 1 document due to the query
+        Map<String, Object> indexStats = getAsMap(dataFrameIndex + "/_stats");
+        assertEquals(1, XContentMapValues.extractValue("_all.total.docs.count", indexStats));
+        assertOnePivotValue(dataFrameIndex + "/_search?q=reviewer:user_26", 3.918918918);
+    }
+
+    public void testHistogramPivot() throws Exception {
+        String transformId = "simpleHistogramPivot";
+        String dataFrameIndex = "pivot_reviews_via_histogram";
+
+        final Request createDataframeTransformRequest = new Request("PUT", DATAFRAME_ENDPOINT + transformId);
+
+        String config = "{"
+            + " \"source\": \"reviews\","
+            + " \"dest\": \"" + dataFrameIndex + "\",";
+
+
+        config += " \"pivot\": {"
+            + "   \"group_by\": {"
+            + "     \"every_2\": {"
+            + "       \"histogram\": {"
+            + "         \"interval\": 2,\"field\":\"stars\""
+            + " } } },"
+            + "   \"aggregations\": {"
+            + "     \"avg_rating\": {"
+            + "       \"avg\": {"
+            + "         \"field\": \"stars\""
+            + " } } } }"
+            + "}";
+
+
+        createDataframeTransformRequest.setJsonEntity(config);
+        Map<String, Object> createDataframeTransformResponse = entityAsMap(client().performRequest(createDataframeTransformRequest));
+        assertThat(createDataframeTransformResponse.get("acknowledged"), equalTo(Boolean.TRUE));
+        assertTrue(indexExists(dataFrameIndex));
+
+        startAndWaitForTransform(transformId, dataFrameIndex);
+
+        // we expect 3 documents as there shall be 5 unique star values and we are bucketing every 2 starting at 0
+        Map<String, Object> indexStats = getAsMap(dataFrameIndex + "/_stats");
+        assertEquals(3, XContentMapValues.extractValue("_all.total.docs.count", indexStats));
+        assertOnePivotValue(dataFrameIndex + "/_search?q=every_2:0.0", 1.0);
+    }
+
+    public void testBiggerPivot() throws Exception {
+        String transformId = "biggerPivot";
+        String dataFrameIndex = "bigger_pivot_reviews";
+
+        final Request createDataframeTransformRequest = new Request("PUT", DATAFRAME_ENDPOINT + transformId);
+
+        String config = "{"
+                + " \"source\": \"reviews\","
+                + " \"dest\": \"" + dataFrameIndex + "\",";
+
+
+        config += " \"pivot\": {"
+                + "   \"group_by\": {"
+                + "     \"reviewer\": {"
+                + "       \"terms\": {"
+                + "         \"field\": \"user_id\""
+                + " } } },"
+                + "   \"aggregations\": {"
+                + "     \"avg_rating\": {"
+                + "       \"avg\": {"
+                + "         \"field\": \"stars\""
+                + " } },"
+                + "     \"sum_rating\": {"
+                + "       \"sum\": {"
+                + "         \"field\": \"stars\""
+                + " } },"
+                + "     \"cardinality_business\": {"
+                + "       \"cardinality\": {"
+                + "         \"field\": \"business_id\""
+                + " } },"
+                + "     \"min_rating\": {"
+                + "       \"min\": {"
+                + "         \"field\": \"stars\""
+                + " } },"
+                + "     \"max_rating\": {"
+                + "       \"max\": {"
+                + "         \"field\": \"stars\""
+                + " } },"
+                + "     \"count\": {"
+                + "       \"value_count\": {"
+                + "         \"field\": \"business_id\""
+                + " } }"
+                + " } }"
+                + "}";
+
+        createDataframeTransformRequest.setJsonEntity(config);
+        Map<String, Object> createDataframeTransformResponse = entityAsMap(client().performRequest(createDataframeTransformRequest));
+        assertThat(createDataframeTransformResponse.get("acknowledged"), equalTo(Boolean.TRUE));
+        assertTrue(indexExists(dataFrameIndex));
+
+        startAndWaitForTransform(transformId, dataFrameIndex);
+
+        // we expect 27 documents as there shall be 27 user_id's
+        Map<String, Object> indexStats = getAsMap(dataFrameIndex + "/_stats");
+        assertEquals(27, XContentMapValues.extractValue("_all.total.docs.count", indexStats));
+
+        // get and check some users
+        Map<String, Object> searchResult = getAsMap(dataFrameIndex + "/_search?q=reviewer:user_4");
+
+        assertEquals(1, XContentMapValues.extractValue("hits.total.value", searchResult));
+        Number actual = (Number) ((List<?>) XContentMapValues.extractValue("hits.hits._source.avg_rating", searchResult)).get(0);
+        assertEquals(3.878048780, actual.doubleValue(), 0.000001);
+        actual = (Number) ((List<?>) XContentMapValues.extractValue("hits.hits._source.sum_rating", searchResult)).get(0);
+        assertEquals(159, actual.longValue());
+        actual = (Number) ((List<?>) XContentMapValues.extractValue("hits.hits._source.cardinality_business", searchResult)).get(0);
+        assertEquals(6, actual.longValue());
+        actual = (Number) ((List<?>) XContentMapValues.extractValue("hits.hits._source.min_rating", searchResult)).get(0);
+        assertEquals(1, actual.longValue());
+        actual = (Number) ((List<?>) XContentMapValues.extractValue("hits.hits._source.max_rating", searchResult)).get(0);
+        assertEquals(5, actual.longValue());
+        actual = (Number) ((List<?>) XContentMapValues.extractValue("hits.hits._source.count", searchResult)).get(0);
+        assertEquals(41, actual.longValue());
+    }
+
+    public void testDateHistogramPivot() throws Exception {
+        String transformId = "simpleDateHistogramPivot";
+        String dataFrameIndex = "pivot_reviews_via_date_histogram";
+
+        final Request createDataframeTransformRequest = new Request("PUT", DATAFRAME_ENDPOINT + transformId);
+
+        String config = "{"
+            + " \"source\": \"reviews\","
+            + " \"dest\": \"" + dataFrameIndex + "\",";
+
+
+        config += " \"pivot\": {"
+            + "   \"group_by\": {"
+            + "     \"by_day\": {"
+            + "       \"date_histogram\": {"
+            + "         \"interval\": \"1d\",\"field\":\"timestamp\",\"format\":\"yyyy-MM-DD\""
+            + " } } },"
+            + "   \"aggregations\": {"
+            + "     \"avg_rating\": {"
+            + "       \"avg\": {"
+            + "         \"field\": \"stars\""
+            + " } } } }"
+            + "}";
+
+        createDataframeTransformRequest.setJsonEntity(config);
+        Map<String, Object> createDataframeTransformResponse = entityAsMap(client().performRequest(createDataframeTransformRequest));
+        assertThat(createDataframeTransformResponse.get("acknowledged"), equalTo(Boolean.TRUE));
+        assertTrue(indexExists(dataFrameIndex));
+
+        startAndWaitForTransform(transformId, dataFrameIndex);
+
+        // we expect 21 documents as there shall be 21 days worth of docs
+        Map<String, Object> indexStats = getAsMap(dataFrameIndex + "/_stats");
+        assertEquals(21, XContentMapValues.extractValue("_all.total.docs.count", indexStats));
+        assertOnePivotValue(dataFrameIndex + "/_search?q=by_day:2017-01-15", 3.82);
+    }
+
+    private void startAndWaitForTransform(String transformId, String dataFrameIndex) throws IOException, Exception {
+        // start the transform
+        final Request startTransformRequest = new Request("POST", DATAFRAME_ENDPOINT + transformId + "/_start");
+        Map<String, Object> startTransformResponse = entityAsMap(client().performRequest(startTransformRequest));
+        assertThat(startTransformResponse.get("started"), equalTo(Boolean.TRUE));
+
+        // wait until the dataframe has been created and all data is available
+        waitForDataFrameGeneration(transformId);
+        refreshIndex(dataFrameIndex);
+    }
+
+    private void waitForDataFrameGeneration(String transformId) throws Exception {
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            long generation = getDataFrameGeneration(transformId);
+            assertEquals(1, generation);
+        }, 30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    }
+
+    private static int getDataFrameGeneration(String transformId) throws IOException {
+        Response statsResponse = client().performRequest(new Request("GET", DATAFRAME_ENDPOINT + transformId + "/_stats"));
+
+        Map<?, ?> transformStatsAsMap = (Map<?, ?>) ((List<?>) entityAsMap(statsResponse).get("transforms")).get(0);
+        return (int) XContentMapValues.extractValue("state.generation", transformStatsAsMap);
+    }
+
+    private void refreshIndex(String index) throws IOException {
+        assertOK(client().performRequest(new Request("POST", index + "/_refresh")));
+    }
+
+    private void assertOnePivotValue(String query, double expected) throws IOException {
+        Map<String, Object> searchResult = getAsMap(query);
+
+        assertEquals(1, XContentMapValues.extractValue("hits.total.value", searchResult));
+        double actual = (double) ((List<?>) XContentMapValues.extractValue("hits.hits._source.avg_rating", searchResult)).get(0);
+        assertEquals(expected, actual, 0.000001);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/qa/single-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/integration/DataFrameRestTestCase.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.integration;
+
+import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
+import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Request;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Response;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.ResponseException;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.rest.ESRestTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence.DataFrameInternalIndex;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+
+public abstract class DataFrameRestTestCase extends ESRestTestCase {
+
+    protected static final String DATAFRAME_ENDPOINT = DataFrameField.REST_BASE_PATH + "transforms/";
+
+    /**
+     * Create a simple dataset for testing with reviewers, ratings and businesses
+     */
+    protected void createReviewsIndex() throws IOException {
+        int[] distributionTable = {5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1};
+
+        final int numDocs = 1000;
+
+        // create mapping
+        try (XContentBuilder builder = jsonBuilder()) {
+            builder.startObject();
+            {
+                builder.startObject("mappings")
+                    .startObject("properties")
+                      .startObject("timestamp")
+                         .field("type", "date")
+                      .endObject()
+                      .startObject("user_id")
+                        .field("type", "keyword")
+                      .endObject()
+                      .startObject("business_id")
+                        .field("type", "keyword")
+                      .endObject()
+                      .startObject("stars")
+                        .field("type", "integer")
+                      .endObject()
+                    .endObject()
+                  .endObject();
+            }
+            builder.endObject();
+            final StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(Strings.toString(builder), ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+            Request req = new Request("PUT", "reviews");
+            req.setEntity(entity);
+            client().performRequest(req);
+        }
+
+        // create index
+        final StringBuilder bulk = new StringBuilder();
+        int day = 10;
+        for (int i = 0; i < numDocs; i++) {
+            bulk.append("{\"index\":{\"_index\":\"reviews\"}}\n");
+            long user = Math.round(Math.pow(i * 31 % 1000, distributionTable[i % distributionTable.length]) % 27);
+            int stars = distributionTable[(i * 33) % distributionTable.length];
+            long business = Math.round(Math.pow(user * stars, distributionTable[i % distributionTable.length]) % 13);
+            int hour = randomIntBetween(10, 20);
+            int min = randomIntBetween(30, 59);
+            int sec = randomIntBetween(30, 59);
+
+            String date_string = "2017-01-" + day + "T" + hour + ":" + min + ":" + sec + "Z";
+            bulk.append("{\"user_id\":\"")
+                .append("user_")
+                .append(user)
+                .append("\",\"business_id\":\"")
+                .append("business_")
+                .append(business)
+                .append("\",\"stars\":")
+                .append(stars)
+                .append(",\"timestamp\":\"")
+                .append(date_string)
+                .append("\"}\n");
+
+            if (i % 50 == 0) {
+                bulk.append("\r\n");
+                final Request bulkRequest = new Request("POST", "/_bulk");
+                bulkRequest.addParameter("refresh", "true");
+                bulkRequest.setJsonEntity(bulk.toString());
+                client().performRequest(bulkRequest);
+                // clear the builder
+                bulk.setLength(0);
+                day += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        bulk.append("\r\n");
+
+        final Request bulkRequest = new Request("POST", "/_bulk");
+        bulkRequest.addParameter("refresh", "true");
+        bulkRequest.setJsonEntity(bulk.toString());
+        client().performRequest(bulkRequest);
+    }
+
+    protected void createPivotReviewsTransform(String transformId, String dataFrameIndex, String query) throws IOException {
+        final Request createDataframeTransformRequest = new Request("PUT", DATAFRAME_ENDPOINT + transformId);
+
+        String config = "{"
+                + " \"source\": \"reviews\","
+                + " \"dest\": \"" + dataFrameIndex + "\",";
+
+        if (query != null) {
+            config += "\"query\": {"
+                    + query
+                    + "},";
+        }
+
+        config += " \"pivot\": {"
+                + "   \"group_by\": {"
+                + "     \"reviewer\": {"
+                + "       \"terms\": {"
+                + "         \"field\": \"user_id\""
+                + " } } },"
+                + "   \"aggregations\": {"
+                + "     \"avg_rating\": {"
+                + "       \"avg\": {"
+                + "         \"field\": \"stars\""
+                + " } } } }"
+                + "}";
+
+        createDataframeTransformRequest.setJsonEntity(config);
+        Map<String, Object> createDataframeTransformResponse = entityAsMap(client().performRequest(createDataframeTransformRequest));
+        assertThat(createDataframeTransformResponse.get("acknowledged"), equalTo(Boolean.TRUE));
+        assertTrue(indexExists(dataFrameIndex));
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private static List<Map<String, Object>> getDataFrameTransforms() throws IOException {
+        Response response = adminClient().performRequest(new Request("GET", DATAFRAME_ENDPOINT + "_all"));
+        Map<String, Object> transforms = entityAsMap(response);
+        List<Map<String, Object>> transformConfigs = (List<Map<String, Object>>) XContentMapValues.extractValue("transforms", transforms);
+
+        return transformConfigs == null ? Collections.emptyList() : transformConfigs;
+    }
+
+    protected static String getDataFrameIndexerState(String transformId) throws IOException {
+        Response statsResponse = client().performRequest(new Request("GET", DATAFRAME_ENDPOINT + transformId + "/_stats"));
+
+        Map<?, ?> transformStatsAsMap = (Map<?, ?>) ((List<?>) entityAsMap(statsResponse).get("transforms")).get(0);
+        return (String) XContentMapValues.extractValue("state.transform_state", transformStatsAsMap);
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void removeIndices() throws Exception {
+        wipeDataFrameTransforms();
+        waitForPendingDataFrameTasks();
+        // we might have disabled wiping indices, but now its time to get rid of them
+        // note: can not use super.cleanUpCluster() as this method must be static
+        wipeIndices();
+    }
+
+    protected static void wipeDataFrameTransforms() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        List<Map<String, Object>> transformConfigs = getDataFrameTransforms();
+
+        for (Map<String, Object> transformConfig : transformConfigs) {
+            String transformId = (String) transformConfig.get("id");
+            Request request = new Request("POST", DATAFRAME_ENDPOINT + transformId + "/_stop");
+            request.addParameter("wait_for_completion", "true");
+            request.addParameter("timeout", "10s");
+            request.addParameter("ignore", "404");
+            adminClient().performRequest(request);
+            assertEquals("stopped", getDataFrameIndexerState(transformId));
+        }
+
+        for (Map<String, Object> transformConfig : transformConfigs) {
+            String transformId = (String) transformConfig.get("id");
+            Request request = new Request("DELETE", DATAFRAME_ENDPOINT + transformId);
+            request.addParameter("ignore", "404"); // Ignore 404s because they imply someone was racing us to delete this
+            adminClient().performRequest(request);
+        }
+
+        // transforms should be all gone
+        transformConfigs = getDataFrameTransforms();
+        assertTrue(transformConfigs.isEmpty());
+
+        // the configuration index should be empty
+        Request request = new Request("GET", DataFrameInternalIndex.INDEX_NAME + "/_search");
+        try {
+            Response searchResponse = adminClient().performRequest(request);
+            Map<String, Object> searchResult = entityAsMap(searchResponse);
+
+            assertEquals(0, XContentMapValues.extractValue("hits.total.value", searchResult));
+        } catch (ResponseException e) {
+            // 404 here just means we had no data frame transforms, true for some tests
+            if (e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != 404) {
+                throw e;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected static void waitForPendingDataFrameTasks() throws Exception {
+        waitForPendingTasks(adminClient(), taskName -> taskName.startsWith(DataFrameField.TASK_NAME) == false);
+    }
+
+    protected static void wipeIndices() throws IOException {
+        try {
+            adminClient().performRequest(new Request("DELETE", "*"));
+        } catch (ResponseException e) {
+            // 404 here just means we had no indexes
+            if (e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != 404) {
+                throw e;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/qa/single-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/integration/DataFrameUsageIT.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.integration;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Request;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Response;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class DataFrameUsageIT extends DataFrameRestTestCase {
+    private boolean indicesCreated = false;
+
+    // preserve indices in order to reuse source indices in several test cases
+    @Override
+    protected boolean preserveIndicesUponCompletion() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void createIndexes() throws IOException {
+
+        // it's not possible to run it as @BeforeClass as clients aren't initialized then, so we need this little hack
+        if (indicesCreated) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        createReviewsIndex();
+        indicesCreated = true;
+    }
+
+    public void testUsage() throws IOException {
+        Response usageResponse = client().performRequest(new Request("GET", "_xpack/usage"));
+
+        Map<?, ?> usageAsMap = entityAsMap(usageResponse);
+        assertTrue((boolean) XContentMapValues.extractValue("data_frame.available", usageAsMap));
+        assertTrue((boolean) XContentMapValues.extractValue("data_frame.enabled", usageAsMap));
+        // no transforms, no stats
+        assertEquals(null, XContentMapValues.extractValue("data_frame.transforms", usageAsMap));
+        assertEquals(null, XContentMapValues.extractValue("data_frame.stats", usageAsMap));
+
+        // create a transform
+        createPivotReviewsTransform("test_usage", "pivot_reviews", null);
+
+        usageResponse = client().performRequest(new Request("GET", "_xpack/usage"));
+
+        usageAsMap = entityAsMap(usageResponse);
+        // we should see some stats
+        assertEquals(1, XContentMapValues.extractValue("data_frame.transforms._all", usageAsMap));
+        assertEquals(0, XContentMapValues.extractValue("data_frame.stats.index_failures", usageAsMap));
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/DataFrame.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.SetOnce;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexTemplateMetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodes;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Module;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ClusterSettings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.IndexScopedSettings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsFilter;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
+import org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment;
+import org.elasticsearch.license.XPackLicenseState;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTaskParams;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTaskState;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTasksExecutor;
+import org.elasticsearch.plugins.ActionPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.plugins.PersistentTaskPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptService;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ExecutorBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.FixedExecutorBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.elasticsearch.watcher.ResourceWatcherService;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackSettings;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameTransformState;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.scheduler.SchedulerEngine;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.DeleteDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.PutDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.StartDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.StopDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.TransportDeleteDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.TransportGetDataFrameTransformsAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.TransportGetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.TransportPutDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.TransportStartDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.TransportStopDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence.DataFrameInternalIndex;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence.DataFrameTransformsConfigManager;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.rest.action.RestDeleteDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.rest.action.RestGetDataFrameTransformsAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.rest.action.RestGetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.rest.action.RestPutDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.rest.action.RestStartDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.rest.action.RestStopDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransform;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformPersistentTasksExecutor;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.Clock;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
+
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+
+public class DataFrame extends Plugin implements ActionPlugin, PersistentTaskPlugin {
+
+    public static final String NAME = "data_frame";
+    public static final String TASK_THREAD_POOL_NAME = "data_frame_indexing";
+
+    // list of headers that will be stored when a transform is created
+    public static final Set<String> HEADER_FILTERS = new HashSet<>(
+            Arrays.asList("es-security-runas-user", "_xpack_security_authentication"));
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(XPackPlugin.class);
+
+    private final boolean enabled;
+    private final Settings settings;
+    private final boolean transportClientMode;
+    private final SetOnce<DataFrameTransformsConfigManager> dataFrameTransformsConfigManager = new SetOnce<>();
+
+    public DataFrame(Settings settings) {
+        this.settings = settings;
+
+        this.enabled = XPackSettings.DATA_FRAME_ENABLED.get(settings);
+        this.transportClientMode = XPackPlugin.transportClientMode(settings);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<Module> createGuiceModules() {
+        List<Module> modules = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        if (transportClientMode) {
+            return modules;
+        }
+
+        modules.add(b -> XPackPlugin.bindFeatureSet(b, DataFrameFeatureSet.class));
+        return modules;
+    }
+
+    protected XPackLicenseState getLicenseState() { return XPackPlugin.getSharedLicenseState(); }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<RestHandler> getRestHandlers(final Settings settings, final RestController restController,
+            final ClusterSettings clusterSettings, final IndexScopedSettings indexScopedSettings, final SettingsFilter settingsFilter,
+            final IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver, final Supplier<DiscoveryNodes> nodesInCluster) {
+
+        if (!enabled) {
+            return emptyList();
+        }
+
+        return Arrays.asList(
+                new RestPutDataFrameTransformAction(settings, restController),
+                new RestStartDataFrameTransformAction(settings, restController),
+                new RestStopDataFrameTransformAction(settings, restController),
+                new RestDeleteDataFrameTransformAction(settings, restController),
+                new RestGetDataFrameTransformsAction(settings, restController),
+                new RestGetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction(settings, restController)
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<ActionHandler<? extends ActionRequest, ? extends ActionResponse>> getActions() {
+        if (!enabled) {
+            return emptyList();
+        }
+
+        return Arrays.asList(
+                new ActionHandler<>(PutDataFrameTransformAction.INSTANCE, TransportPutDataFrameTransformAction.class),
+                new ActionHandler<>(StartDataFrameTransformAction.INSTANCE, TransportStartDataFrameTransformAction.class),
+                new ActionHandler<>(StopDataFrameTransformAction.INSTANCE, TransportStopDataFrameTransformAction.class),
+                new ActionHandler<>(DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.INSTANCE, TransportDeleteDataFrameTransformAction.class),
+                new ActionHandler<>(GetDataFrameTransformsAction.INSTANCE, TransportGetDataFrameTransformsAction.class),
+                new ActionHandler<>(GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.INSTANCE, TransportGetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.class)
+                );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<ExecutorBuilder<?>> getExecutorBuilders(Settings settings) {
+        if (false == enabled || transportClientMode) {
+            return emptyList();
+        }
+
+        FixedExecutorBuilder indexing = new FixedExecutorBuilder(settings, TASK_THREAD_POOL_NAME, 4, 4,
+                "data_frame.task_thread_pool");
+
+        return Collections.singletonList(indexing);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<Object> createComponents(Client client, ClusterService clusterService, ThreadPool threadPool,
+            ResourceWatcherService resourceWatcherService, ScriptService scriptService, NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry,
+            Environment environment, NodeEnvironment nodeEnvironment, NamedWriteableRegistry namedWriteableRegistry) {
+        if (enabled == false || transportClientMode) {
+            return emptyList();
+        }
+
+        dataFrameTransformsConfigManager.set(new DataFrameTransformsConfigManager(client, xContentRegistry));
+
+        return Collections.singletonList(dataFrameTransformsConfigManager.get());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public UnaryOperator<Map<String, IndexTemplateMetaData>> getIndexTemplateMetaDataUpgrader() {
+        return templates -> {
+            try {
+                templates.put(DataFrameInternalIndex.INDEX_TEMPLATE_NAME, DataFrameInternalIndex.getIndexTemplateMetaData());
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                logger.error("Error creating data frame index template", e);
+            }
+            return templates;
+        };
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<PersistentTasksExecutor<?>> getPersistentTasksExecutor(ClusterService clusterService, ThreadPool threadPool,
+            Client client, SettingsModule settingsModule) {
+        if (enabled == false || transportClientMode) {
+            return emptyList();
+        }
+
+        SchedulerEngine schedulerEngine = new SchedulerEngine(settings, Clock.systemUTC());
+
+        // the transforms config manager should have been created
+        assert dataFrameTransformsConfigManager.get() != null;
+        return Collections.singletonList(
+                new DataFrameTransformPersistentTasksExecutor(client, dataFrameTransformsConfigManager.get(), schedulerEngine, threadPool));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<NamedXContentRegistry.Entry> getNamedXContent() {
+        if (enabled == false) {
+            return emptyList();
+        }
+        return  Arrays.asList(
+                new NamedXContentRegistry.Entry(PersistentTaskParams.class, new ParseField(DataFrameField.TASK_NAME),
+                        DataFrameTransform::fromXContent),
+                new NamedXContentRegistry.Entry(Task.Status.class, new ParseField(DataFrameTransformState.NAME),
+                        DataFrameTransformState::fromXContent),
+                new NamedXContentRegistry.Entry(PersistentTaskState.class, new ParseField(DataFrameTransformState.NAME),
+                        DataFrameTransformState::fromXContent)
+                );
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/DataFrameFeatureSet.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.license.XPackLicenseState;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackFeatureSet;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackSettings;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameFeatureSetUsage;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameIndexerTransformStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class DataFrameFeatureSet implements XPackFeatureSet {
+
+    private final boolean enabled;
+    private final Client client;
+    private final XPackLicenseState licenseState;
+
+    @Inject
+    public DataFrameFeatureSet(Settings settings, Client client, @Nullable XPackLicenseState licenseState) {
+        this.enabled = XPackSettings.DATA_FRAME_ENABLED.get(settings);
+        this.client = Objects.requireNonNull(client);
+        this.licenseState = licenseState;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String name() {
+        return XPackField.DATA_FRAME;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String description() {
+        return "Data Frame for the Elastic Stack";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean available() {
+        return licenseState != null && licenseState.isDataFrameAllowed();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean enabled() {
+        return enabled;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, Object> nativeCodeInfo() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void usage(ActionListener<XPackFeatureSet.Usage> listener) {
+        if (enabled == false) {
+            listener.onResponse(
+                    new DataFrameFeatureSetUsage(available(), enabled(), Collections.emptyMap(), new DataFrameIndexerTransformStats()));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Request transformStatsRequest = new GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Request(MetaData.ALL);
+
+        client.execute(GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.INSTANCE, transformStatsRequest, ActionListener.wrap(transformStatsResponse -> {
+            Map<String, Long> transformsCountByState = new HashMap<>();
+            DataFrameIndexerTransformStats accumulatedStats = new DataFrameIndexerTransformStats();
+
+            transformStatsResponse.getTransformsStateAndStats().stream().forEach(singleResult -> {
+                transformsCountByState.merge(singleResult.getTransformState().getIndexerState().value(), 1L, Long::sum);
+                accumulatedStats.merge(singleResult.getTransformStats());
+            });
+
+            listener.onResponse(new DataFrameFeatureSetUsage(available(), enabled(), transformsCountByState, accumulatedStats));
+        }, listener::onFailure));
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/DataFrameTransformStateAndStats.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameIndexerTransformStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameTransformState;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class DataFrameTransformStateAndStats implements Writeable, ToXContentObject {
+
+    public static final ParseField STATE_FIELD = new ParseField("state");
+
+    private final String id;
+    private final DataFrameTransformState transformState;
+    private final DataFrameIndexerTransformStats transformStats;
+
+    public static final ConstructingObjectParser<DataFrameTransformStateAndStats, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(
+            GetDataFrameTransformsAction.NAME,
+            a -> new DataFrameTransformStateAndStats((String) a[0], (DataFrameTransformState) a[1], (DataFrameIndexerTransformStats) a[2]));
+
+    static {
+        PARSER.declareString(ConstructingObjectParser.constructorArg(), DataFrameField.ID);
+        PARSER.declareObject(ConstructingObjectParser.constructorArg(), DataFrameTransformState.PARSER::apply, STATE_FIELD);
+        PARSER.declareObject(ConstructingObjectParser.constructorArg(), (p, c) -> DataFrameIndexerTransformStats.fromXContent(p),
+                DataFrameField.STATS_FIELD);
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameTransformStateAndStats(String id, DataFrameTransformState state, DataFrameIndexerTransformStats stats) {
+        this.id = Objects.requireNonNull(id);
+        this.transformState = Objects.requireNonNull(state);
+        this.transformStats = Objects.requireNonNull(stats);
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameTransformStateAndStats(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        this.id = in.readString();
+        this.transformState = new DataFrameTransformState(in);
+        this.transformStats = new DataFrameIndexerTransformStats(in);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject();
+        builder.field(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName(), id);
+        builder.field(STATE_FIELD.getPreferredName(), transformState);
+        builder.field(DataFrameField.STATS_FIELD.getPreferredName(), transformStats);
+        builder.endObject();
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeString(id);
+        transformState.writeTo(out);
+        transformStats.writeTo(out);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(id, transformState, transformStats);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (this == other) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        DataFrameTransformStateAndStats that = (DataFrameTransformStateAndStats) other;
+
+        return Objects.equals(this.id, that.id) && Objects.equals(this.transformState, that.transformState)
+                && Objects.equals(this.transformStats, that.transformStats);
+    }
+
+    public String getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameIndexerTransformStats getTransformStats() {
+        return transformStats;
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameTransformState getTransformState() {
+        return transformState;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.FailedNodeException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.TaskOperationFailure;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.BaseTasksRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.BaseTasksResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentFragment;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class DeleteDataFrameTransformAction extends Action<DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.Response> {
+
+    public static final DeleteDataFrameTransformAction INSTANCE = new DeleteDataFrameTransformAction();
+    public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/data_frame/delete";
+
+    private DeleteDataFrameTransformAction() {
+        super(NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Response newResponse() {
+        return new Response();
+    }
+
+    public static class Request extends BaseTasksRequest<Request> implements ToXContentFragment {
+        private String id;
+
+        public Request(String id) {
+            this.id = ExceptionsHelper.requireNonNull(id, DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName());
+        }
+
+        public Request() {
+        }
+
+        public Request(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super(in);
+            id = in.readString();
+        }
+
+        public String getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean match(Task task) {
+            return task.getDescription().equals(DataFrameField.PERSISTENT_TASK_DESCRIPTION_PREFIX + id);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeString(id);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.field(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName(), id);
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(id);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (this == obj) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (obj == null || getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            Request other = (Request) obj;
+            return Objects.equals(id, other.id);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class RequestBuilder
+            extends ActionRequestBuilder<DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.Request, DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.Response> {
+
+        protected RequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, DeleteDataFrameTransformAction action) {
+            super(client, action, new DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.Request());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Response extends BaseTasksResponse implements Writeable, ToXContentObject {
+        private boolean acknowledged;
+        public Response(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+            readFrom(in);
+        }
+
+        public Response(boolean acknowledged, List<TaskOperationFailure> taskFailures, List<FailedNodeException> nodeFailures) {
+            super(taskFailures, nodeFailures);
+            this.acknowledged = acknowledged;
+        }
+
+        public Response(boolean acknowledged) {
+            this(acknowledged, Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+        }
+
+        public Response() {
+            this(false, Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+        }
+
+        public boolean isDeleted() {
+            return acknowledged;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super.readFrom(in);
+            acknowledged = in.readBoolean();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeBoolean(acknowledged);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.startObject();
+            {
+                toXContentCommon(builder, params);
+                builder.field("acknowledged", acknowledged);
+            }
+            builder.endObject();
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            if (this == o)
+                return true;
+            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass())
+                return false;
+            DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.Response response = (DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.Response) o;
+            return super.equals(o) && acknowledged == response.acknowledged;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(super.hashCode(), acknowledged);
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/GetDataFrameTransformsAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.FailedNodeException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.TaskOperationFailure;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.BaseTasksRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.BaseTasksResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.DeprecationLogger;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformConfig;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class GetDataFrameTransformsAction extends Action<GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Response>{
+
+    public static final GetDataFrameTransformsAction INSTANCE = new GetDataFrameTransformsAction();
+    public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/data_frame/get";
+
+    private static final DeprecationLogger deprecationLogger = new DeprecationLogger(
+            LogManager.getLogger(GetDataFrameTransformsAction.class));
+
+    private GetDataFrameTransformsAction() {
+        super(NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Response newResponse() {
+        return new Response();
+    }
+
+    public static class Request extends BaseTasksRequest<Request> implements ToXContent {
+        private String id;
+
+        public Request(String id) {
+            if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(id) || id.equals("*")) {
+                this.id = MetaData.ALL;
+            } else {
+                this.id = id;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public Request() {}
+
+        public Request(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super(in);
+            id = in.readString();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean match(Task task) {
+            // If we are retrieving all the transforms, the task description does not contain the id
+            if (id.equals(MetaData.ALL)) {
+                return task.getDescription().startsWith(DataFrameField.PERSISTENT_TASK_DESCRIPTION_PREFIX);
+            }
+            // Otherwise find the task by ID
+            return task.getDescription().equals(DataFrameField.PERSISTENT_TASK_DESCRIPTION_PREFIX + id);
+        }
+
+        public String getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeString(id);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.field(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName(), id);
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(id);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (obj == null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            Request other = (Request) obj;
+            return Objects.equals(id, other.id);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class RequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<Request, Response> {
+
+        protected RequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, GetDataFrameTransformsAction action) {
+            super(client, action, new Request());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Response extends BaseTasksResponse implements Writeable, ToXContentObject {
+
+        public static final String INVALID_TRANSFORMS_DEPRECATION_WARNING = "Found [{}] invalid transforms";
+        private static final ParseField INVALID_TRANSFORMS = new ParseField("invalid_transforms");
+
+        private List<DataFrameTransformConfig> transformConfigurations;
+
+        public Response(List<DataFrameTransformConfig> transformConfigs) {
+            super(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+            this.transformConfigurations = transformConfigs;
+        }
+
+        public Response(List<DataFrameTransformConfig> transformConfigs, List<TaskOperationFailure> taskFailures,
+                List<? extends FailedNodeException> nodeFailures) {
+            super(taskFailures, nodeFailures);
+            this.transformConfigurations = transformConfigs;
+        }
+
+        public Response() {
+            super(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+        }
+
+        public Response(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+            readFrom(in);
+        }
+
+        public List<DataFrameTransformConfig> getTransformConfigurations() {
+            return transformConfigurations;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super.readFrom(in);
+            transformConfigurations = in.readList(DataFrameTransformConfig::new);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeList(transformConfigurations);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            List<String> invalidTransforms = new ArrayList<>();
+            builder.startObject();
+            builder.field(DataFrameField.COUNT.getPreferredName(), transformConfigurations.size());
+            // XContentBuilder does not support passing the params object for Iterables
+            builder.field(DataFrameField.TRANSFORMS.getPreferredName());
+            builder.startArray();
+            for (DataFrameTransformConfig configResponse : transformConfigurations) {
+                configResponse.toXContent(builder, params);
+                if (configResponse.isValid() == false) {
+                    invalidTransforms.add(configResponse.getId());
+                }
+            }
+            builder.endArray();
+            if (invalidTransforms.isEmpty() == false) {
+                builder.startObject(INVALID_TRANSFORMS.getPreferredName());
+                builder.field(DataFrameField.COUNT.getPreferredName(), invalidTransforms.size());
+                builder.field(DataFrameField.TRANSFORMS.getPreferredName(), invalidTransforms);
+                builder.endObject();
+                deprecationLogger.deprecated(INVALID_TRANSFORMS_DEPRECATION_WARNING, invalidTransforms.size());
+            }
+
+            builder.endObject();
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(transformConfigurations);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object other) {
+            if (this == other) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            final Response that = (Response) other;
+            return Objects.equals(this.transformConfigurations, that.transformConfigurations);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public final String toString() {
+            return Strings.toString(this);
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.FailedNodeException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.TaskOperationFailure;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.BaseTasksRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.BaseTasksResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction extends Action<GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Response> {
+
+    public static final GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction INSTANCE = new GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction();
+    public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/data_frame_stats/get";
+    public GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction() {
+        super(NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Response newResponse() {
+        return new Response();
+    }
+
+    public static class Request extends BaseTasksRequest<Request> implements ToXContent {
+        private String id;
+
+        public Request(String id) {
+            if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(id) || id.equals("*")) {
+                this.id = MetaData.ALL;
+            } else {
+                this.id = id;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public Request() {}
+
+        public Request(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super(in);
+            id = in.readString();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean match(Task task) {
+            // If we are retrieving all the transforms, the task description does not contain the id
+            if (id.equals(MetaData.ALL)) {
+                return task.getDescription().startsWith(DataFrameField.PERSISTENT_TASK_DESCRIPTION_PREFIX);
+            }
+            // Otherwise find the task by ID
+            return task.getDescription().equals(DataFrameField.PERSISTENT_TASK_DESCRIPTION_PREFIX + id);
+        }
+
+        public String getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeString(id);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.field(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName(), id);
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(id);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (obj == null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            Request other = (Request) obj;
+            return Objects.equals(id, other.id);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class RequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<Request, Response> {
+
+        protected RequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction action) {
+            super(client, action, new Request());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Response extends BaseTasksResponse implements Writeable, ToXContentObject {
+        private List<DataFrameTransformStateAndStats> transformsStateAndStats;
+
+        public Response(List<DataFrameTransformStateAndStats> transformsStateAndStats) {
+            super(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+            this.transformsStateAndStats = transformsStateAndStats;
+        }
+
+        public Response(List<DataFrameTransformStateAndStats> transformsStateAndStats, List<TaskOperationFailure> taskFailures,
+                List<? extends FailedNodeException> nodeFailures) {
+            super(taskFailures, nodeFailures);
+            this.transformsStateAndStats = transformsStateAndStats;
+        }
+
+        public Response() {
+            super(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+            this.transformsStateAndStats = Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+
+        public Response(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+            readFrom(in);
+        }
+
+        public List<DataFrameTransformStateAndStats> getTransformsStateAndStats() {
+            return transformsStateAndStats;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super.readFrom(in);
+            transformsStateAndStats = in.readList(DataFrameTransformStateAndStats::new);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeList(transformsStateAndStats);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.startObject();
+            builder.field(DataFrameField.COUNT.getPreferredName(), transformsStateAndStats.size());
+            builder.field(DataFrameField.TRANSFORMS.getPreferredName(), transformsStateAndStats);
+            builder.endObject();
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(transformsStateAndStats);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object other) {
+            if (this == other) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            final Response that = (Response) other;
+            return Objects.equals(this.transformsStateAndStats, that.transformsStateAndStats);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public final String toString() {
+            return Strings.toString(this);
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/PutDataFrameTransformAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformConfig;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class PutDataFrameTransformAction extends Action<PutDataFrameTransformAction.Response> {
+
+    public static final PutDataFrameTransformAction INSTANCE = new PutDataFrameTransformAction();
+    public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/data_frame/put";
+
+    private PutDataFrameTransformAction() {
+        super(NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Response newResponse() {
+        return new Response();
+    }
+
+    public static class Request extends AcknowledgedRequest<Request> implements ToXContentObject {
+
+        private DataFrameTransformConfig config;
+
+        public Request(DataFrameTransformConfig config) {
+            this.setConfig(config);
+        }
+
+        public Request() {
+
+        }
+
+        public static Request fromXContent(final XContentParser parser, final String id) throws IOException {
+            return new Request(DataFrameTransformConfig.fromXContent(parser, id, false));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            return this.config.toXContent(builder, params);
+        }
+
+        public DataFrameTransformConfig getConfig() {
+            return config;
+        }
+
+        public void setConfig(DataFrameTransformConfig config) {
+            this.config = config;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super.readFrom(in);
+            this.config = new DataFrameTransformConfig(in);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            this.config.writeTo(out);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(config);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (obj == null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            Request other = (Request) obj;
+            return Objects.equals(config, other.config);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class RequestBuilder extends MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder> {
+
+        protected RequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, PutDataFrameTransformAction action) {
+            super(client, action, new Request());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Response extends AcknowledgedResponse {
+        public Response() {
+            super();
+        }
+
+        public Response(boolean acknowledged) {
+            super(acknowledged);
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/StartDataFrameTransformAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.BaseTasksRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.BaseTasksResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class StartDataFrameTransformAction extends Action<StartDataFrameTransformAction.Response> {
+
+    public static final StartDataFrameTransformAction INSTANCE = new StartDataFrameTransformAction();
+    public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/data_frame/start";
+
+    private StartDataFrameTransformAction() {
+        super(NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Response newResponse() {
+        return new Response();
+    }
+
+    public static class Request extends BaseTasksRequest<Request> implements ToXContent {
+        private String id;
+
+        public Request(String id) {
+            this.id = ExceptionsHelper.requireNonNull(id, DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName());
+        }
+
+        public Request() {
+        }
+
+        public Request(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super(in);
+            id = in.readString();
+        }
+
+        public String getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeString(id);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.field(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName(), id);
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(id);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (obj == null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            Request other = (Request) obj;
+            return Objects.equals(id, other.id);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class RequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<Request, Response> {
+
+        protected RequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, StartDataFrameTransformAction action) {
+            super(client, action, new Request());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Response extends BaseTasksResponse implements Writeable, ToXContentObject {
+        private boolean started;
+
+        public Response() {
+            super(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+        }
+
+        public Response(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+            readFrom(in);
+        }
+
+        public Response(boolean started) {
+            super(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+            this.started = started;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isStarted() {
+            return started;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super.readFrom(in);
+            started = in.readBoolean();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeBoolean(started);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.startObject();
+            builder.field("started", started);
+            builder.endObject();
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (this == obj) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (obj == null || getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            Response response = (Response) obj;
+            return started == response.started;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(started);
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/StopDataFrameTransformAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.BaseTasksRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.BaseTasksResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+public class StopDataFrameTransformAction extends Action<StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response> {
+
+    public static final StopDataFrameTransformAction INSTANCE = new StopDataFrameTransformAction();
+    public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/data_frame/stop";
+
+    public static final TimeValue DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = new TimeValue(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+    private StopDataFrameTransformAction() {
+        super(NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Response newResponse() {
+        return new Response();
+    }
+
+    public static class Request extends BaseTasksRequest<Request> implements ToXContent {
+        private String id;
+        private final boolean waitForCompletion;
+
+        public Request(String id, boolean waitForCompletion, @Nullable TimeValue timeout) {
+            this.id = ExceptionsHelper.requireNonNull(id, DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName());
+            this.waitForCompletion = waitForCompletion;
+
+            // use the timeout value already present in BaseTasksRequest
+            this.setTimeout(timeout == null ? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT : timeout);
+        }
+
+        public Request() {
+            this(null, false, null);
+        }
+
+        public Request(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super(in);
+            id = in.readString();
+            waitForCompletion = in.readBoolean();
+        }
+
+        public String getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public void setId(String id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+
+        public boolean waitForCompletion() {
+            return waitForCompletion;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeString(id);
+            out.writeBoolean(waitForCompletion);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.field(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName(), id);
+            builder.field(DataFrameField.WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION.getPreferredName(), waitForCompletion);
+            if (this.getTimeout() != null) {
+                builder.field(DataFrameField.TIMEOUT.getPreferredName(), this.getTimeout());
+            }
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            // the base class does not implement hashCode, therefore we need to hash timeout ourselves
+            return Objects.hash(id, waitForCompletion, this.getTimeout());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (this == obj) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (obj == null || getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            Request other = (Request) obj;
+
+            // the base class does not implement equals, therefore we need to compare timeout ourselves
+            if (Objects.equals(this.getTimeout(), other.getTimeout()) == false) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return Objects.equals(id, other.id) && Objects.equals(waitForCompletion, other.waitForCompletion);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean match(Task task) {
+            String expectedDescription = DataFrameField.PERSISTENT_TASK_DESCRIPTION_PREFIX + id;
+
+            return task.getDescription().equals(expectedDescription);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class RequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<Request, Response> {
+
+        protected RequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, StopDataFrameTransformAction action) {
+            super(client, action, new Request());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Response extends BaseTasksResponse implements Writeable, ToXContentObject {
+
+        private boolean stopped;
+
+        public Response() {
+            super(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+        }
+
+        public Response(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+            readFrom(in);
+        }
+
+        public Response(boolean stopped) {
+            super(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList());
+            this.stopped = stopped;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isStopped() {
+            return stopped;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super.readFrom(in);
+            stopped = in.readBoolean();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeBoolean(stopped);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.startObject();
+            builder.field("stopped", stopped);
+            builder.endObject();
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            if (this == o)
+                return true;
+            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass())
+                return false;
+            Response response = (Response) o;
+            return stopped == response.stopped;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(stopped);
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/TransportDeleteDataFrameTransformAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListenerResponseHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.FailedNodeException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.TaskOperationFailure;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.TransportTasksAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodes;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.elasticsearch.discovery.MasterNotDiscoveredException;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTasksCustomMetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTasksService;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexing.IndexerState;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.Request;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.Response;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence.DataFrameTransformsConfigManager;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformTask;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class TransportDeleteDataFrameTransformAction extends TransportTasksAction<DataFrameTransformTask, Request, Response, Response> {
+
+    private final DataFrameTransformsConfigManager transformsConfigManager;
+
+    @Inject
+    public TransportDeleteDataFrameTransformAction(TransportService transportService, ThreadPool threadPool, ActionFilters actionFilters,
+            IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver, PersistentTasksService persistentTasksService,
+            ClusterService clusterService, DataFrameTransformsConfigManager transformsConfigManager) {
+        super(DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.NAME, clusterService, transportService, actionFilters, Request::new, Response::new,
+                Response::new, ThreadPool.Names.SAME);
+        this.transformsConfigManager = transformsConfigManager;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Response newResponse(Request request, List<Response> tasks, List<TaskOperationFailure> taskOperationFailures,
+            List<FailedNodeException> failedNodeExceptions) {
+        assert tasks.size() + taskOperationFailures.size() == 1;
+        boolean cancelled = tasks.size() > 0 && tasks.stream().allMatch(Response::isDeleted);
+
+        return new Response(cancelled, taskOperationFailures, failedNodeExceptions);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void taskOperation(Request request, DataFrameTransformTask task, ActionListener<Response> listener) {
+        assert task.getTransformId().equals(request.getId());
+        IndexerState state = task.getState().getIndexerState();
+        if (state.equals(IndexerState.STOPPED)) {
+            task.onCancelled();
+            transformsConfigManager.deleteTransformConfiguration(request.getId(), ActionListener.wrap(r -> {
+                listener.onResponse(new Response(true));
+            }, listener::onFailure));
+        } else {
+            listener.onFailure(new IllegalStateException("Could not delete transform [" + request.getId() + "] because "
+                    + "indexer state is [" + state + "].  Transform must be [" + IndexerState.STOPPED + "] before deletion."));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doExecute(Task task, Request request, ActionListener<Response> listener) {
+        final ClusterState state = clusterService.state();
+        final DiscoveryNodes nodes = state.nodes();
+        if (nodes.isLocalNodeElectedMaster()) {
+            PersistentTasksCustomMetaData pTasksMeta = state.getMetaData().custom(PersistentTasksCustomMetaData.TYPE);
+            if (pTasksMeta != null && pTasksMeta.getTask(request.getId()) != null) {
+                super.doExecute(task, request, listener);
+            } else {
+                // we couldn't find the transform in the persistent task CS, but maybe the transform exists in the configuration index,
+                // if so delete the orphaned document and do not throw (for the normal case we want to stop the task first,
+                // than delete the configuration document if and only if the data frame transform is in stopped state)
+                transformsConfigManager.deleteTransformConfiguration(request.getId(), ActionListener.wrap(r -> {
+                    listener.onResponse(new Response(true));
+                    return;
+                }, listener::onFailure));
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Delegates DeleteTransform to elected master node, so it becomes the coordinating node.
+            // Non-master nodes may have a stale cluster state that shows transforms which are cancelled
+            // on the master, which makes testing difficult.
+            if (nodes.getMasterNode() == null) {
+                listener.onFailure(new MasterNotDiscoveredException("no known master nodes"));
+            } else {
+                transportService.sendRequest(nodes.getMasterNode(), actionName, request,
+                        new ActionListenerResponseHandler<>(listener, Response::new));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/TransportGetDataFrameTransformsAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListenerResponseHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.FailedNodeException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.TaskOperationFailure;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.TransportTasksAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodes;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.elasticsearch.discovery.MasterNotDiscoveredException;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Request;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Response;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence.DataFramePersistentTaskUtils;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence.DataFrameTransformsConfigManager;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformConfig;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformTask;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class TransportGetDataFrameTransformsAction extends
+        TransportTasksAction<DataFrameTransformTask,
+        GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Request,
+        GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Response,
+        GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Response> {
+
+    private final DataFrameTransformsConfigManager transformsConfigManager;
+
+    @Inject
+    public TransportGetDataFrameTransformsAction(TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters,
+            ClusterService clusterService, DataFrameTransformsConfigManager transformsConfigManager) {
+        super(GetDataFrameTransformsAction.NAME, clusterService, transportService, actionFilters, GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Request::new,
+                GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Response::new, GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Response::new, ThreadPool.Names.SAME);
+        this.transformsConfigManager = transformsConfigManager;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Response newResponse(Request request, List<Response> tasks, List<TaskOperationFailure> taskOperationFailures,
+            List<FailedNodeException> failedNodeExceptions) {
+        List<DataFrameTransformConfig> configs = tasks.stream().map(GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Response::getTransformConfigurations)
+                .flatMap(Collection::stream).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        return new Response(configs, taskOperationFailures, failedNodeExceptions);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void taskOperation(Request request, DataFrameTransformTask task, ActionListener<Response> listener) {
+        assert task.getTransformId().equals(request.getId()) || request.getId().equals(MetaData.ALL);
+        // Little extra insurance, make sure we only return transforms that aren't cancelled
+        if (task.isCancelled() == false) {
+            transformsConfigManager.getTransformConfiguration(task.getTransformId(), ActionListener.wrap(config -> {
+                listener.onResponse(new Response(Collections.singletonList(config)));
+            }, e -> {
+                listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException("failed to retrieve...", e));
+            }));
+        } else {
+            listener.onResponse(new Response(Collections.emptyList()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doExecute(Task task, Request request, ActionListener<Response> listener) {
+        final ClusterState state = clusterService.state();
+        final DiscoveryNodes nodes = state.nodes();
+
+        if (nodes.isLocalNodeElectedMaster()) {
+            if (DataFramePersistentTaskUtils.stateHasDataFrameTransforms(request.getId(), state)) {
+                super.doExecute(task, request, listener);
+            } else {
+                // If we couldn't find the transform in the persistent task CS, it means it was deleted prior to this GET
+                // and we can just send an empty response, no need to go looking for the allocated task
+                listener.onResponse(new Response(Collections.emptyList()));
+            }
+
+        } else {
+            // Delegates GetTransforms to elected master node, so it becomes the coordinating node.
+            // Non-master nodes may have a stale cluster state that shows transforms which are cancelled
+            // on the master, which makes testing difficult.
+            if (nodes.getMasterNode() == null) {
+                listener.onFailure(new MasterNotDiscoveredException("no known master nodes"));
+            } else {
+                transportService.sendRequest(nodes.getMasterNode(), actionName, request,
+                        new ActionListenerResponseHandler<>(listener, Response::new));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/TransportGetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListenerResponseHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.FailedNodeException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.TaskOperationFailure;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.TransportTasksAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodes;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.elasticsearch.discovery.MasterNotDiscoveredException;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Request;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Response;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence.DataFramePersistentTaskUtils;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformTask;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class TransportGetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction extends
+        TransportTasksAction<DataFrameTransformTask,
+        GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Request,
+        GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Response,
+        GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Response> {
+
+    @Inject
+    public TransportGetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction(TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters,
+            ClusterService clusterService) {
+        super(GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.NAME, clusterService, transportService, actionFilters, Request::new, Response::new,
+                Response::new, ThreadPool.Names.SAME);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Response newResponse(Request request, List<Response> tasks, List<TaskOperationFailure> taskOperationFailures,
+            List<FailedNodeException> failedNodeExceptions) {
+        List<DataFrameTransformStateAndStats> responses = tasks.stream()
+                .map(GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Response::getTransformsStateAndStats).flatMap(Collection::stream)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        return new Response(responses, taskOperationFailures, failedNodeExceptions);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void taskOperation(Request request, DataFrameTransformTask task, ActionListener<Response> listener) {
+        List<DataFrameTransformStateAndStats> transformsStateAndStats = Collections.emptyList();
+
+        assert task.getTransformId().equals(request.getId()) || request.getId().equals(MetaData.ALL);
+
+        // Little extra insurance, make sure we only return transforms that aren't cancelled
+        if (task.isCancelled() == false) {
+            DataFrameTransformStateAndStats transformStateAndStats = new DataFrameTransformStateAndStats(task.getTransformId(),
+                    task.getState(), task.getStats());
+            transformsStateAndStats = Collections.singletonList(transformStateAndStats);
+        }
+
+        listener.onResponse(new Response(transformsStateAndStats));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doExecute(Task task, Request request, ActionListener<Response> listener) {
+        final ClusterState state = clusterService.state();
+        final DiscoveryNodes nodes = state.nodes();
+
+        if (nodes.isLocalNodeElectedMaster()) {
+            if (DataFramePersistentTaskUtils.stateHasDataFrameTransforms(request.getId(), state)) {
+                super.doExecute(task, request, listener);
+            } else {
+                // If we couldn't find the transform in the persistent task CS, it means it was deleted prior to this GET
+                // and we can just send an empty response, no need to go looking for the allocated task
+                listener.onResponse(new Response(Collections.emptyList()));
+            }
+
+        } else {
+            // Delegates GetTransforms to elected master node, so it becomes the coordinating node.
+            // Non-master nodes may have a stale cluster state that shows transforms which are cancelled
+            // on the master, which makes testing difficult.
+            if (nodes.getMasterNode() == null) {
+                listener.onFailure(new MasterNotDiscoveredException("no known master nodes"));
+            } else {
+                transportService.sendRequest(nodes.getMasterNode(), actionName, request,
+                        new ActionListenerResponseHandler<>(listener, Response::new));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/TransportPutDataFrameTransformAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.elasticsearch.ResourceAlreadyExistsException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockLevel;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MatchAllQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.license.LicenseUtils;
+import org.elasticsearch.license.XPackLicenseState;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTasksCustomMetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTasksService;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameMessages;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.PutDataFrameTransformAction.Request;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.PutDataFrameTransformAction.Response;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence.DataFrameTransformsConfigManager;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence.DataframeIndex;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransform;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot.Pivot;
+
+public class TransportPutDataFrameTransformAction
+        extends TransportMasterNodeAction<PutDataFrameTransformAction.Request, PutDataFrameTransformAction.Response> {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(TransportPutDataFrameTransformAction.class);
+
+    private final XPackLicenseState licenseState;
+    private final PersistentTasksService persistentTasksService;
+    private final Client client;
+    private final DataFrameTransformsConfigManager dataFrameTransformsConfigManager;
+
+    @Inject
+    public TransportPutDataFrameTransformAction(TransportService transportService, ThreadPool threadPool, ActionFilters actionFilters,
+            IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver, ClusterService clusterService, XPackLicenseState licenseState,
+            PersistentTasksService persistentTasksService, DataFrameTransformsConfigManager dataFrameTransformsConfigManager,
+            Client client) {
+        super(PutDataFrameTransformAction.NAME, transportService, clusterService, threadPool, actionFilters, indexNameExpressionResolver,
+                PutDataFrameTransformAction.Request::new);
+        this.licenseState = licenseState;
+        this.persistentTasksService = persistentTasksService;
+        this.client = client;
+        this.dataFrameTransformsConfigManager = dataFrameTransformsConfigManager;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String executor() {
+        return ThreadPool.Names.SAME;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected PutDataFrameTransformAction.Response newResponse() {
+        return new PutDataFrameTransformAction.Response();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void masterOperation(Request request, ClusterState clusterState, ActionListener<Response> listener) throws Exception {
+
+        if (!licenseState.isDataFrameAllowed()) {
+            listener.onFailure(LicenseUtils.newComplianceException(XPackField.DATA_FRAME));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        XPackPlugin.checkReadyForXPackCustomMetadata(clusterState);
+
+        String transformId = request.getConfig().getId();
+        // quick check whether a transform has already been created under that name
+        if (PersistentTasksCustomMetaData.getTaskWithId(clusterState, transformId) != null) {
+            listener.onFailure(new ResourceAlreadyExistsException(
+                    DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_EXISTS, transformId)));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // create the transform, for now we only have pivot and no support for custom queries
+        Pivot pivot = new Pivot(request.getConfig().getSource(), new MatchAllQueryBuilder(), request.getConfig().getPivotConfig());
+
+        // the non-state creating steps are done first, so we minimize the chance to end up with orphaned state transform validation
+        pivot.validate(client, ActionListener.wrap(validationResult -> {
+            // deduce target mappings
+            pivot.deduceMappings(client, ActionListener.wrap(mappings -> {
+                // create the destination index
+                DataframeIndex.createDestinationIndex(client, request.getConfig(), mappings, ActionListener.wrap(createIndexResult -> {
+                    DataFrameTransform transform = createDataFrameTransform(transformId, threadPool);
+                    // create the transform configuration and store it in the internal index
+                    dataFrameTransformsConfigManager.putTransformConfiguration(request.getConfig(), ActionListener.wrap(r -> {
+                        // finally start the persistent task
+                        persistentTasksService.sendStartRequest(transform.getId(), DataFrameTransform.NAME, transform,
+                                ActionListener.wrap(persistentTask -> {
+                                    listener.onResponse(new PutDataFrameTransformAction.Response(true));
+                        }, startPersistentTaskException -> {
+                            // delete the otherwise orphaned transform configuration, for now we do not delete the destination index
+                            dataFrameTransformsConfigManager.deleteTransformConfiguration(transformId, ActionListener.wrap(r2 -> {
+                                        logger.debug("Deleted data frame transform [{}] configuration from data frame configuration index",
+                                                transformId);
+                                        listener.onFailure(
+                                        new RuntimeException(
+                                                DataFrameMessages.getMessage(
+                                                        DataFrameMessages.REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_FAILED_TO_START_PERSISTENT_TASK, r2),
+                                                startPersistentTaskException));
+                            }, deleteTransformFromIndexException -> {
+                                logger.error("Failed to cleanup orphaned data frame transform [{}] configuration", transformId);
+                                listener.onFailure(
+                                        new RuntimeException(
+                                                DataFrameMessages.getMessage(
+                                                        DataFrameMessages.REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_FAILED_TO_START_PERSISTENT_TASK, false),
+                                                startPersistentTaskException));
+                            }));
+                        }));
+                    }, listener::onFailure));
+                }, createDestinationIndexException -> {
+                    listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException(DataFrameMessages.REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_FAILED_TO_CREATE_TARGET_INDEX,
+                            createDestinationIndexException));
+                }));
+            }, deduceTargetMappingsException -> {
+                listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException(DataFrameMessages.REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_FAILED_TO_DEDUCE_TARGET_MAPPINGS,
+                        deduceTargetMappingsException));
+            }));
+        }, validationException -> {
+            listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException(DataFrameMessages.REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_FAILED_TO_VALIDATE_DATA_FRAME_CONFIGURATION,
+                    validationException));
+        }));
+    }
+
+    private static DataFrameTransform createDataFrameTransform(String transformId, ThreadPool threadPool) {
+        return new DataFrameTransform(transformId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ClusterBlockException checkBlock(PutDataFrameTransformAction.Request request, ClusterState state) {
+        return state.blocks().globalBlockedException(ClusterBlockLevel.METADATA_WRITE);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/TransportStartDataFrameTransformAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.ResourceNotFoundException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.FailedNodeException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.TaskOperationFailure;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.TransportTasksAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.elasticsearch.license.LicenseUtils;
+import org.elasticsearch.license.XPackLicenseState;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformTask;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public class TransportStartDataFrameTransformAction extends
+        TransportTasksAction<DataFrameTransformTask, StartDataFrameTransformAction.Request,
+        StartDataFrameTransformAction.Response, StartDataFrameTransformAction.Response> {
+
+    private final XPackLicenseState licenseState;
+
+    @Inject
+    public TransportStartDataFrameTransformAction(TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters,
+            ClusterService clusterService, XPackLicenseState licenseState) {
+        super(StartDataFrameTransformAction.NAME, clusterService, transportService, actionFilters,
+                StartDataFrameTransformAction.Request::new, StartDataFrameTransformAction.Response::new,
+                StartDataFrameTransformAction.Response::new, ThreadPool.Names.SAME);
+        this.licenseState = licenseState;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void processTasks(StartDataFrameTransformAction.Request request, Consumer<DataFrameTransformTask> operation) {
+        DataFrameTransformTask matchingTask = null;
+
+        // todo: re-factor, see rollup TransportTaskHelper
+        for (Task task : taskManager.getTasks().values()) {
+            if (task instanceof DataFrameTransformTask
+                    && ((DataFrameTransformTask) task).getTransformId().equals(request.getId())) {
+                if (matchingTask != null) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Found more than one matching task for data frame transform [" + request.getId()
+                            + "] when " + "there should only be one.");
+                }
+                matchingTask = (DataFrameTransformTask) task;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (matchingTask != null) {
+            operation.accept(matchingTask);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doExecute(Task task, StartDataFrameTransformAction.Request request,
+            ActionListener<StartDataFrameTransformAction.Response> listener) {
+
+        if (!licenseState.isDataFrameAllowed()) {
+            listener.onFailure(LicenseUtils.newComplianceException(XPackField.DATA_FRAME));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        super.doExecute(task, request, listener);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void taskOperation(StartDataFrameTransformAction.Request request, DataFrameTransformTask transformTask,
+            ActionListener<StartDataFrameTransformAction.Response> listener) {
+        if (transformTask.getTransformId().equals(request.getId())) {
+            transformTask.start(listener);
+        } else {
+            listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException("ID of data frame transform task [" + transformTask.getTransformId()
+                    + "] does not match request's ID [" + request.getId() + "]"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected StartDataFrameTransformAction.Response newResponse(StartDataFrameTransformAction.Request request,
+            List<StartDataFrameTransformAction.Response> tasks, List<TaskOperationFailure> taskOperationFailures,
+            List<FailedNodeException> failedNodeExceptions) {
+
+        if (taskOperationFailures.isEmpty() == false) {
+            throw org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper.convertToElastic(taskOperationFailures.get(0).getCause());
+        } else if (failedNodeExceptions.isEmpty() == false) {
+            throw org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper.convertToElastic(failedNodeExceptions.get(0));
+        }
+
+        // Either the transform doesn't exist (the user didn't create it yet) or was deleted
+        // after the StartAPI executed.
+        // In either case, let the user know
+        if (tasks.size() == 0) {
+            throw new ResourceNotFoundException("Task for data frame transform [" + request.getId() + "] not found");
+        }
+
+        assert tasks.size() == 1;
+
+        boolean allStarted = tasks.stream().allMatch(StartDataFrameTransformAction.Response::isStarted);
+        return new StartDataFrameTransformAction.Response(allStarted);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/TransportStopDataFrameTransformAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
+import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchTimeoutException;
+import org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper;
+import org.elasticsearch.ResourceNotFoundException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.FailedNodeException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.TaskOperationFailure;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.TransportTasksAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameMessages;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformTask;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue.timeValueMillis;
+
+public class TransportStopDataFrameTransformAction extends
+        TransportTasksAction<DataFrameTransformTask, StopDataFrameTransformAction.Request,
+        StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response, StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response> {
+
+    private static final TimeValue WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION_POLL = timeValueMillis(100);
+    private final ThreadPool threadPool;
+
+    @Inject
+    public TransportStopDataFrameTransformAction(TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters,
+            ClusterService clusterService, ThreadPool threadPool) {
+        super(StopDataFrameTransformAction.NAME, clusterService, transportService, actionFilters, StopDataFrameTransformAction.Request::new,
+                StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response::new, StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response::new, ThreadPool.Names.SAME);
+        this.threadPool = threadPool;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doExecute(Task task, StopDataFrameTransformAction.Request request,
+            ActionListener<StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response> listener) {
+        super.doExecute(task, request, listener);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void taskOperation(StopDataFrameTransformAction.Request request, DataFrameTransformTask transformTask,
+            ActionListener<StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response> listener) {
+        if (transformTask.getTransformId().equals(request.getId())) {
+            if (request.waitForCompletion() == false) {
+                transformTask.stop(listener);
+            } else {
+                ActionListener<StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response> blockingListener = ActionListener.wrap(response -> {
+                    if (response.isStopped()) {
+                        // The Task acknowledged that it is stopped/stopping... wait until the status actually
+                        // changes over before returning. Switch over to Generic threadpool so
+                        // we don't block the network thread
+                        threadPool.generic().execute(() -> {
+                            try {
+                                long untilInNanos = System.nanoTime() + request.getTimeout().getNanos();
+
+                                while (System.nanoTime() - untilInNanos < 0) {
+                                    if (transformTask.isStopped()) {
+                                        listener.onResponse(response);
+                                        return;
+                                    }
+                                    Thread.sleep(WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION_POLL.millis());
+                                }
+                                // ran out of time
+                                listener.onFailure(new ElasticsearchTimeoutException(
+                                        DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_STOP_TRANSFORM_WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION_TIMEOUT,
+                                                request.getTimeout().getStringRep(), request.getId())));
+                            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                                listener.onFailure(new ElasticsearchException(DataFrameMessages.getMessage(
+                                        DataFrameMessages.REST_STOP_TRANSFORM_WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION_INTERRUPT, request.getId()), e));
+                            }
+                        });
+                    } else {
+                        // Did not acknowledge stop, just return the response
+                        listener.onResponse(response);
+                    }
+                }, listener::onFailure);
+
+                transformTask.stop(blockingListener);
+            }
+        } else {
+            listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException("ID of data frame indexer task [" + transformTask.getTransformId()
+                    + "] does not match request's ID [" + request.getId() + "]"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response newResponse(StopDataFrameTransformAction.Request request,
+            List<StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response> tasks, List<TaskOperationFailure> taskOperationFailures,
+            List<FailedNodeException> failedNodeExceptions) {
+
+        if (taskOperationFailures.isEmpty() == false) {
+            throw ExceptionsHelper.convertToElastic(taskOperationFailures.get(0).getCause());
+        } else if (failedNodeExceptions.isEmpty() == false) {
+            throw ExceptionsHelper.convertToElastic(failedNodeExceptions.get(0));
+        }
+
+        // Either the transform doesn't exist (the user didn't create it yet) or was deleted
+        // after the Stop API executed.
+        // In either case, let the user know
+        if (tasks.size() == 0) {
+            throw new ResourceNotFoundException("Task for Data Frame transform [" + request.getId() + "] not found");
+        }
+
+        assert tasks.size() == 1;
+
+        boolean allStopped = tasks.stream().allMatch(StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response::isStopped);
+        return new StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response(allStopped);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataFrameInternalIndex.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.Version;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexTemplateMetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
+
+public final class DataFrameInternalIndex {
+
+    // constants for the index
+    public static final String INDEX_TEMPLATE_VERSION = "1";
+    public static final String INDEX_TEMPLATE_PATTERN = ".data-frame-internal-";
+    public static final String INDEX_TEMPLATE_NAME = INDEX_TEMPLATE_PATTERN + INDEX_TEMPLATE_VERSION;
+    public static final String INDEX_NAME = INDEX_TEMPLATE_NAME;
+
+    // constants for mappings
+    public static final String ENABLED = "enabled";
+    public static final String DYNAMIC = "dynamic";
+    public static final String PROPERTIES = "properties";
+    public static final String TYPE = "type";
+
+    // data types
+    public static final String DOUBLE = "double";
+    public static final String KEYWORD = "keyword";
+
+    // internal document types, e.g. "transform_config"
+    public static final String DOC_TYPE = "doc_type";
+
+    public static IndexTemplateMetaData getIndexTemplateMetaData() throws IOException {
+        IndexTemplateMetaData dataFrameTemplate = IndexTemplateMetaData.builder(INDEX_TEMPLATE_NAME)
+                .patterns(Collections.singletonList(INDEX_TEMPLATE_NAME))
+                .version(Version.CURRENT.id)
+                .settings(Settings.builder()
+                        // the configurations are expected to be small
+                        .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, 1)
+                        .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_AUTO_EXPAND_REPLICAS, "0-1"))
+                // todo: remove type
+                .putMapping(MapperService.SINGLE_MAPPING_NAME, Strings.toString(mappings()))
+                .build();
+        return dataFrameTemplate;
+    }
+
+    private static XContentBuilder mappings() throws IOException {
+        XContentBuilder builder = jsonBuilder();
+        builder.startObject();
+
+        builder.startObject(MapperService.SINGLE_MAPPING_NAME);
+        addMetaInformation(builder);
+
+        // no need to analyze anything, we use the config index as key value store, revisit if we decide to search on it
+        builder.field(ENABLED, false);
+        // do not allow anything outside of the defined schema
+        builder.field(DYNAMIC, "strict");
+        // the schema definitions
+        builder.startObject(PROPERTIES);
+        // overall doc type
+        builder.startObject(DOC_TYPE).field(TYPE, KEYWORD).endObject();
+        // add the schema for transform configurations
+        addDataFrameTransformsConfigMappings(builder);
+
+        // end type
+        builder.endObject();
+        // end properties
+        builder.endObject();
+        // end mapping
+        builder.endObject();
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    private static XContentBuilder addDataFrameTransformsConfigMappings(XContentBuilder builder) throws IOException {
+        return builder
+            .startObject(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName())
+                .field(TYPE, KEYWORD)
+            .endObject();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Inserts "_meta" containing useful information like the version into the mapping
+     * template.
+     *
+     * @param builder The builder for the mappings
+     * @throws IOException On write error
+     */
+    private static XContentBuilder addMetaInformation(XContentBuilder builder) throws IOException {
+        return builder.startObject("_meta")
+                    .field("version", Version.CURRENT)
+                .endObject();
+    }
+
+    private DataFrameInternalIndex() {
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataFramePersistentTaskUtils.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTasksCustomMetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+
+public final class DataFramePersistentTaskUtils {
+
+    private DataFramePersistentTaskUtils() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check to see if the PersistentTask's cluster state contains the data frame transform(s) we
+     * are interested in
+     */
+    public static boolean stateHasDataFrameTransforms(String id, ClusterState state) {
+        boolean hasTransforms = false;
+        PersistentTasksCustomMetaData pTasksMeta = state.getMetaData().custom(PersistentTasksCustomMetaData.TYPE);
+
+        if (pTasksMeta != null) {
+            // If the request was for _all transforms, we need to look through the list of
+            // persistent tasks and see if at least one is a data frame task
+            if (id.equals(MetaData.ALL)) {
+                hasTransforms = pTasksMeta.tasks().stream()
+                        .anyMatch(persistentTask -> persistentTask.getTaskName().equals(DataFrameField.TASK_NAME));
+
+            } else if (pTasksMeta.getTask(id) != null) {
+                // If we're looking for a single transform, we can just check directly
+                hasTransforms = true;
+            }
+        }
+        return hasTransforms;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataFrameTransformsConfigManager.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchParseException;
+import org.elasticsearch.ResourceAlreadyExistsException;
+import org.elasticsearch.ResourceNotFoundException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.DocWriteRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.DocWriteResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.delete.DeleteAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.delete.DeleteRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.get.GetAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.get.GetRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.WriteRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.LoggingDeprecationHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexNotFoundException;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.engine.VersionConflictEngineException;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameMessages;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformConfig;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper.DATA_FRAME_ORIGIN;
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper.executeAsyncWithOrigin;
+
+public class DataFrameTransformsConfigManager {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(DataFrameTransformsConfigManager.class);
+
+    public static final Map<String, String> TO_XCONTENT_PARAMS;
+    static {
+        Map<String, String> modifiable = new HashMap<>();
+        modifiable.put("for_internal_storage", "true");
+        TO_XCONTENT_PARAMS = Collections.unmodifiableMap(modifiable);
+    }
+
+    private final Client client;
+    private final NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry;
+
+    public DataFrameTransformsConfigManager(Client client, NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry) {
+        this.client = client;
+        this.xContentRegistry = xContentRegistry;
+    }
+
+    public void putTransformConfiguration(DataFrameTransformConfig transformConfig, ActionListener<Boolean> listener) {
+        try (XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder()) {
+            XContentBuilder source = transformConfig.toXContent(builder, new ToXContent.MapParams(TO_XCONTENT_PARAMS));
+
+            IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest(DataFrameInternalIndex.INDEX_NAME)
+                    .opType(DocWriteRequest.OpType.CREATE)
+                    .setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE)
+                    .id(DataFrameTransformConfig.documentId(transformConfig.getId()))
+                    .source(source);
+
+            executeAsyncWithOrigin(client, DATA_FRAME_ORIGIN, IndexAction.INSTANCE, indexRequest, ActionListener.wrap(r -> {
+                listener.onResponse(true);
+            }, e -> {
+                if (e instanceof VersionConflictEngineException) {
+                    // the transform already exists
+                    listener.onFailure(new ResourceAlreadyExistsException(
+                            DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_EXISTS,
+                                    transformConfig.getId())));
+                } else {
+                    listener.onFailure(
+                            new RuntimeException(DataFrameMessages.REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_FAILED_PERSIST_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION, e));
+                }
+            }));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            // not expected to happen but for the sake of completeness
+            listener.onFailure(new ElasticsearchParseException(
+                    DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_DATA_FRAME_FAILED_TO_SERIALIZE_TRANSFORM, transformConfig.getId()),
+                    e));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void getTransformConfiguration(String transformId, ActionListener<DataFrameTransformConfig> resultListener) {
+        GetRequest getRequest = new GetRequest(DataFrameInternalIndex.INDEX_NAME, DataFrameTransformConfig.documentId(transformId));
+        executeAsyncWithOrigin(client, DATA_FRAME_ORIGIN, GetAction.INSTANCE, getRequest, ActionListener.wrap(getResponse -> {
+
+            if (getResponse.isExists() == false) {
+                resultListener.onFailure(new ResourceNotFoundException(
+                        DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_DATA_FRAME_UNKNOWN_TRANSFORM, transformId)));
+                return;
+            }
+            BytesReference source = getResponse.getSourceAsBytesRef();
+            parseTransformLenientlyFromSource(source, transformId, resultListener);
+        }, e -> {
+            if (e.getClass() == IndexNotFoundException.class) {
+                resultListener.onFailure(new ResourceNotFoundException(
+                        DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_DATA_FRAME_UNKNOWN_TRANSFORM, transformId)));
+            } else {
+                resultListener.onFailure(e);
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
+    public void deleteTransformConfiguration(String transformId, ActionListener<Boolean> listener) {
+        DeleteRequest request = new DeleteRequest(DataFrameInternalIndex.INDEX_NAME, DataFrameTransformConfig.documentId(transformId));
+        request.setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE);
+
+        executeAsyncWithOrigin(client, DATA_FRAME_ORIGIN, DeleteAction.INSTANCE, request, ActionListener.wrap(deleteResponse -> {
+
+            if (deleteResponse.getResult() == DocWriteResponse.Result.NOT_FOUND) {
+                listener.onFailure(new ResourceNotFoundException(
+                        DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_DATA_FRAME_UNKNOWN_TRANSFORM, transformId)));
+                return;
+            }
+            listener.onResponse(true);
+        }, e -> {
+            if (e.getClass() == IndexNotFoundException.class) {
+                listener.onFailure(new ResourceNotFoundException(
+                        DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_DATA_FRAME_UNKNOWN_TRANSFORM, transformId)));
+            } else {
+                listener.onFailure(e);
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
+    private void parseTransformLenientlyFromSource(BytesReference source, String transformId,
+            ActionListener<DataFrameTransformConfig> transformListener) {
+        try (InputStream stream = source.streamInput();
+                XContentParser parser = XContentFactory.xContent(XContentType.JSON)
+                     .createParser(xContentRegistry, LoggingDeprecationHandler.INSTANCE, stream)) {
+            transformListener.onResponse(DataFrameTransformConfig.fromXContent(parser, transformId, true));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error(DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.FAILED_TO_PARSE_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION, transformId), e);
+            transformListener.onFailure(e);
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataframeIndex.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.elasticsearch.Version;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.create.CreateIndexAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.create.CreateIndexRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameMessages;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformConfig;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
+
+public final class DataframeIndex {
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(DataframeIndex.class);
+
+    public static final String DOC_TYPE = "_doc";
+    private static final String PROPERTIES = "properties";
+    private static final String TYPE = "type";
+    private static final String META = "_meta";
+
+    private DataframeIndex() {
+    }
+
+    public static void createDestinationIndex(Client client, DataFrameTransformConfig transformConfig, Map<String, String> mappings,
+            final ActionListener<Boolean> listener) {
+        CreateIndexRequest request = new CreateIndexRequest(transformConfig.getDestination());
+
+        // TODO: revisit number of shards, number of replicas
+        request.settings(Settings.builder() // <1>
+                .put("index.number_of_shards", 1).put("index.number_of_replicas", 0));
+
+        request.mapping(DOC_TYPE, createMappingXContent(mappings, transformConfig.getId()));
+
+        client.execute(CreateIndexAction.INSTANCE, request, ActionListener.wrap(createIndexResponse -> {
+            listener.onResponse(true);
+        }, e -> {
+            String message = DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.FAILED_TO_CREATE_DESTINATION_INDEX,
+                    transformConfig.getDestination(), transformConfig.getId());
+            logger.error(message);
+            listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException(message, e));
+        }));
+    }
+
+    private static XContentBuilder createMappingXContent(Map<String, String> mappings, String id) {
+        try {
+            XContentBuilder builder = jsonBuilder().startObject();
+            builder.startObject(DOC_TYPE);
+            addMetaData(builder, id);
+            builder.startObject(PROPERTIES);
+            for (Entry<String, String> field : mappings.entrySet()) {
+                builder.startObject(field.getKey()).field(TYPE, field.getValue()).endObject();
+            }
+            builder.endObject(); // properties
+            builder.endObject(); // doc_type
+            return builder.endObject();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static XContentBuilder addMetaData(XContentBuilder builder, String id) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject(META);
+        builder.field(DataFrameField.CREATED_BY, DataFrameField.DATA_FRAME_SIGNATURE);
+        builder.startObject(DataFrameField.META_FIELDNAME);
+        builder.field(DataFrameField.CREATION_DATE_MILLIS, System.currentTimeMillis());
+        builder.startObject(DataFrameField.VERSION);
+        builder.field(DataFrameField.CREATED, Version.CURRENT);
+        builder.endObject();
+        builder.field(DataFrameField.TRANSFORM, id);
+        builder.endObject(); // META_FIELDNAME
+        builder.endObject(); // META
+        return builder;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/rest/action/RestDeleteDataFrameTransformAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.rest.action;
+
+
+import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestToXContentListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.DeleteDataFrameTransformAction;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class RestDeleteDataFrameTransformAction extends BaseRestHandler {
+
+    public RestDeleteDataFrameTransformAction(Settings settings, RestController controller) {
+        super(settings);
+        controller.registerHandler(RestRequest.Method.DELETE,  DataFrameField.REST_BASE_PATH_TRANSFORMS_BY_ID, this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected RestChannelConsumer prepareRequest(RestRequest restRequest, NodeClient client) throws IOException {
+        String id = restRequest.param(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName());
+        DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.Request request = new DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.Request(id);
+
+        return channel -> client.execute(DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.INSTANCE, request,
+                new RestToXContentListener<DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.Response>(channel) {
+                    @Override
+                    protected RestStatus getStatus(DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.Response response) {
+                        if (response.getNodeFailures().size() > 0 || response.getTaskFailures().size() > 0) {
+                            return RestStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+                        }
+                        return RestStatus.OK;
+                    }
+                });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return "data_frame_delete_transform_action";
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/rest/action/RestGetDataFrameTransformsAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.rest.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestToXContentListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsAction;
+
+public class RestGetDataFrameTransformsAction extends BaseRestHandler {
+
+    public RestGetDataFrameTransformsAction(Settings settings, RestController controller) {
+        super(settings);
+        controller.registerHandler(RestRequest.Method.GET, DataFrameField.REST_BASE_PATH_TRANSFORMS_BY_ID, this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected RestChannelConsumer prepareRequest(RestRequest restRequest, NodeClient client) {
+        String id = restRequest.param(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName());
+        GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Request request = new GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Request(id);
+        return channel -> client.execute(GetDataFrameTransformsAction.INSTANCE, request, new RestToXContentListener<>(channel));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return "data_frame_get_transforms_action";
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/rest/action/RestGetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.rest.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestToXContentListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction;
+
+public class RestGetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction extends BaseRestHandler {
+
+    public RestGetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction(Settings settings, RestController controller) {
+        super(settings);
+        controller.registerHandler(RestRequest.Method.GET, DataFrameField.REST_BASE_PATH_TRANSFORMS_BY_ID + "_stats", this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected RestChannelConsumer prepareRequest(RestRequest restRequest, NodeClient client) {
+        String id = restRequest.param(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName());
+        GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Request request = new GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Request(id);
+        return channel -> client.execute(GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.INSTANCE, request, new RestToXContentListener<>(channel));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return "data_frame_get_transforms_stats_action";
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/rest/action/RestPutDataFrameTransformAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.rest.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestToXContentListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.PutDataFrameTransformAction;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class RestPutDataFrameTransformAction extends BaseRestHandler {
+
+    public RestPutDataFrameTransformAction(Settings settings, RestController controller) {
+        super(settings);
+        controller.registerHandler(RestRequest.Method.PUT, DataFrameField.REST_BASE_PATH_TRANSFORMS_BY_ID, this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return "data_frame_put_transform_action";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected RestChannelConsumer prepareRequest(RestRequest restRequest, NodeClient client) throws IOException {
+        String id = restRequest.param(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName());
+        XContentParser parser = restRequest.contentParser();
+
+        PutDataFrameTransformAction.Request request = PutDataFrameTransformAction.Request.fromXContent(parser, id);
+
+        return channel -> client.execute(PutDataFrameTransformAction.INSTANCE, request, new RestToXContentListener<>(channel));
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/rest/action/RestStartDataFrameTransformAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.rest.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestToXContentListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.rollup.RollupField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.StartDataFrameTransformAction;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class RestStartDataFrameTransformAction extends BaseRestHandler {
+
+    public RestStartDataFrameTransformAction(Settings settings, RestController controller) {
+        super(settings);
+        controller.registerHandler(RestRequest.Method.POST, DataFrameField.REST_BASE_PATH_TRANSFORMS_BY_ID + "_start", this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected RestChannelConsumer prepareRequest(RestRequest restRequest, NodeClient client) throws IOException {
+        String id = restRequest.param(RollupField.ID.getPreferredName());
+        StartDataFrameTransformAction.Request request = new StartDataFrameTransformAction.Request(id);
+
+        return channel -> client.execute(StartDataFrameTransformAction.INSTANCE, request, new RestToXContentListener<>(channel));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return "data_frame_start_transform_action";
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/rest/action/RestStopDataFrameTransformAction.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.rest.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestToXContentListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.StopDataFrameTransformAction;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class RestStopDataFrameTransformAction extends BaseRestHandler {
+
+    public RestStopDataFrameTransformAction(Settings settings, RestController controller) {
+        super(settings);
+        controller.registerHandler(RestRequest.Method.POST, DataFrameField.REST_BASE_PATH_TRANSFORMS_BY_ID + "_stop", this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected RestChannelConsumer prepareRequest(RestRequest restRequest, NodeClient client) throws IOException {
+        String id = restRequest.param(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName());
+        TimeValue timeout = restRequest.paramAsTime(DataFrameField.TIMEOUT.getPreferredName(),
+                StopDataFrameTransformAction.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
+        boolean waitForCompletion = restRequest.paramAsBoolean(DataFrameField.WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION.getPreferredName(), false);
+
+        StopDataFrameTransformAction.Request request = new StopDataFrameTransformAction.Request(id, waitForCompletion, timeout);
+
+        return channel -> client.execute(StopDataFrameTransformAction.INSTANCE, request, new RestToXContentListener<>(channel));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return "data_frame_stop_transform_action";
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/DataFrameIndexer.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.composite.CompositeAggregation;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameIndexerTransformStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexing.AsyncTwoPhaseIndexer;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexing.IndexerState;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexing.IterationResult;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot.Pivot;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
+
+public abstract class DataFrameIndexer extends AsyncTwoPhaseIndexer<Map<String, Object>, DataFrameIndexerTransformStats> {
+
+    private static final String COMPOSITE_AGGREGATION_NAME = "_data_frame";
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(DataFrameIndexer.class);
+
+    private Pivot pivot;
+
+    public DataFrameIndexer(Executor executor, AtomicReference<IndexerState> initialState, Map<String, Object> initialPosition) {
+        super(executor, initialState, initialPosition, new DataFrameIndexerTransformStats());
+    }
+
+    protected abstract DataFrameTransformConfig getConfig();
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onStartJob(long now) {
+        QueryBuilder queryBuilder = getConfig().getQueryConfig().getQuery();
+
+        pivot = new Pivot(getConfig().getSource(), queryBuilder, getConfig().getPivotConfig());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected IterationResult<Map<String, Object>> doProcess(SearchResponse searchResponse) {
+        final CompositeAggregation agg = searchResponse.getAggregations().get(COMPOSITE_AGGREGATION_NAME);
+        return new IterationResult<>(processBucketsToIndexRequests(agg).collect(Collectors.toList()), agg.afterKey(),
+                agg.getBuckets().isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Parses the result and creates a stream of indexable documents
+     *
+     * Implementation decisions:
+     *
+     * Extraction uses generic maps as intermediate exchange format in order to hook in ingest pipelines/processors
+     * in later versions, see {@link IngestDocument).
+     */
+    private Stream<IndexRequest> processBucketsToIndexRequests(CompositeAggregation agg) {
+        final DataFrameTransformConfig transformConfig = getConfig();
+        String indexName = transformConfig.getDestination();
+
+        return pivot.extractResults(agg, getStats()).map(document -> {
+            XContentBuilder builder;
+            try {
+                builder = jsonBuilder();
+                builder.map(document);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
+            }
+
+            IndexRequest request = new IndexRequest(indexName).source(builder);
+            return request;
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected SearchRequest buildSearchRequest() {
+        return pivot.buildSearchRequest(getPosition());
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/DataFrameTransform.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.Version;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.AbstractDiffable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class DataFrameTransform extends AbstractDiffable<DataFrameTransform> implements XPackPlugin.XPackPersistentTaskParams {
+
+    public static final String NAME = DataFrameField.TASK_NAME;
+
+    private final String transformId;
+
+    public static final ConstructingObjectParser<DataFrameTransform, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(NAME,
+            a -> new DataFrameTransform((String) a[0]));
+
+    static {
+        PARSER.declareString(ConstructingObjectParser.constructorArg(), DataFrameField.ID);
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameTransform(String transformId) {
+        this.transformId = transformId;
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameTransform(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        this.transformId  = in.readString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getWriteableName() {
+        return NAME;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        // TODO: to be changed once target version has been defined
+        return Version.CURRENT;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeString(transformId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject();
+        builder.field(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName(), transformId);
+        builder.endObject();
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    public String getId() {
+        return transformId;
+    }
+
+    public static DataFrameTransform fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        return PARSER.parse(parser, null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (this == other) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        DataFrameTransform that = (DataFrameTransform) other;
+
+        return Objects.equals(this.transformId, that.transformId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(transformId);
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, String> getHeaders() {
+        return Collections.emptyMap();
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/DataFrameTransformConfig.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.AbstractDiffable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MatchAllQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameMessages;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot.PivotConfig;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser.constructorArg;
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser.optionalConstructorArg;
+
+/**
+ * This class holds the configuration details of a data frame transform
+ */
+public class DataFrameTransformConfig extends AbstractDiffable<DataFrameTransformConfig> implements Writeable, ToXContentObject {
+
+    private static final String NAME = "data_frame_transforms";
+    private static final ParseField SOURCE = new ParseField("source");
+    private static final ParseField DESTINATION = new ParseField("dest");
+    private static final ParseField QUERY = new ParseField("query");
+
+    // types of transforms
+    private static final ParseField PIVOT_TRANSFORM = new ParseField("pivot");
+
+    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<DataFrameTransformConfig, String> STRICT_PARSER = createParser(false);
+    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<DataFrameTransformConfig, String> LENIENT_PARSER = createParser(true);
+
+    private final String id;
+    private final String source;
+    private final String dest;
+
+    private final QueryConfig queryConfig;
+    private final PivotConfig pivotConfig;
+
+    private static ConstructingObjectParser<DataFrameTransformConfig, String> createParser(boolean lenient) {
+        ConstructingObjectParser<DataFrameTransformConfig, String> parser = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(NAME, lenient,
+                (args, optionalId) -> {
+                    String id = args[0] != null ? (String) args[0] : optionalId;
+                    String source = (String) args[1];
+                    String dest = (String) args[2];
+
+                    // default handling: if the user does not specify a query, we default to match_all
+                    QueryConfig queryConfig = null;
+                    if (args[3] == null) {
+                        queryConfig = new QueryConfig(Collections.singletonMap(MatchAllQueryBuilder.NAME, Collections.emptyMap()),
+                                new MatchAllQueryBuilder());
+                    } else {
+                        queryConfig = (QueryConfig) args[3];
+                    }
+
+                    PivotConfig pivotConfig = (PivotConfig) args[4];
+                    return new DataFrameTransformConfig(id, source, dest, queryConfig, pivotConfig);
+                });
+
+        parser.declareString(optionalConstructorArg(), DataFrameField.ID);
+        parser.declareString(constructorArg(), SOURCE);
+        parser.declareString(constructorArg(), DESTINATION);
+        parser.declareObject(optionalConstructorArg(), (p, c) -> QueryConfig.fromXContent(p, lenient), QUERY);
+        parser.declareObject(optionalConstructorArg(), (p, c) -> PivotConfig.fromXContent(p, lenient), PIVOT_TRANSFORM);
+
+        return parser;
+    }
+
+    public static String documentId(String transformId) {
+        return "data_frame-" + transformId;
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameTransformConfig(final String id,
+                                    final String source,
+                                    final String dest,
+                                    final QueryConfig queryConfig,
+                                    final PivotConfig pivotConfig) {
+        this.id = ExceptionsHelper.requireNonNull(id, DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName());
+        this.source = ExceptionsHelper.requireNonNull(source, SOURCE.getPreferredName());
+        this.dest = ExceptionsHelper.requireNonNull(dest, DESTINATION.getPreferredName());
+        this.queryConfig = ExceptionsHelper.requireNonNull(queryConfig, QUERY.getPreferredName());
+        this.pivotConfig = pivotConfig;
+
+        // at least one function must be defined
+        if (this.pivotConfig == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(DataFrameMessages.DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_NO_TRANSFORM);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameTransformConfig(final StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        id = in.readString();
+        source = in.readString();
+        dest = in.readString();
+        queryConfig = in.readOptionalWriteable(QueryConfig::new);
+        pivotConfig = in.readOptionalWriteable(PivotConfig::new);
+    }
+
+    public String getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public String getCron() {
+        return "*";
+    }
+
+    public String getSource() {
+        return source;
+    }
+
+    public String getDestination() {
+        return dest;
+    }
+
+    public PivotConfig getPivotConfig() {
+        return pivotConfig;
+    }
+
+    public QueryConfig getQueryConfig() {
+        return queryConfig;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isValid() {
+        // collect validation results from all child objects
+        if (queryConfig != null && queryConfig.isValid() == false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (pivotConfig != null && pivotConfig.isValid() == false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(final StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeString(id);
+        out.writeString(source);
+        out.writeString(dest);
+        out.writeOptionalWriteable(queryConfig);
+        out.writeOptionalWriteable(pivotConfig);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(final XContentBuilder builder, final Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject();
+        builder.field(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName(), id);
+        builder.field(SOURCE.getPreferredName(), source);
+        builder.field(DESTINATION.getPreferredName(), dest);
+        if (queryConfig != null) {
+            builder.field(QUERY.getPreferredName(), queryConfig);
+        }
+        if (pivotConfig != null) {
+            builder.field(PIVOT_TRANSFORM.getPreferredName(), pivotConfig);
+        }
+        builder.endObject();
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (this == other) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final DataFrameTransformConfig that = (DataFrameTransformConfig) other;
+
+        return Objects.equals(this.id, that.id)
+                && Objects.equals(this.source, that.source)
+                && Objects.equals(this.dest, that.dest)
+                && Objects.equals(this.queryConfig, that.queryConfig)
+                && Objects.equals(this.pivotConfig, that.pivotConfig);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(id, source, dest, queryConfig, pivotConfig);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return Strings.toString(this, true, true);
+    }
+
+    public static DataFrameTransformConfig fromXContent(final XContentParser parser, @Nullable final String optionalTransformId,
+            boolean lenient) throws IOException {
+
+        return lenient ? LENIENT_PARSER.apply(parser, optionalTransformId) : STRICT_PARSER.apply(parser, optionalTransformId);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/DataFrameTransformPersistentTasksExecutor.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.AllocatedPersistentTask;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTaskState;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTasksCustomMetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTasksExecutor;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.TaskId;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameTransformState;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.scheduler.SchedulerEngine;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.DataFrame;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence.DataFrameTransformsConfigManager;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class DataFrameTransformPersistentTasksExecutor extends PersistentTasksExecutor<DataFrameTransform> {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(DataFrameTransformPersistentTasksExecutor.class);
+
+    private final Client client;
+    private final DataFrameTransformsConfigManager transformsConfigManager;
+    private final SchedulerEngine schedulerEngine;
+    private final ThreadPool threadPool;
+
+    public DataFrameTransformPersistentTasksExecutor(Client client, DataFrameTransformsConfigManager transformsConfigManager,
+            SchedulerEngine schedulerEngine, ThreadPool threadPool) {
+        super(DataFrameField.TASK_NAME, DataFrame.TASK_THREAD_POOL_NAME);
+        this.client = client;
+        this.transformsConfigManager = transformsConfigManager;
+        this.schedulerEngine = schedulerEngine;
+        this.threadPool = threadPool;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void nodeOperation(AllocatedPersistentTask task, @Nullable DataFrameTransform params, PersistentTaskState state) {
+        DataFrameTransformTask buildTask = (DataFrameTransformTask) task;
+        SchedulerEngine.Job schedulerJob = new SchedulerEngine.Job(
+                DataFrameTransformTask.SCHEDULE_NAME + "_" + params.getId(), next());
+
+        // Note that while the task is added to the scheduler here, the internal state will prevent
+        // it from doing any work until the task is "started" via the StartTransform api
+        schedulerEngine.register(buildTask);
+        schedulerEngine.add(schedulerJob);
+
+        logger.info("Data frame transform [" + params.getId() + "] created.");
+    }
+
+    static SchedulerEngine.Schedule next() {
+        return (startTime, now) -> {
+            return now + 1000; // to be fixed, hardcode something
+        };
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected AllocatedPersistentTask createTask(long id, String type, String action, TaskId parentTaskId,
+            PersistentTasksCustomMetaData.PersistentTask<DataFrameTransform> persistentTask, Map<String, String> headers) {
+        return new DataFrameTransformTask(id, type, action, parentTaskId, persistentTask.getParams(),
+                (DataFrameTransformState) persistentTask.getState(), client, transformsConfigManager, schedulerEngine, threadPool, headers);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/DataFrameTransformTask.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.LatchedActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.persistent.AllocatedPersistentTask;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.TaskId;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameMessages;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameIndexerTransformStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameTransformState;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexing.IndexerState;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.scheduler.SchedulerEngine;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.scheduler.SchedulerEngine.Event;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.StartDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.StartDataFrameTransformAction.Response;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.StopDataFrameTransformAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence.DataFrameTransformsConfigManager;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+public class DataFrameTransformTask extends AllocatedPersistentTask implements SchedulerEngine.Listener {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(DataFrameTransformTask.class);
+    public static final String SCHEDULE_NAME = DataFrameField.TASK_NAME + "/schedule";
+
+    private final DataFrameTransform transform;
+    private final SchedulerEngine schedulerEngine;
+    private final ThreadPool threadPool;
+    private final DataFrameIndexer indexer;
+
+    // the generation of this data frame, for v1 there will be only
+    // 0: data frame not created or still indexing
+    // 1: data frame complete, all data has been indexed
+    private final AtomicReference<Long> generation;
+
+    public DataFrameTransformTask(long id, String type, String action, TaskId parentTask, DataFrameTransform transform,
+            DataFrameTransformState state, Client client, DataFrameTransformsConfigManager transformsConfigManager,
+            SchedulerEngine schedulerEngine, ThreadPool threadPool, Map<String, String> headers) {
+        super(id, type, action, DataFrameField.PERSISTENT_TASK_DESCRIPTION_PREFIX + transform.getId(), parentTask, headers);
+        this.transform = transform;
+        this.schedulerEngine = schedulerEngine;
+        this.threadPool = threadPool;
+        IndexerState initialState = IndexerState.STOPPED;
+        long initialGeneration = 0;
+        Map<String, Object> initialPosition = null;
+        logger.info("[{}] init, got state: [{}]", transform.getId(), state != null);
+        if (state != null) {
+            final IndexerState existingState = state.getIndexerState();
+            logger.info("[{}] Loading existing state: [{}], position [{}]", transform.getId(), existingState, state.getPosition());
+            if (existingState.equals(IndexerState.INDEXING)) {
+                // reset to started as no indexer is running
+                initialState = IndexerState.STARTED;
+            } else if (existingState.equals(IndexerState.ABORTING) || existingState.equals(IndexerState.STOPPING)) {
+                // reset to stopped as something bad happened
+                initialState = IndexerState.STOPPED;
+            } else {
+                initialState = existingState;
+            }
+            initialPosition = state.getPosition();
+            initialGeneration = state.getGeneration();
+        }
+
+        this.indexer = new ClientDataFrameIndexer(transform.getId(), transformsConfigManager, new AtomicReference<>(initialState),
+                initialPosition, client);
+        this.generation = new AtomicReference<Long>(initialGeneration);
+    }
+
+    public String getTransformId() {
+        return transform.getId();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Enable Task API to return detailed status information
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Status getStatus() {
+        return getState();
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameTransformState getState() {
+        return new DataFrameTransformState(indexer.getState(), indexer.getPosition(), generation.get());
+    }
+
+    public DataFrameIndexerTransformStats getStats() {
+        return indexer.getStats();
+    }
+
+    public long getGeneration() {
+        return generation.get();
+    }
+
+    public boolean isStopped() {
+        return indexer.getState().equals(IndexerState.STOPPED);
+    }
+
+    public synchronized void start(ActionListener<Response> listener) {
+        final IndexerState prevState = indexer.getState();
+        if (prevState != IndexerState.STOPPED) {
+            // fails if the task is not STOPPED
+            listener.onFailure(new ElasticsearchException("Cannot start task for data frame transform [{}], because state was [{}]",
+                    transform.getId(), prevState));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final IndexerState newState = indexer.start();
+        if (newState != IndexerState.STARTED) {
+            listener.onFailure(new ElasticsearchException("Cannot start task for data frame transform [{}], because state was [{}]",
+                    transform.getId(), newState));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final DataFrameTransformState state = new DataFrameTransformState(IndexerState.STOPPED, indexer.getPosition(), generation.get());
+
+        logger.debug("Updating state for data frame transform [{}] to [{}][{}]", transform.getId(), state.getIndexerState(),
+                state.getPosition());
+        updatePersistentTaskState(state,
+                ActionListener.wrap(
+                        (task) -> {
+                            logger.debug("Successfully updated state for data frame transform [" + transform.getId() + "] to ["
+                                    + state.getIndexerState() + "][" + state.getPosition() + "]");
+                            listener.onResponse(new StartDataFrameTransformAction.Response(true));
+                        }, (exc) -> {
+                            // We were unable to update the persistent status, so we need to shutdown the indexer too.
+                            indexer.stop();
+                            listener.onFailure(new ElasticsearchException("Error while updating state for data frame transform ["
+                                    + transform.getId() + "] to [" + state.getIndexerState() + "].", exc));
+                        })
+        );
+    }
+
+    public synchronized void stop(ActionListener<StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response> listener) {
+        final IndexerState newState = indexer.stop();
+        switch (newState) {
+        case STOPPED:
+            listener.onResponse(new StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response(true));
+            break;
+
+        case STOPPING:
+            // update the persistent state to STOPPED. There are two scenarios and both are safe:
+            // 1. we persist STOPPED now, indexer continues a bit then sees the flag and checkpoints another STOPPED with the more recent
+            // position.
+            // 2. we persist STOPPED now, indexer continues a bit but then dies. When/if we resume we'll pick up at last checkpoint,
+            // overwrite some docs and eventually checkpoint.
+            DataFrameTransformState state = new DataFrameTransformState(IndexerState.STOPPED, indexer.getPosition(), generation.get());
+            updatePersistentTaskState(state, ActionListener.wrap((task) -> {
+                logger.debug("Successfully updated state for data frame transform [{}] to [{}]", transform.getId(),
+                        state.getIndexerState());
+                listener.onResponse(new StopDataFrameTransformAction.Response(true));
+            }, (exc) -> {
+                listener.onFailure(new ElasticsearchException("Error while updating state for data frame transform [{}] to [{}]", exc,
+                        transform.getId(), state.getIndexerState()));
+            }));
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            listener.onFailure(new ElasticsearchException("Cannot stop task for data frame transform [{}], because state was [{}]",
+                    transform.getId(), newState));
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void triggered(Event event) {
+        if (generation.get() == 0 && event.getJobName().equals(SCHEDULE_NAME + "_" + transform.getId())) {
+            logger.debug("Data frame indexer [" + event.getJobName() + "] schedule has triggered, state: [" + indexer.getState() + "]");
+            indexer.maybeTriggerAsyncJob(System.currentTimeMillis());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Attempt to gracefully cleanup the data frame transform so it can be terminated.
+     * This tries to remove the job from the scheduler, and potentially any other
+     * cleanup operations in the future
+     */
+    synchronized void shutdown() {
+        try {
+            logger.info("Data frame indexer [" + transform.getId() + "] received abort request, stopping indexer.");
+            schedulerEngine.remove(SCHEDULE_NAME + "_" + transform.getId());
+            schedulerEngine.unregister(this);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            markAsFailed(e);
+            return;
+        }
+        markAsCompleted();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This is called when the persistent task signals that the allocated task should be terminated.
+     * Termination in the task framework is essentially voluntary, as the allocated task can only be
+     * shut down from the inside.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void onCancelled() {
+        logger.info(
+                "Received cancellation request for data frame transform [" + transform.getId() + "], state: [" + indexer.getState() + "]");
+        if (indexer.abort()) {
+            // there is no background transform running, we can shutdown safely
+            shutdown();
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected class ClientDataFrameIndexer extends DataFrameIndexer {
+        private static final int LOAD_TRANSFORM_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS = 30;
+        private final Client client;
+        private final DataFrameTransformsConfigManager transformsConfigManager;
+        private final String transformId;
+
+        private DataFrameTransformConfig transformConfig = null;
+
+        public ClientDataFrameIndexer(String transformId, DataFrameTransformsConfigManager transformsConfigManager,
+                AtomicReference<IndexerState> initialState, Map<String, Object> initialPosition, Client client) {
+            super(threadPool.executor(ThreadPool.Names.GENERIC), initialState, initialPosition);
+            this.transformId = transformId;
+            this.transformsConfigManager = transformsConfigManager;
+            this.client = client;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected DataFrameTransformConfig getConfig() {
+            return transformConfig;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected String getJobId() {
+            return transformId;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public synchronized boolean maybeTriggerAsyncJob(long now) {
+            if (transformConfig == null) {
+                CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+                transformsConfigManager.getTransformConfiguration(transformId, new LatchedActionListener<>(ActionListener.wrap(config -> {
+                    transformConfig = config;
+                }, e -> {
+                    throw new RuntimeException(
+                            DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.FAILED_TO_LOAD_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION, transformId), e);
+                }), latch));
+
+                try {
+                    latch.await(LOAD_TRANSFORM_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException(
+                            DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.FAILED_TO_LOAD_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION, transformId), e);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // todo: set job into failed state
+            if (transformConfig.isValid() == false) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(
+                        DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_INVALID, transformId));
+            }
+
+            return super.maybeTriggerAsyncJob(now);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void doNextSearch(SearchRequest request, ActionListener<SearchResponse> nextPhase) {
+            ClientHelper.executeWithHeadersAsync(transform.getHeaders(), ClientHelper.DATA_FRAME_ORIGIN, client, SearchAction.INSTANCE,
+                    request, nextPhase);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void doNextBulk(BulkRequest request, ActionListener<BulkResponse> nextPhase) {
+            ClientHelper.executeWithHeadersAsync(transform.getHeaders(), ClientHelper.DATA_FRAME_ORIGIN, client, BulkAction.INSTANCE,
+                    request, nextPhase);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void doSaveState(IndexerState indexerState, Map<String, Object> position, Runnable next) {
+            if (indexerState.equals(IndexerState.ABORTING)) {
+                // If we're aborting, just invoke `next` (which is likely an onFailure handler)
+                next.run();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if(indexerState.equals(IndexerState.STARTED)) {
+                // if the indexer resets the state to started, it means it is done, so increment the generation
+                generation.compareAndSet(0L, 1L);
+            }
+
+            final DataFrameTransformState state = new DataFrameTransformState(indexerState, getPosition(), generation.get());
+            logger.info("Updating persistent state of transform [" + transform.getId() + "] to [" + state.toString() + "]");
+
+            updatePersistentTaskState(state, ActionListener.wrap(task -> next.run(), exc -> {
+                logger.error("Updating persistent state of transform [" + transform.getId() + "] failed", exc);
+                next.run();
+            }));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void onFailure(Exception exc) {
+            logger.warn("Data frame transform [" + transform.getId() + "] failed with an exception: ", exc);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void onFinish() {
+            logger.info("Finished indexing for data frame transform [" + transform.getId() + "]");
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void onAbort() {
+            logger.info("Data frame transform [" + transform.getId() + "] received abort request, stopping indexer");
+            shutdown();
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/QueryConfig.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.AbstractDiffable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.LoggingDeprecationHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.AbstractQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameMessages;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class QueryConfig extends AbstractDiffable<QueryConfig> implements Writeable, ToXContentObject {
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(QueryConfig.class);
+
+    // we store the query in 2 formats: the raw format and the parsed format, because:
+    // - the parsed format adds defaults, which were not part of the original and looks odd on XContent retrieval
+    // - if parsing fails (e.g. query uses removed functionality), the source can be retrieved
+    private final Map<String, Object> source;
+    private final QueryBuilder query;
+
+    public QueryConfig(final Map<String, Object> source, final QueryBuilder query) {
+        this.source = Objects.requireNonNull(source);
+        this.query = query;
+    }
+
+    public QueryConfig(final StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        this.source = in.readMap();
+        this.query = in.readOptionalNamedWriteable(QueryBuilder.class);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.map(source);
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeMap(source);
+        out.writeOptionalNamedWriteable(query);
+    }
+
+    public QueryBuilder getQuery() {
+        return query;
+    }
+
+    public static QueryConfig fromXContent(final XContentParser parser, boolean lenient) throws IOException {
+        // we need 2 passes, but the parser can not be cloned, so we parse 1st into a map and then re-parse that for syntax checking
+
+        // remember the registry, needed for the 2nd pass
+        NamedXContentRegistry registry = parser.getXContentRegistry();
+
+        Map<String, Object> source = parser.mapOrdered();
+        QueryBuilder query = null;
+
+        try (XContentBuilder xContentBuilder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().map(source);
+                XContentParser sourceParser = XContentType.JSON.xContent().createParser(registry, LoggingDeprecationHandler.INSTANCE,
+                        BytesReference.bytes(xContentBuilder).streamInput())) {
+            query = AbstractQueryBuilder.parseInnerQueryBuilder(sourceParser);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            if (lenient) {
+                logger.warn(DataFrameMessages.LOG_DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_BAD_QUERY, e);
+            } else {
+                throw e;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new QueryConfig(source, query);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(source, query);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (this == other) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final QueryConfig that = (QueryConfig) other;
+
+        return Objects.equals(this.source, that.source) && Objects.equals(this.query, that.query);
+    }
+
+    public boolean isValid() {
+        return this.query != null;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/AggregationConfig.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.LoggingDeprecationHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorFactories;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameMessages;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/*
+ * Wrapper for the aggregations config part of a composite aggregation.
+ *
+ * For now just wraps aggregations from composite aggs.
+ *
+ */
+public class AggregationConfig implements Writeable, ToXContentObject {
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(AggregationConfig.class);
+
+    // we store the query in 2 formats: the raw format and the parsed format
+    private final Map<String, Object> source;
+    private final AggregatorFactories.Builder aggregations;
+
+    public AggregationConfig(final Map<String, Object> source, AggregatorFactories.Builder aggregations) {
+        this.source = source;
+        this.aggregations = aggregations;
+    }
+
+    public AggregationConfig(final StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        source = in.readMap();
+        aggregations = in.readOptionalWriteable(AggregatorFactories.Builder::new);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        return builder.map(source);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeMap(source);
+        out.writeOptionalWriteable(aggregations);
+    }
+
+    public Collection<AggregationBuilder> getAggregatorFactories() {
+        return aggregations.getAggregatorFactories();
+    }
+
+    public static AggregationConfig fromXContent(final XContentParser parser, boolean lenient) throws IOException {
+        NamedXContentRegistry registry = parser.getXContentRegistry();
+        Map<String, Object> source =  parser.mapOrdered();
+        AggregatorFactories.Builder aggregations = null;
+
+        if (source.isEmpty()) {
+            if (lenient) {
+                logger.warn(DataFrameMessages.DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_PIVOT_NO_AGGREGATION);
+            } else {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(DataFrameMessages.DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_PIVOT_NO_AGGREGATION);
+            }
+        } else {
+            try (XContentBuilder xContentBuilder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().map(source);
+                    XContentParser sourceParser = XContentType.JSON.xContent().createParser(registry, LoggingDeprecationHandler.INSTANCE,
+                            BytesReference.bytes(xContentBuilder).streamInput())) {
+                sourceParser.nextToken();
+                aggregations = AggregatorFactories.parseAggregators(sourceParser);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                if (lenient) {
+                    logger.warn(DataFrameMessages.LOG_DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_BAD_AGGREGATION, e);
+                } else {
+                    throw e;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return new AggregationConfig(source, aggregations);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(source, aggregations);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (this == other) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final AggregationConfig that = (AggregationConfig) other;
+
+        return Objects.equals(this.source, that.source) && Objects.equals(this.aggregations, that.aggregations);
+    }
+
+    public boolean isValid() {
+        return this.aggregations != null;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/AggregationResultUtils.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.Aggregation;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.composite.CompositeAggregation;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.NumericMetricsAggregation;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.NumericMetricsAggregation.SingleValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameIndexerTransformStats;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+final class AggregationResultUtils {
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(AggregationResultUtils.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts aggregation results from a composite aggregation and puts it into a map.
+     *
+     * @param agg The aggregation result
+     * @param groups The original groupings used for querying
+     * @param aggregationBuilders the aggregation used for querying
+     * @param dataFrameIndexerTransformStats stats collector
+     * @return a map containing the results of the aggregation in a consumable way
+     */
+    public static Stream<Map<String, Object>> extractCompositeAggregationResults(CompositeAggregation agg,
+            GroupConfig groups, Collection<AggregationBuilder> aggregationBuilders,
+            DataFrameIndexerTransformStats dataFrameIndexerTransformStats) {
+        return agg.getBuckets().stream().map(bucket -> {
+            dataFrameIndexerTransformStats.incrementNumDocuments(bucket.getDocCount());
+
+            Map<String, Object> document = new HashMap<>();
+            groups.getGroups().keySet().forEach(destinationFieldName -> {
+                document.put(destinationFieldName, bucket.getKey().get(destinationFieldName));
+            });
+
+            for (AggregationBuilder aggregationBuilder : aggregationBuilders) {
+                String aggName = aggregationBuilder.getName();
+
+                // TODO: support other aggregation types
+                Aggregation aggResult = bucket.getAggregations().get(aggName);
+
+                if (aggResult instanceof NumericMetricsAggregation.SingleValue) {
+                    NumericMetricsAggregation.SingleValue aggResultSingleValue = (SingleValue) aggResult;
+                    document.put(aggName, aggResultSingleValue.value());
+                } else {
+                    // Execution should never reach this point!
+                    // Creating transforms with unsupported aggregations shall not be possible
+                    logger.error("Dataframe Internal Error: unsupported aggregation ["+ aggResult.getName() +"], ignoring");
+                    assert false;
+                }
+            }
+            return document;
+        });
+    }
+
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/Aggregations.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+public final class Aggregations {
+    private Aggregations() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Supported aggregation by dataframe and corresponding meta information.
+     *
+     * aggregationType - the name of the aggregation as returned by
+     * {@link org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.BaseAggregationBuilder#getType()}}
+     *
+     * targetMapping - the field type for the output, if null, the source type should be used
+     *
+     */
+    enum AggregationType {
+        AVG("avg", "double"),
+        CARDINALITY("cardinality", "long"),
+        VALUE_COUNT("value_count", "long"),
+        MAX("max", null),
+        MIN("min", null),
+        SUM("sum", null);
+
+        private final String aggregationType;
+        private final String targetMapping;
+
+        AggregationType(String name, String targetMapping) {
+            this.aggregationType = name;
+            this.targetMapping = targetMapping;
+        }
+
+        public String getName() {
+            return aggregationType;
+        }
+
+        public String getTargetMapping() {
+            return targetMapping;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Set<String> aggregationSupported = Stream.of(AggregationType.values()).map(AggregationType::name)
+            .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+
+    public static boolean isSupportedByDataframe(String aggregationType) {
+        return aggregationSupported.contains(aggregationType.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT));
+    }
+
+    public static String resolveTargetMapping(String aggregationType, String sourceType) {
+        AggregationType agg = AggregationType.valueOf(aggregationType.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT));
+        return agg.getTargetMapping() == null ? sourceType : agg.getTargetMapping();
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/DateHistogramGroupSource.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.histogram.DateHistogramInterval;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+
+public class DateHistogramGroupSource extends SingleGroupSource<DateHistogramGroupSource> {
+
+    private static final String NAME = "data_frame_date_histogram_group";
+    private static final ParseField TIME_ZONE = new ParseField("time_zone");
+    private static final ParseField FORMAT = new ParseField("format");
+
+    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<DateHistogramGroupSource, Void> STRICT_PARSER = createParser(false);
+    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<DateHistogramGroupSource, Void> LENIENT_PARSER = createParser(true);
+    private long interval = 0;
+    private DateHistogramInterval dateHistogramInterval;
+    private String format;
+    private ZoneId timeZone;
+
+    public DateHistogramGroupSource(String field) {
+        super(field);
+    }
+
+    public DateHistogramGroupSource(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        this.interval = in.readLong();
+        this.dateHistogramInterval = in.readOptionalWriteable(DateHistogramInterval::new);
+        this.timeZone = in.readOptionalZoneId();
+        this.format = in.readOptionalString();
+    }
+
+    private static ConstructingObjectParser<DateHistogramGroupSource, Void> createParser(boolean lenient) {
+        ConstructingObjectParser<DateHistogramGroupSource, Void> parser = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(NAME, lenient, (args) -> {
+            String field = (String) args[0];
+            return new DateHistogramGroupSource(field);
+        });
+
+        SingleGroupSource.declareValuesSourceFields(parser, null);
+
+        parser.declareField((histogram, interval) -> {
+            if (interval instanceof Long) {
+                histogram.setInterval((long) interval);
+            } else {
+                histogram.setDateHistogramInterval((DateHistogramInterval) interval);
+            }
+        }, p -> {
+            if (p.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.VALUE_NUMBER) {
+                return p.longValue();
+            } else {
+                return new DateHistogramInterval(p.text());
+            }
+        }, HistogramGroupSource.INTERVAL, ObjectParser.ValueType.LONG);
+
+        parser.declareField(DateHistogramGroupSource::setTimeZone, p -> {
+            if (p.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.VALUE_STRING) {
+                return ZoneId.of(p.text());
+            } else {
+                return ZoneOffset.ofHours(p.intValue());
+            }
+        }, TIME_ZONE, ObjectParser.ValueType.LONG);
+
+        parser.declareString(DateHistogramGroupSource::setFormat, FORMAT);
+        return parser;
+    }
+
+    public static DateHistogramGroupSource fromXContent(final XContentParser parser, boolean lenient) throws IOException {
+        return lenient ? LENIENT_PARSER.apply(parser, null) : STRICT_PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Type getType() {
+        return Type.DATE_HISTOGRAM;
+    }
+
+    public long getInterval() {
+        return interval;
+    }
+
+    public void setInterval(long interval) {
+        if (interval < 1) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("[interval] must be greater than or equal to 1.");
+        }
+        this.interval = interval;
+    }
+
+    public DateHistogramInterval getDateHistogramInterval() {
+        return dateHistogramInterval;
+    }
+
+    public void setDateHistogramInterval(DateHistogramInterval dateHistogramInterval) {
+        if (dateHistogramInterval == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("[dateHistogramInterval] must not be null");
+        }
+        this.dateHistogramInterval = dateHistogramInterval;
+    }
+
+    public String getFormat() {
+        return format;
+    }
+
+    public void setFormat(String format) {
+        this.format = format;
+    }
+
+    public ZoneId getTimeZone() {
+        return timeZone;
+    }
+
+    public void setTimeZone(ZoneId timeZone) {
+        this.timeZone = timeZone;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeOptionalString(field);
+        out.writeLong(interval);
+        out.writeOptionalWriteable(dateHistogramInterval);
+        out.writeOptionalZoneId(timeZone);
+        out.writeOptionalString(format);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject();
+        if (field != null) {
+            builder.field(FIELD.getPreferredName(), field);
+        }
+        if (dateHistogramInterval == null) {
+            builder.field(HistogramGroupSource.INTERVAL.getPreferredName(), interval);
+        } else {
+            builder.field(HistogramGroupSource.INTERVAL.getPreferredName(), dateHistogramInterval.toString());
+        }
+        if (timeZone != null) {
+            builder.field(TIME_ZONE.getPreferredName(), timeZone.toString());
+        }
+        if (format != null) {
+            builder.field(FORMAT.getPreferredName(), format);
+        }
+        builder.endObject();
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (this == other) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final DateHistogramGroupSource that = (DateHistogramGroupSource) other;
+
+        return Objects.equals(this.field, that.field) &&
+            Objects.equals(interval, that.interval) &&
+            Objects.equals(dateHistogramInterval, that.dateHistogramInterval) &&
+            Objects.equals(timeZone, that.timeZone) &&
+            Objects.equals(format, that.format);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(field, interval, dateHistogramInterval, timeZone, format);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/GroupConfig.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParsingException;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.LoggingDeprecationHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameMessages;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot.SingleGroupSource.Type;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParserUtils.ensureExpectedToken;
+
+/*
+ * Wraps a single group for groupby
+ */
+public class GroupConfig implements Writeable, ToXContentObject {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(GroupConfig.class);
+
+    private final Map<String, Object> source;
+    private final Map<String, SingleGroupSource<?>> groups;
+
+    public GroupConfig(final Map<String, Object> source, final Map<String, SingleGroupSource<?>> groups) {
+        this.source = ExceptionsHelper.requireNonNull(source, DataFrameField.GROUP_BY.getPreferredName());
+        this.groups = groups;
+    }
+
+    public GroupConfig(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        source = in.readMap();
+        groups = in.readMap(StreamInput::readString, (stream) -> {
+            Type groupType = Type.fromId(stream.readByte());
+            switch (groupType) {
+            case TERMS:
+                return new TermsGroupSource(stream);
+            case HISTOGRAM:
+                return new HistogramGroupSource(stream);
+            case DATE_HISTOGRAM:
+                return new DateHistogramGroupSource(stream);
+            default:
+                throw new IOException("Unknown group type");
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    public Map <String, SingleGroupSource<?>> getGroups() {
+        return groups;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isValid() {
+        return this.groups != null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeMap(source);
+        out.writeMap(groups, StreamOutput::writeString, (stream, value) -> {
+            stream.writeByte(value.getType().getId());
+            value.writeTo(stream);
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        return builder.map(source);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (this == other) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final GroupConfig that = (GroupConfig) other;
+
+        return Objects.equals(this.source, that.source) && Objects.equals(this.groups, that.groups);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(source, groups);
+    }
+
+    public static GroupConfig fromXContent(final XContentParser parser, boolean lenient) throws IOException {
+        NamedXContentRegistry registry = parser.getXContentRegistry();
+        Map<String, Object> source = parser.mapOrdered();
+        Map<String, SingleGroupSource<?>> groups = null;
+
+        if (source.isEmpty()) {
+            if (lenient) {
+                logger.warn(DataFrameMessages.DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_PIVOT_NO_GROUP_BY);
+            } else {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(DataFrameMessages.DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_PIVOT_NO_GROUP_BY);
+            }
+        } else {
+            try (XContentBuilder xContentBuilder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().map(source);
+                    XContentParser sourceParser = XContentType.JSON.xContent().createParser(registry, LoggingDeprecationHandler.INSTANCE,
+                            BytesReference.bytes(xContentBuilder).streamInput())) {
+                groups = parseGroupConfig(sourceParser, lenient);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                if (lenient) {
+                    logger.warn(DataFrameMessages.LOG_DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_CONFIGURATION_BAD_GROUP_BY, e);
+                } else {
+                    throw e;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return new GroupConfig(source, groups);
+    }
+
+    private static Map<String, SingleGroupSource<?>> parseGroupConfig(final XContentParser parser,
+            boolean lenient) throws IOException {
+        LinkedHashMap<String, SingleGroupSource<?>> groups = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+
+        // be parsing friendly, whether the token needs to be advanced or not (similar to what ObjectParser does)
+        XContentParser.Token token;
+        if (parser.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT) {
+            token = parser.currentToken();
+        } else {
+            token = parser.nextToken();
+            if (token != XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT) {
+                throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), "Failed to parse object: Expected START_OBJECT but was: " + token);
+            }
+        }
+
+        while ((token = parser.nextToken()) != XContentParser.Token.END_OBJECT) {
+
+            ensureExpectedToken(XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME, token, parser::getTokenLocation);
+            String destinationFieldName = parser.currentName();
+            token = parser.nextToken();
+            ensureExpectedToken(XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT, token, parser::getTokenLocation);
+            token = parser.nextToken();
+            ensureExpectedToken(XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME, token, parser::getTokenLocation);
+            Type groupType = SingleGroupSource.Type.valueOf(parser.currentName().toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT));
+
+            token = parser.nextToken();
+            ensureExpectedToken(XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT, token, parser::getTokenLocation);
+            SingleGroupSource<?> groupSource;
+            switch (groupType) {
+            case TERMS:
+                groupSource = TermsGroupSource.fromXContent(parser, lenient);
+                break;
+            case HISTOGRAM:
+                groupSource = HistogramGroupSource.fromXContent(parser, lenient);
+                break;
+            case DATE_HISTOGRAM:
+                groupSource = DateHistogramGroupSource.fromXContent(parser, lenient);
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), "invalid grouping type: " + groupType);
+            }
+
+            parser.nextToken();
+
+            groups.put(destinationFieldName, groupSource);
+        }
+        return groups;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/HistogramGroupSource.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser.optionalConstructorArg;
+
+public class HistogramGroupSource extends SingleGroupSource<HistogramGroupSource> {
+
+    static final ParseField INTERVAL = new ParseField("interval");
+    private static final String NAME = "data_frame_histogram_group";
+    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<HistogramGroupSource, Void> STRICT_PARSER = createParser(false);
+    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<HistogramGroupSource, Void> LENIENT_PARSER = createParser(true);
+    private final double interval;
+
+    public HistogramGroupSource(String field, double interval) {
+        super(field);
+        if (interval <= 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("[interval] must be greater than 0.");
+        }
+        this.interval = interval;
+    }
+
+    public HistogramGroupSource(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        interval = in.readDouble();
+    }
+
+    private static ConstructingObjectParser<HistogramGroupSource, Void> createParser(boolean lenient) {
+        ConstructingObjectParser<HistogramGroupSource, Void> parser = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(NAME, lenient, (args) -> {
+            String field = (String) args[0];
+            double interval = (double) args[1];
+            return new HistogramGroupSource(field, interval);
+        });
+        SingleGroupSource.declareValuesSourceFields(parser, null);
+        parser.declareDouble(optionalConstructorArg(), INTERVAL);
+        return parser;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Type getType() {
+        return Type.HISTOGRAM;
+    }
+
+    public static HistogramGroupSource fromXContent(final XContentParser parser, boolean lenient) throws IOException {
+        return lenient ? LENIENT_PARSER.apply(parser, null) : STRICT_PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeOptionalString(field);
+        out.writeDouble(interval);
+    }
+
+    public double getInterval() {
+        return interval;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject();
+        if (field != null) {
+            builder.field(FIELD.getPreferredName(), field);
+        }
+        builder.field(INTERVAL.getPreferredName(), interval);
+        builder.endObject();
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (this == other) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final HistogramGroupSource that = (HistogramGroupSource) other;
+
+        return Objects.equals(this.field, that.field) &&
+            Objects.equals(this.interval, that.interval);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(field, interval);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/Pivot.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.LoggingDeprecationHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.composite.CompositeAggregation;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.composite.CompositeAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameMessages;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameIndexerTransformStats;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
+
+public class Pivot {
+    private static final String COMPOSITE_AGGREGATION_NAME = "_data_frame";
+
+    private final PivotConfig config;
+    private final String source;
+
+    // objects for re-using
+    private final CompositeAggregationBuilder cachedCompositeAggregation;
+    private final SearchRequest cachedSearchRequest;
+
+    public Pivot(String source, QueryBuilder query, PivotConfig config) {
+        this.source = source;
+        this.config = config;
+        this.cachedCompositeAggregation = createCompositeAggregation(config);
+        this.cachedSearchRequest = createSearchRequest(source, query, cachedCompositeAggregation);
+    }
+
+    public void validate(Client client, final ActionListener<Boolean> listener) {
+        // step 1: check if used aggregations are supported
+        for (AggregationBuilder agg : config.getAggregationConfig().getAggregatorFactories()) {
+            if (Aggregations.isSupportedByDataframe(agg.getType()) == false) {
+                listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException("Unsupported aggregation type [" + agg.getType() + "]"));
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // step 2: run a query to validate that config is valid
+        runTestQuery(client, listener);
+    }
+
+    public void deduceMappings(Client client, final ActionListener<Map<String, String>> listener) {
+        SchemaUtil.deduceMappings(client, config, source, listener);
+    }
+
+    public SearchRequest buildSearchRequest(Map<String, Object> position) {
+        if (position != null) {
+            cachedCompositeAggregation.aggregateAfter(position);
+        }
+
+        return cachedSearchRequest;
+    }
+
+    public Stream<Map<String, Object>> extractResults(CompositeAggregation agg,
+            DataFrameIndexerTransformStats dataFrameIndexerTransformStats) {
+
+        GroupConfig groups = config.getGroupConfig();
+        Collection<AggregationBuilder> aggregationBuilders = config.getAggregationConfig().getAggregatorFactories();
+
+        return AggregationResultUtils.extractCompositeAggregationResults(agg, groups, aggregationBuilders, dataFrameIndexerTransformStats);
+    }
+
+    private void runTestQuery(Client client, final ActionListener<Boolean> listener) {
+        // no after key
+        cachedCompositeAggregation.aggregateAfter(null);
+        client.execute(SearchAction.INSTANCE, cachedSearchRequest, ActionListener.wrap(response -> {
+            if (response == null) {
+                listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException("Unexpected null response from test query"));
+                return;
+            }
+            if (response.status() != RestStatus.OK) {
+                listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException("Unexpected status from response of test query: " + response.status()));
+                return;
+            }
+            listener.onResponse(true);
+        }, e->{
+            listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException("Failed to test query",e));
+        }));
+    }
+
+    private static SearchRequest createSearchRequest(String index, QueryBuilder query, CompositeAggregationBuilder compositeAggregation) {
+        SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest(index);
+        SearchSourceBuilder sourceBuilder = new SearchSourceBuilder();
+        sourceBuilder.aggregation(compositeAggregation);
+        sourceBuilder.size(0);
+        sourceBuilder.query(query);
+        searchRequest.source(sourceBuilder);
+        return searchRequest;
+    }
+
+    private static CompositeAggregationBuilder createCompositeAggregation(PivotConfig config) {
+        CompositeAggregationBuilder compositeAggregation;
+
+        try (XContentBuilder builder = jsonBuilder()) {
+            // write configuration for composite aggs into builder
+            config.toCompositeAggXContent(builder, ToXContentObject.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+            XContentParser parser = builder.generator().contentType().xContent().createParser(NamedXContentRegistry.EMPTY,
+                    LoggingDeprecationHandler.INSTANCE, BytesReference.bytes(builder).streamInput());
+            compositeAggregation = CompositeAggregationBuilder.parse(COMPOSITE_AGGREGATION_NAME, parser);
+            compositeAggregation.size(1000);
+            config.getAggregationConfig().getAggregatorFactories().forEach(agg -> compositeAggregation.subAggregation(agg));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(DataFrameMessages.DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_PIVOT_FAILED_TO_CREATE_COMPOSITE_AGGREGATION, e);
+        }
+        return compositeAggregation;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/PivotConfig.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.composite.CompositeAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameField;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser.constructorArg;
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser.optionalConstructorArg;
+
+public class PivotConfig implements Writeable, ToXContentObject {
+
+    private static final String NAME = "data_frame_transform_pivot";
+    private final GroupConfig groups;
+    private final AggregationConfig aggregationConfig;
+
+    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<PivotConfig, Void> STRICT_PARSER = createParser(false);
+    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<PivotConfig, Void> LENIENT_PARSER = createParser(true);
+
+    private static ConstructingObjectParser<PivotConfig, Void> createParser(boolean lenient) {
+        ConstructingObjectParser<PivotConfig, Void> parser = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(NAME, lenient,
+                args -> {
+                    GroupConfig groups = (GroupConfig) args[0];
+
+                    // allow "aggs" and "aggregations" but require one to be specified
+                    // if somebody specifies both: throw
+                    AggregationConfig aggregationConfig = null;
+                    if (args[1] != null) {
+                        aggregationConfig = (AggregationConfig) args[1];
+                    }
+
+                    if (args[2] != null) {
+                        if (aggregationConfig != null) {
+                            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Found two aggregation definitions: [aggs] and [aggregations]");
+                        }
+                        aggregationConfig = (AggregationConfig) args[2];
+                    }
+                    if (aggregationConfig == null) {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Required [aggregations]");
+                    }
+
+                    return new PivotConfig(groups, aggregationConfig);
+                });
+
+        parser.declareObject(constructorArg(),
+                (p, c) -> (GroupConfig.fromXContent(p, lenient)), DataFrameField.GROUP_BY);
+
+        parser.declareObject(optionalConstructorArg(), (p, c) -> AggregationConfig.fromXContent(p, lenient), DataFrameField.AGGREGATIONS);
+        parser.declareObject(optionalConstructorArg(), (p, c) -> AggregationConfig.fromXContent(p, lenient), DataFrameField.AGGS);
+
+        return parser;
+    }
+
+    public PivotConfig(final GroupConfig groups, final AggregationConfig aggregationConfig) {
+        this.groups = ExceptionsHelper.requireNonNull(groups, DataFrameField.GROUP_BY.getPreferredName());
+        this.aggregationConfig = ExceptionsHelper.requireNonNull(aggregationConfig, DataFrameField.AGGREGATIONS.getPreferredName());
+    }
+
+    public PivotConfig(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        this.groups = new GroupConfig(in);
+        this.aggregationConfig = new AggregationConfig(in);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject();
+        builder.field(DataFrameField.GROUP_BY.getPreferredName(), groups);
+        builder.field(DataFrameField.AGGREGATIONS.getPreferredName(), aggregationConfig);
+        builder.endObject();
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    public void toCompositeAggXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject();
+        builder.field(CompositeAggregationBuilder.SOURCES_FIELD_NAME.getPreferredName());
+        builder.startArray();
+
+        for (Entry<String, SingleGroupSource<?>> groupBy : groups.getGroups().entrySet()) {
+            builder.startObject();
+            builder.startObject(groupBy.getKey());
+            builder.field(groupBy.getValue().getType().value(), groupBy.getValue());
+            builder.endObject();
+            builder.endObject();
+        }
+
+        builder.endArray();
+        builder.endObject(); // sources
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        groups.writeTo(out);
+        aggregationConfig.writeTo(out);
+    }
+
+    public AggregationConfig getAggregationConfig() {
+        return aggregationConfig;
+    }
+
+    public GroupConfig getGroupConfig() {
+        return groups;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (this == other) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final PivotConfig that = (PivotConfig) other;
+
+        return Objects.equals(this.groups, that.groups) && Objects.equals(this.aggregationConfig, that.aggregationConfig);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(groups, aggregationConfig);
+    }
+
+    public boolean isValid() {
+        return groups.isValid() && aggregationConfig.isValid();
+    }
+
+    public static PivotConfig fromXContent(final XContentParser parser, boolean lenient) throws IOException {
+        return lenient ? LENIENT_PARSER.apply(parser, null) : STRICT_PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/SchemaUtil.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get.GetFieldMappingsAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get.GetFieldMappingsRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get.GetFieldMappingsResponse.FieldMappingMetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class SchemaUtil {
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(SchemaUtil.class);
+
+    private SchemaUtil() {
+    }
+
+    public static void deduceMappings(final Client client, final PivotConfig config, final String source,
+            final ActionListener<Map<String, String>> listener) {
+        // collects the fieldnames used as source for aggregations
+        Map<String, String> aggregationSourceFieldNames = new HashMap<>();
+        // collects the aggregation types by source name
+        Map<String, String> aggregationTypes = new HashMap<>();
+        // collects the fieldnames and target fieldnames used for grouping
+        Map<String, String> fieldNamesForGrouping = new HashMap<>();
+
+        config.getGroupConfig().getGroups().forEach((destinationFieldName, group) -> {
+            fieldNamesForGrouping.put(destinationFieldName, group.getField());
+        });
+
+        for (AggregationBuilder agg : config.getAggregationConfig().getAggregatorFactories()) {
+            if (agg instanceof ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder) {
+                ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder<?, ?> valueSourceAggregation = (ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder<?, ?>) agg;
+                aggregationSourceFieldNames.put(valueSourceAggregation.getName(), valueSourceAggregation.field());
+                aggregationTypes.put(valueSourceAggregation.getName(), valueSourceAggregation.getType());
+            } else {
+                // execution should not reach this point
+                listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException("Unsupported aggregation type [" + agg.getType() + "]"));
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Map<String, String> allFieldNames = new HashMap<>();
+        allFieldNames.putAll(aggregationSourceFieldNames);
+        allFieldNames.putAll(fieldNamesForGrouping);
+
+        getSourceFieldMappings(client, source, allFieldNames.values().toArray(new String[0]),
+                ActionListener.wrap(sourceMappings -> {
+                    Map<String, String> targetMapping = resolveMappings(aggregationSourceFieldNames, aggregationTypes,
+                            fieldNamesForGrouping, sourceMappings);
+
+                    listener.onResponse(targetMapping);
+                }, e -> {
+                    listener.onFailure(e);
+                }));
+    }
+
+    private static Map<String, String> resolveMappings(Map<String, String> aggregationSourceFieldNames,
+            Map<String, String> aggregationTypes, Map<String, String> fieldNamesForGrouping, Map<String, String> sourceMappings) {
+        Map<String, String> targetMapping = new HashMap<>();
+
+        aggregationTypes.forEach((targetFieldName, aggregationName) -> {
+            String sourceFieldName = aggregationSourceFieldNames.get(targetFieldName);
+            String destinationMapping = Aggregations.resolveTargetMapping(aggregationName, sourceMappings.get(sourceFieldName));
+
+            logger.debug(
+                    "Deduced mapping for: [" + targetFieldName + "], agg type [" + aggregationName + "] to [" + destinationMapping + "]");
+            if (destinationMapping != null) {
+                targetMapping.put(targetFieldName, destinationMapping);
+            } else {
+                logger.warn("Failed to deduce mapping for [" + targetFieldName + "], fall back to double.");
+                targetMapping.put(targetFieldName, "double");
+            }
+        });
+
+        fieldNamesForGrouping.forEach((targetFieldName, sourceFieldName) -> {
+            String destinationMapping = sourceMappings.get(sourceFieldName);
+            logger.debug(
+                    "Deduced mapping for: [" + targetFieldName + "] to [" + destinationMapping + "]");
+            if (destinationMapping != null) {
+                targetMapping.put(targetFieldName, destinationMapping);
+            } else {
+                logger.warn("Failed to deduce mapping for [" + targetFieldName + "], fall back to keyword.");
+                targetMapping.put(targetFieldName, "keyword");
+            }
+        });
+        return targetMapping;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Very "magic" helper method to extract the source mappings
+     */
+    private static void getSourceFieldMappings(Client client, String index, String[] fields,
+            ActionListener<Map<String, String>> listener) {
+        GetFieldMappingsRequest fieldMappingRequest = new GetFieldMappingsRequest();
+        fieldMappingRequest.indices(index);
+        fieldMappingRequest.fields(fields);
+
+        client.execute(GetFieldMappingsAction.INSTANCE, fieldMappingRequest, ActionListener.wrap(response -> {
+            listener.onResponse(extractSourceFieldMappings(response.mappings()));
+        }, e -> {
+            listener.onFailure(e);
+        }));
+    }
+
+    private static Map<String, String> extractSourceFieldMappings(Map<String, Map<String, Map<String, FieldMappingMetaData>>> mappings) {
+        Map<String, String> extractedTypes = new HashMap<>();
+
+        mappings.forEach((indexName, docTypeToMapping) -> {
+            // "_doc" ->
+            docTypeToMapping.forEach((docType, fieldNameToMapping) -> {
+                // "my_field" ->
+                fieldNameToMapping.forEach((fieldName, fieldMapping) -> {
+                    // "mapping" -> "my_field" ->
+                    fieldMapping.sourceAsMap().forEach((name, typeMap) -> {
+                        // expected object: { "type": type }
+                        if (typeMap instanceof Map) {
+                            final Map<?, ?> map = (Map<?, ?>) typeMap;
+                            if (map.containsKey("type")) {
+                                String type = map.get("type").toString();
+                                logger.debug("Extracted type for [" + fieldName + "] : [" + type + "]");
+                                // TODO: overwrites types, requires resolve if
+                                // types are mixed
+                                extractedTypes.put(fieldName, type);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    });
+                });
+            });
+        });
+        return extractedTypes;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/SingleGroupSource.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.AbstractObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValueType;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser.optionalConstructorArg;
+
+/*
+ * Base class for a single source for group_by
+ */
+public abstract class SingleGroupSource<AB extends SingleGroupSource<AB>> implements Writeable, ToXContentObject {
+
+    public enum Type {
+        TERMS(0),
+        HISTOGRAM(1),
+        DATE_HISTOGRAM(2);
+
+        private final byte id;
+
+        Type(int id) {
+            this.id = (byte) id;
+        }
+
+        public byte getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public static Type fromId(byte id) {
+            switch (id) {
+            case 0:
+                return TERMS;
+            case 1:
+                return HISTOGRAM;
+            case 2:
+                return DATE_HISTOGRAM;
+            default:
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("unknown type");
+            }
+        }
+
+        public String value() {
+            return name().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected static final ParseField FIELD = new ParseField("field");
+
+    // TODO: add script
+    protected final String field;
+
+    static <VB extends SingleGroupSource<?>, T> void declareValuesSourceFields(AbstractObjectParser<VB, T> parser,
+            ValueType targetValueType) {
+        // either script or field
+        parser.declareString(optionalConstructorArg(), FIELD);
+    }
+
+    public SingleGroupSource(final String field) {
+        this.field = field;
+    }
+
+    public SingleGroupSource(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        field = in.readOptionalString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject();
+        if (field != null) {
+            builder.field(FIELD.getPreferredName(), field);
+        }
+        builder.endObject();
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeOptionalString(field);
+    }
+
+    public abstract Type getType();
+
+    public String getField() {
+        return field;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (this == other) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final SingleGroupSource<?> that = (SingleGroupSource<?>) other;
+
+        return Objects.equals(this.field, that.field);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(field);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/TermsGroupSource.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/*
+ * A terms aggregation source for group_by
+ */
+public class TermsGroupSource extends SingleGroupSource<TermsGroupSource> {
+    private static final String NAME = "data_frame_terms_group";
+
+    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<TermsGroupSource, Void> STRICT_PARSER = createParser(false);
+    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<TermsGroupSource, Void> LENIENT_PARSER = createParser(true);
+
+    private static ConstructingObjectParser<TermsGroupSource, Void> createParser(boolean lenient) {
+        ConstructingObjectParser<TermsGroupSource, Void> parser = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(NAME, lenient, (args) -> {
+            String field = (String) args[0];
+            return new TermsGroupSource(field);
+        });
+
+        SingleGroupSource.declareValuesSourceFields(parser, null);
+        return parser;
+    }
+
+    public TermsGroupSource(final String field) {
+        super(field);
+    }
+
+    public TermsGroupSource(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Type getType() {
+        return Type.TERMS;
+    }
+
+    public static TermsGroupSource fromXContent(final XContentParser parser, boolean lenient) throws IOException {
+        return lenient ? LENIENT_PARSER.apply(parser, null) : STRICT_PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/DataFrameFeatureSetTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.PlainActionFuture;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues;
+import org.elasticsearch.license.XPackLicenseState;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackFeatureSet;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackFeatureSet.Usage;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameIndexerTransformStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.DataFrameTransformStateAndStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.DataFrameTransformStateAndStatsTests;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Response;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+
+import static java.lang.Math.toIntExact;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.same;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+public class DataFrameFeatureSetTests extends ESTestCase {
+    private XPackLicenseState licenseState;
+
+    @Before
+    public void init() {
+        licenseState = mock(XPackLicenseState.class);
+    }
+
+    public void testAvailable() {
+        DataFrameFeatureSet featureSet = new DataFrameFeatureSet(Settings.EMPTY, mock(Client.class), licenseState);
+        boolean available = randomBoolean();
+        when(licenseState.isDataFrameAllowed()).thenReturn(available);
+        assertThat(featureSet.available(), is(available));
+    }
+
+    public void testEnabledSetting() {
+        boolean enabled = randomBoolean();
+        Settings.Builder settings = Settings.builder();
+        settings.put("xpack.data_frame.enabled", enabled);
+        DataFrameFeatureSet featureSet = new DataFrameFeatureSet(settings.build(), mock(Client.class), licenseState);
+        assertThat(featureSet.enabled(), is(enabled));
+    }
+
+    public void testEnabledDefault() {
+        DataFrameFeatureSet featureSet = new DataFrameFeatureSet(Settings.EMPTY, mock(Client.class), licenseState);
+        assertTrue(featureSet.enabled());
+    }
+
+    public void testUsage() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, IOException {
+        Client client = mock(Client.class);
+        when(licenseState.isDataFrameAllowed()).thenReturn(true);
+
+        DataFrameFeatureSet featureSet = new DataFrameFeatureSet(Settings.EMPTY, client, licenseState);
+
+        List<DataFrameTransformStateAndStats> transformsStateAndStats = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < randomIntBetween(0, 10); ++i) {
+            transformsStateAndStats.add(DataFrameTransformStateAndStatsTests.randomDataFrameTransformStateAndStats());
+        }
+
+        GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Response mockResponse = new GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Response(transformsStateAndStats);
+
+        doAnswer(invocationOnMock -> {
+            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+            ActionListener<Response> listener = (ActionListener<Response>) invocationOnMock.getArguments()[2];
+            listener.onResponse(mockResponse);
+            return Void.TYPE;
+        }).when(client).execute(same(GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.INSTANCE), any(), any());
+
+        PlainActionFuture<Usage> future = new PlainActionFuture<>();
+        featureSet.usage(future);
+        XPackFeatureSet.Usage usage = future.get();
+
+        assertTrue(usage.enabled());
+        try (XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder()) {
+            usage.toXContent(builder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+
+            XContentParser parser = createParser(builder);
+            Map<String, Object> usageAsMap = parser.map();
+            assertTrue((boolean) XContentMapValues.extractValue("available", usageAsMap));
+
+            if (transformsStateAndStats.isEmpty()) {
+                // no transforms, no stats
+                assertEquals(null, XContentMapValues.extractValue("transforms", usageAsMap));
+                assertEquals(null, XContentMapValues.extractValue("stats", usageAsMap));
+            } else {
+                assertEquals(transformsStateAndStats.size(), XContentMapValues.extractValue("transforms._all", usageAsMap));
+
+                Map<String, Integer> stateCounts = new HashMap<>();
+                transformsStateAndStats.stream().map(x -> x.getTransformState().getIndexerState().value())
+                        .forEach(x -> stateCounts.merge(x, 1, Integer::sum));
+                stateCounts.forEach((k, v) -> assertEquals(v, XContentMapValues.extractValue("transforms." + k, usageAsMap)));
+
+                DataFrameIndexerTransformStats combinedStats = transformsStateAndStats.stream().map(x -> x.getTransformStats())
+                        .reduce((l, r) -> l.merge(r)).get();
+
+                assertEquals(toIntExact(combinedStats.getIndexFailures()),
+                        XContentMapValues.extractValue("stats.index_failures", usageAsMap));
+                assertEquals(toIntExact(combinedStats.getIndexTotal()), XContentMapValues.extractValue("stats.index_total", usageAsMap));
+                assertEquals(toIntExact(combinedStats.getSearchTime()),
+                        XContentMapValues.extractValue("stats.search_time_in_ms", usageAsMap));
+                assertEquals(toIntExact(combinedStats.getNumDocuments()),
+                        XContentMapValues.extractValue("stats.documents_processed", usageAsMap));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testUsageDisabled() throws IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+        when(licenseState.isDataFrameAllowed()).thenReturn(true);
+        Settings.Builder settings = Settings.builder();
+        settings.put("xpack.data_frame.enabled", false);
+        DataFrameFeatureSet featureSet = new DataFrameFeatureSet(settings.build(), mock(Client.class), licenseState);
+        PlainActionFuture<Usage> future = new PlainActionFuture<>();
+        featureSet.usage(future);
+        XPackFeatureSet.Usage usage = future.get();
+
+        assertFalse(usage.enabled());
+        try (XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder()) {
+            usage.toXContent(builder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+
+            XContentParser parser = createParser(builder);
+            Map<String, Object> usageAsMap = parser.map();
+            assertTrue((boolean) XContentMapValues.extractValue("available", usageAsMap));
+            assertFalse((boolean) XContentMapValues.extractValue("enabled", usageAsMap));
+            // not enabled -> no transforms, no stats
+            assertEquals(null, XContentMapValues.extractValue("transforms", usageAsMap));
+            assertEquals(null, XContentMapValues.extractValue("stats", usageAsMap));
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/LocalStateDataFrame.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.license.XPackLicenseState;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.LocalStateCompositeXPackPlugin;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+public class LocalStateDataFrame extends LocalStateCompositeXPackPlugin {
+
+    public LocalStateDataFrame(final Settings settings, final Path configPath) throws Exception {
+        super(settings, configPath);
+        @SuppressWarnings("resource")
+        LocalStateDataFrame thisVar = this;
+
+        plugins.add(new DataFrame(settings) {
+            @Override
+            protected XPackLicenseState getLicenseState() {
+                return thisVar.getLicenseState();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/DataFrameTransformStateAndStatsTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable.Reader;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameIndexerTransformStatsTests;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameTransformStateTests;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.AbstractSerializingDataFrameTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class DataFrameTransformStateAndStatsTests extends AbstractSerializingDataFrameTestCase<DataFrameTransformStateAndStats> {
+
+    public static DataFrameTransformStateAndStats randomDataFrameTransformStateAndStats() {
+        return new DataFrameTransformStateAndStats(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10),
+                DataFrameTransformStateTests.randomDataFrameTransformState(),
+                DataFrameIndexerTransformStatsTests.randomStats());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected DataFrameTransformStateAndStats doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        return DataFrameTransformStateAndStats.PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected DataFrameTransformStateAndStats createTestInstance() {
+        return randomDataFrameTransformStateAndStats();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Reader<DataFrameTransformStateAndStats> instanceReader() {
+        return DataFrameTransformStateAndStats::new;
+    }
+
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/DeleteDataFrameTransformActionRequestTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractWireSerializingTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.DeleteDataFrameTransformAction.Request;
+
+public class DeleteDataFrameTransformActionRequestTests extends AbstractWireSerializingTestCase<Request> {
+    @Override
+    protected Request createTestInstance() {
+        return new Request(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 20));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Writeable.Reader<Request> instanceReader() {
+        return Request::new;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/GetDataFrameTransformsActionRequestTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractWireSerializingTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Request;
+
+public class GetDataFrameTransformsActionRequestTests extends AbstractWireSerializingTestCase<Request> {
+
+    @Override
+    protected Request createTestInstance() {
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+            return new Request(MetaData.ALL);
+        }
+        return new Request(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 20));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Writeable.Reader<Request> instanceReader() {
+        return Request::new;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/GetDataFrameTransformsActionResponseTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.LoggerMessageFormat;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.watcher.watch.Payload.XContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsAction.Response;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformConfig;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformConfigTests;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class GetDataFrameTransformsActionResponseTests extends ESTestCase {
+
+    public void testInvalidTransforms() throws IOException {
+        List<DataFrameTransformConfig> transforms = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        transforms.add(DataFrameTransformConfigTests.randomDataFrameTransformConfig());
+        transforms.add(DataFrameTransformConfigTests.randomInvalidDataFrameTransformConfig());
+        transforms.add(DataFrameTransformConfigTests.randomDataFrameTransformConfig());
+        transforms.add(DataFrameTransformConfigTests.randomInvalidDataFrameTransformConfig());
+
+        Response r = new Response(transforms);
+        XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.contentBuilder(randomFrom(XContentType.values()));
+        r.toXContent(builder, XContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+        Map<String, Object> responseAsMap = createParser(builder).map();
+        assertEquals(2, XContentMapValues.extractValue("invalid_transforms.count", responseAsMap));
+        List<String> expectedInvalidTransforms = new ArrayList<>();
+        expectedInvalidTransforms.add(transforms.get(1).getId());
+        expectedInvalidTransforms.add(transforms.get(3).getId());
+        assertEquals(expectedInvalidTransforms, XContentMapValues.extractValue("invalid_transforms.transforms", responseAsMap));
+        assertWarnings(LoggerMessageFormat.format(Response.INVALID_TRANSFORMS_DEPRECATION_WARNING, 2));
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/GetDataFrameTransformsStatsActionRequestTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractWireSerializingTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.GetDataFrameTransformsStatsAction.Request;
+
+public class GetDataFrameTransformsStatsActionRequestTests extends AbstractWireSerializingTestCase<Request> {
+    @Override
+    protected Request createTestInstance() {
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+            return new Request(MetaData.ALL);
+        }
+        return new Request(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 20));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Writeable.Reader<Request> instanceReader() {
+        return Request::new;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/PutDataFrameTransformActionRequestTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractStreamableXContentTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.PutDataFrameTransformAction.Request;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformConfig;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformConfigTests;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+
+public class PutDataFrameTransformActionRequestTests extends AbstractStreamableXContentTestCase<Request> {
+
+    private String transformId;
+
+    private NamedWriteableRegistry namedWriteableRegistry;
+    private NamedXContentRegistry namedXContentRegistry;
+
+    @Before
+    public void registerAggregationNamedObjects() throws Exception {
+        // register aggregations as NamedWriteable
+        SearchModule searchModule = new SearchModule(Settings.EMPTY, false, emptyList());
+        namedWriteableRegistry = new NamedWriteableRegistry(searchModule.getNamedWriteables());
+        namedXContentRegistry = new NamedXContentRegistry(searchModule.getNamedXContents());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected NamedWriteableRegistry getNamedWriteableRegistry() {
+        return namedWriteableRegistry;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry() {
+        return namedXContentRegistry;
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void setupTransformId() {
+        transformId = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Request doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        return Request.fromXContent(parser, transformId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Request createBlankInstance() {
+        return new Request();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean supportsUnknownFields() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Request createTestInstance() {
+        DataFrameTransformConfig config = DataFrameTransformConfigTests.randomDataFrameTransformConfig();
+        return new Request(config);
+    }
+
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/StartDataFrameTransformActionTests.java

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+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractWireSerializingTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.StartDataFrameTransformAction.Request;
+
+public class StartDataFrameTransformActionTests extends AbstractWireSerializingTestCase<Request> {
+    @Override
+    protected Request createTestInstance() {
+        return new Request(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 20));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Writeable.Reader<Request> instanceReader() {
+        return Request::new;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/action/StopDataFrameTransformActionRequestTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractWireSerializingTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.action.StopDataFrameTransformAction.Request;
+
+public class StopDataFrameTransformActionRequestTests extends AbstractWireSerializingTestCase<Request> {
+
+    @Override
+    protected Request createTestInstance() {
+        TimeValue timeout = randomBoolean() ? TimeValue.timeValueMinutes(randomIntBetween(1, 10)) : null;
+        return new Request(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10), randomBoolean(), timeout);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Writeable.Reader<Request> instanceReader() {
+        return Request::new;
+    }
+
+    public void testSameButDifferentTimeout() {
+        String id = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10);
+        boolean waitForCompletion = randomBoolean();
+
+        Request r1 = new Request(id, waitForCompletion, TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(10));
+        Request r2 = new Request(id, waitForCompletion, TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(20));
+
+        assertNotEquals(r1,r2);
+        assertNotEquals(r1.hashCode(),r2.hashCode());
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataFrameSingleNodeTestCase.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.LatchedActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.CheckedConsumer;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESSingleNodeTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.template.TemplateUtils;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.LocalStateDataFrame;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public abstract class DataFrameSingleNodeTestCase extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
+
+    @Before
+    public void waitForTemplates() throws Exception {
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            ClusterState state = client().admin().cluster().prepareState().get().getState();
+            assertTrue("Timed out waiting for the data frame templates to be installed",
+                    TemplateUtils.checkTemplateExistsAndVersionIsGTECurrentVersion(DataFrameInternalIndex.INDEX_TEMPLATE_NAME, state));
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Settings nodeSettings() {
+        Settings.Builder newSettings = Settings.builder();
+        newSettings.put(super.nodeSettings());
+
+        return newSettings.build();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> getPlugins() {
+        return pluginList(LocalStateDataFrame.class);
+    }
+
+    protected <T> void assertAsync(Consumer<ActionListener<T>> function, T expected, CheckedConsumer<T, ? extends Exception> onAnswer,
+            Consumer<Exception> onException) throws InterruptedException {
+
+        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        LatchedActionListener<T> listener = new LatchedActionListener<>(ActionListener.wrap(r -> {
+            if (expected == null) {
+                fail("expected an exception but got a response");
+            } else {
+                assertEquals(r, expected);
+            }
+            if (onAnswer != null) {
+                onAnswer.accept(r);
+            }
+        }, e -> {
+            if (onException == null) {
+                fail("got unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage());
+            } else {
+                onException.accept(e);
+            }
+        }), latch);
+
+        function.accept(listener);
+        latch.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    }
+
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataFrameTransformsConfigManagerTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.persistence;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.ResourceAlreadyExistsException;
+import org.elasticsearch.ResourceNotFoundException;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.DataFrameMessages;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformConfig;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.DataFrameTransformConfigTests;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+public class DataFrameTransformsConfigManagerTests extends DataFrameSingleNodeTestCase {
+
+    private DataFrameTransformsConfigManager transformsConfigManager;
+
+    @Before
+    public void createComponents() {
+        transformsConfigManager = new DataFrameTransformsConfigManager(client(), xContentRegistry());
+    }
+
+    public void testGetMissingTransform() throws InterruptedException {
+        // the index does not exist yet
+        assertAsync(listener -> transformsConfigManager.getTransformConfiguration("not_there", listener), (DataFrameTransformConfig) null,
+                null, e -> {
+                    assertEquals(ResourceNotFoundException.class, e.getClass());
+                    assertEquals(DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_DATA_FRAME_UNKNOWN_TRANSFORM, "not_there"),
+                            e.getMessage());
+                });
+
+        // create one transform and test with an existing index
+        assertAsync(
+                listener -> transformsConfigManager
+                        .putTransformConfiguration(DataFrameTransformConfigTests.randomDataFrameTransformConfig(), listener),
+                true, null, null);
+
+        // same test, but different code path
+        assertAsync(listener -> transformsConfigManager.getTransformConfiguration("not_there", listener), (DataFrameTransformConfig) null,
+                null, e -> {
+                    assertEquals(ResourceNotFoundException.class, e.getClass());
+                    assertEquals(DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_DATA_FRAME_UNKNOWN_TRANSFORM, "not_there"),
+                            e.getMessage());
+                });
+    }
+
+    public void testDeleteMissingTransform() throws InterruptedException {
+        // the index does not exist yet
+        assertAsync(listener -> transformsConfigManager.deleteTransformConfiguration("not_there", listener), (Boolean) null, null, e -> {
+            assertEquals(ResourceNotFoundException.class, e.getClass());
+            assertEquals(DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_DATA_FRAME_UNKNOWN_TRANSFORM, "not_there"), e.getMessage());
+        });
+
+        // create one transform and test with an existing index
+        assertAsync(
+                listener -> transformsConfigManager
+                        .putTransformConfiguration(DataFrameTransformConfigTests.randomDataFrameTransformConfig(), listener),
+                true, null, null);
+
+        // same test, but different code path
+        assertAsync(listener -> transformsConfigManager.deleteTransformConfiguration("not_there", listener), (Boolean) null, null, e -> {
+            assertEquals(ResourceNotFoundException.class, e.getClass());
+            assertEquals(DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_DATA_FRAME_UNKNOWN_TRANSFORM, "not_there"), e.getMessage());
+        });
+    }
+
+    public void testCreateReadDelete() throws InterruptedException {
+        DataFrameTransformConfig transformConfig = DataFrameTransformConfigTests.randomDataFrameTransformConfig();
+
+        // create transform
+        assertAsync(listener -> transformsConfigManager.putTransformConfiguration(transformConfig, listener), true, null, null);
+
+        // read transform
+        assertAsync(listener -> transformsConfigManager.getTransformConfiguration(transformConfig.getId(), listener), transformConfig, null,
+                null);
+
+        // try to create again
+        assertAsync(listener -> transformsConfigManager.putTransformConfiguration(transformConfig, listener), (Boolean) null, null, e -> {
+            assertEquals(ResourceAlreadyExistsException.class, e.getClass());
+            assertEquals(DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_PUT_DATA_FRAME_TRANSFORM_EXISTS, transformConfig.getId()),
+                    e.getMessage());
+        });
+
+        // delete transform
+        assertAsync(listener -> transformsConfigManager.deleteTransformConfiguration(transformConfig.getId(), listener), true, null, null);
+
+        // delete again
+        assertAsync(listener -> transformsConfigManager.deleteTransformConfiguration(transformConfig.getId(), listener), (Boolean) null,
+                null, e -> {
+                    assertEquals(ResourceNotFoundException.class, e.getClass());
+                    assertEquals(DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_DATA_FRAME_UNKNOWN_TRANSFORM, transformConfig.getId()),
+                            e.getMessage());
+                });
+
+        // try to get deleted transform
+        assertAsync(listener -> transformsConfigManager.getTransformConfiguration(transformConfig.getId(), listener),
+                (DataFrameTransformConfig) null, null, e -> {
+                    assertEquals(ResourceNotFoundException.class, e.getClass());
+                    assertEquals(DataFrameMessages.getMessage(DataFrameMessages.REST_DATA_FRAME_UNKNOWN_TRANSFORM, transformConfig.getId()),
+                            e.getMessage());
+                });
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/AbstractSerializingDataFrameTestCase.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.BaseAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractSerializingTestCase;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+
+public abstract class AbstractSerializingDataFrameTestCase<T extends ToXContent & Writeable>
+        extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<T> {
+
+    /**
+     * Test case that ensures aggregation named objects are registered
+     */
+    private NamedWriteableRegistry namedWriteableRegistry;
+    private NamedXContentRegistry namedXContentRegistry;
+
+    @Before
+    public void registerAggregationNamedObjects() throws Exception {
+        // register aggregations as NamedWriteable
+        SearchModule searchModule = new SearchModule(Settings.EMPTY, false, emptyList());
+
+        List<NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry> namedWriteables = searchModule.getNamedWriteables();
+        namedWriteables.add(new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(QueryBuilder.class, MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder.NAME,
+                MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder::new));
+        namedWriteables.add(new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(AggregationBuilder.class, MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder.NAME,
+                MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder::new));
+
+        List<NamedXContentRegistry.Entry> namedXContents = searchModule.getNamedXContents();
+        namedXContents.add(new NamedXContentRegistry.Entry(QueryBuilder.class,
+                new ParseField(MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder.NAME), (p, c) -> MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder.fromXContent(p)));
+        namedXContents.add(new NamedXContentRegistry.Entry(BaseAggregationBuilder.class,
+                new ParseField(MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder.NAME), (p, c) -> MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder.fromXContent(p)));
+
+        namedWriteableRegistry = new NamedWriteableRegistry(namedWriteables);
+        namedXContentRegistry = new NamedXContentRegistry(namedXContents);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected NamedWriteableRegistry getNamedWriteableRegistry() {
+        return namedWriteableRegistry;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry() {
+        return namedXContentRegistry;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/DataFrameTransformConfigTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable.Reader;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.DeprecationHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot.PivotConfigTests;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.test.TestMatchers.matchesPattern;
+
+public class DataFrameTransformConfigTests extends AbstractSerializingDataFrameTestCase<DataFrameTransformConfig> {
+
+    private String transformId;
+
+    public static DataFrameTransformConfig randomDataFrameTransformConfig() {
+        return new DataFrameTransformConfig(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10), randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10),
+                randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10), QueryConfigTests.randomQueryConfig(), PivotConfigTests.randomPivotConfig());
+    }
+
+    public static DataFrameTransformConfig randomInvalidDataFrameTransformConfig() {
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+            return new DataFrameTransformConfig(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10), randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10),
+                    randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10), QueryConfigTests.randomInvalidQueryConfig(), PivotConfigTests.randomPivotConfig());
+        } // else
+        return new DataFrameTransformConfig(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10), randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10),
+                randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10), QueryConfigTests.randomQueryConfig(), PivotConfigTests.randomInvalidPivotConfig());
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUpOptionalId() {
+        transformId = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected DataFrameTransformConfig doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+            return DataFrameTransformConfig.fromXContent(parser, transformId, false);
+        } else {
+            return DataFrameTransformConfig.fromXContent(parser, null, false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected DataFrameTransformConfig createTestInstance() {
+        return randomDataFrameTransformConfig();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Reader<DataFrameTransformConfig> instanceReader() {
+        return DataFrameTransformConfig::new;
+    }
+
+    public void testDefaultMatchAll( ) throws IOException {
+        String pivotTransform = "{"
+                + " \"source\" : \"src\","
+                + " \"dest\" : \"dest\","
+                + " \"pivot\" : {"
+                + " \"group_by\": {"
+                + "   \"id\": {"
+                + "     \"terms\": {"
+                + "       \"field\": \"id\""
+                + "} } },"
+                + " \"aggs\": {"
+                + "   \"avg\": {"
+                + "     \"avg\": {"
+                + "       \"field\": \"points\""
+                + "} } } } }";
+
+        DataFrameTransformConfig dataFrameTransformConfig = createDataFrameTransformConfigFromString(pivotTransform, "test_match_all");
+        assertNotNull(dataFrameTransformConfig.getQueryConfig());
+        assertTrue(dataFrameTransformConfig.getQueryConfig().isValid());
+
+        try (XContentBuilder xContentBuilder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder()) {
+            XContentBuilder content = dataFrameTransformConfig.toXContent(xContentBuilder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+            String pivotTransformWithIdAndDefaults = Strings.toString(content);
+
+            assertThat(pivotTransformWithIdAndDefaults, matchesPattern(".*\"match_all\"\\s*:\\s*\\{\\}.*"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private DataFrameTransformConfig createDataFrameTransformConfigFromString(String json, String id) throws IOException {
+        final XContentParser parser = XContentType.JSON.xContent().createParser(xContentRegistry(),
+                DeprecationHandler.THROW_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION, json);
+        return DataFrameTransformConfig.fromXContent(parser, id, false);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.DeprecationLogger;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorFactories.Builder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValueType;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSource;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceAggregatorFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceConfig;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceType;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.internal.SearchContext;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder extends ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder<ValuesSource, MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder> {
+
+    public static final String NAME = "deprecated_agg";
+    public static final String DEPRECATION_MESSAGE = "expected deprecation message from MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder";
+
+    private static final DeprecationLogger deprecationLogger = new DeprecationLogger(
+            LogManager.getLogger(MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder.class));
+
+    protected MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder(MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder clone, Builder factoriesBuilder,
+            Map<String, Object> metaData) {
+        super(clone, factoriesBuilder, metaData);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected AggregationBuilder shallowCopy(Builder factoriesBuilder, Map<String, Object> metaData) {
+        return new MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder(this, factoriesBuilder, metaData);
+    }
+
+    public MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder() {
+        super(NAME, ValuesSourceType.NUMERIC, ValueType.NUMERIC);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Read from a stream.
+     */
+    protected MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in, null, null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getType() {
+        return NAME;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void innerWriteTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ValuesSourceAggregatorFactory<ValuesSource, ?> innerBuild(SearchContext context, ValuesSourceConfig<ValuesSource> config,
+            AggregatorFactory<?> parent, Builder subFactoriesBuilder) throws IOException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected XContentBuilder doXContentBody(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int innerHashCode() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean innerEquals(Object obj) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public static MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser p) {
+        deprecationLogger.deprecatedAndMaybeLog("deprecated_mock", DEPRECATION_MESSAGE);
+        return new MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder();
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParsingException;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.DeprecationLogger;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.search.Queries;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.AbstractQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryShardContext;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/*
+ * Utility test class to write a deprecation message on usage
+ */
+public class MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder extends AbstractQueryBuilder<MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder> {
+
+    public static final String NAME = "deprecated_match_all";
+    public static final String DEPRECATION_MESSAGE = "expected deprecation message from MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder";
+
+    private static final DeprecationLogger deprecationLogger = new DeprecationLogger(
+            LogManager.getLogger(MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder.class));
+
+    private static final ObjectParser<MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder, Void> PARSER = new ObjectParser<>(NAME, MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder::new);
+
+    static {
+        declareStandardFields(PARSER);
+    }
+
+    public MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder() {
+    }
+
+    public MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+    }
+
+    public static MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
+        try {
+            deprecationLogger.deprecatedAndMaybeLog("deprecated_mock", DEPRECATION_MESSAGE);
+
+            return PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getWriteableName() {
+        return NAME;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doWriteTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject(NAME);
+        printBoostAndQueryName(builder);
+        builder.endObject();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Query doToQuery(QueryShardContext context) throws IOException {
+        return Queries.newMatchAllQuery();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean doEquals(MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder other) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int doHashCode() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/QueryConfigTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParsingException;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable.Reader;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentHelper;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MatchAllQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MatchNoneQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MatchQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+
+public class QueryConfigTests extends AbstractSerializingDataFrameTestCase<QueryConfig> {
+
+    private boolean lenient;
+
+    public static QueryConfig randomQueryConfig() {
+
+        QueryBuilder queryBuilder = randomBoolean() ? new MatchAllQueryBuilder() : new MatchNoneQueryBuilder();
+        LinkedHashMap<String, Object> source = null;
+
+        try (XContentBuilder xContentBuilder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder()) {
+            XContentBuilder content = queryBuilder.toXContent(xContentBuilder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+            source = (LinkedHashMap<String, Object>) XContentHelper.convertToMap(BytesReference.bytes(content), true, XContentType.JSON)
+                    .v2();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            // should not happen
+            fail("failed to create random query config");
+        }
+
+        return new QueryConfig(source, queryBuilder);
+    }
+
+    public static QueryConfig randomInvalidQueryConfig() {
+        // create something broken but with a source
+        LinkedHashMap<String, Object> source = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        for (String key : randomUnique(() -> randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 20), randomIntBetween(1, 10))) {
+            source.put(key, randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 20));
+        }
+
+        return new QueryConfig(source, null);
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void setRandomFeatures() {
+        lenient = randomBoolean();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected QueryConfig doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        return QueryConfig.fromXContent(parser, lenient);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected QueryConfig createTestInstance() {
+        return lenient ? randomBoolean() ? randomQueryConfig() : randomInvalidQueryConfig() : randomQueryConfig();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Reader<QueryConfig> instanceReader() {
+        return QueryConfig::new;
+    }
+
+    public void testValidQueryParsing() throws IOException {
+        QueryBuilder query = new MatchQueryBuilder("key", "value");
+        String source = query.toString();
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            QueryConfig queryConfig = QueryConfig.fromXContent(parser, true);
+            assertEquals(query, queryConfig.getQuery());
+            assertTrue(queryConfig.isValid());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testFailOnStrictPassOnLenient() throws IOException {
+        String source = "{\"query_element_does_not_exist\" : {}}";
+
+        // lenient, passes but reports invalid
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            QueryConfig query = QueryConfig.fromXContent(parser, true);
+            assertFalse(query.isValid());
+        }
+
+        // strict throws
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            expectThrows(ParsingException.class, () -> QueryConfig.fromXContent(parser, false));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testFailOnEmptyQuery() throws IOException {
+        String source = "";
+
+        // lenient, passes but reports invalid
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            QueryConfig query = QueryConfig.fromXContent(parser, true);
+            assertFalse(query.isValid());
+        }
+
+        // strict throws
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> QueryConfig.fromXContent(parser, false));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testFailOnEmptyQueryClause() throws IOException {
+        String source = "{}";
+
+        // lenient, passes but reports invalid
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            QueryConfig query = QueryConfig.fromXContent(parser, true);
+            assertFalse(query.isValid());
+        }
+
+        // strict throws
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> QueryConfig.fromXContent(parser, false));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testDeprecation() throws IOException {
+        String source = "{\"" + MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder.NAME + "\" : {}}";
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            QueryConfig query = QueryConfig.fromXContent(parser, false);
+            assertTrue(query.isValid());
+            assertWarnings(MockDeprecatedQueryBuilder.DEPRECATION_MESSAGE);
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/AggregationConfigTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable.Reader;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedObjectNotFoundException;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentHelper;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationBuilders;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorFactories;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.AbstractSerializingDataFrameTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class AggregationConfigTests extends AbstractSerializingDataFrameTestCase<AggregationConfig> {
+
+    private boolean lenient;
+
+    public static AggregationConfig randomAggregationConfig() {
+
+        AggregatorFactories.Builder builder = new AggregatorFactories.Builder();
+        Map<String, Object> source = null;
+
+        // ensure that the unlikely does not happen: 2 aggs share the same name
+        Set<String> names = new HashSet<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < randomIntBetween(1, 20); ++i) {
+            AggregationBuilder aggBuilder = getRandomSupportedAggregation();
+            if (names.add(aggBuilder.getName())) {
+                builder.addAggregator(aggBuilder);
+            }
+        }
+
+        try (XContentBuilder xContentBuilder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder()) {
+
+            XContentBuilder content = builder.toXContent(xContentBuilder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+            source = XContentHelper.convertToMap(BytesReference.bytes(content), true, XContentType.JSON).v2();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            fail("failed to create random aggregation config: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+
+        return new AggregationConfig(source, builder);
+    }
+
+    public static AggregationConfig randomInvalidAggregationConfig() {
+        // create something broken but with a source
+        Map<String, Object> source = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        for (String key : randomUnique(() -> randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 20), randomIntBetween(1, 10))) {
+            source.put(key, randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 20));
+        }
+
+        return new AggregationConfig(source, null);
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void setRandomFeatures() {
+        lenient = randomBoolean();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected AggregationConfig doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        return AggregationConfig.fromXContent(parser, lenient);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected AggregationConfig createTestInstance() {
+        return lenient ? randomBoolean() ? randomAggregationConfig() : randomInvalidAggregationConfig() : randomAggregationConfig();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Reader<AggregationConfig> instanceReader() {
+        return AggregationConfig::new;
+    }
+
+    public void testEmptyAggregation() throws IOException {
+        String source = "{}";
+
+        // lenient, passes but reports invalid
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            AggregationConfig aggregationConfig = AggregationConfig.fromXContent(parser, true);
+            assertFalse(aggregationConfig.isValid());
+        }
+
+        // strict throws
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> AggregationConfig.fromXContent(parser, false));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testFailOnStrictPassOnLenient() throws IOException {
+        String source = "{\n" +
+                "          \"avg_rating\": { \"some_removed_agg\": { \"field\": \"rating\" } }\n" +
+                "        },\n" +
+                "        {\n" +
+                "          \"max_rating\": { \"max_rating\" : { \"field\" : \"rating\" } }\n" +
+                "        }";
+
+        // lenient, passes but reports invalid
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            AggregationConfig aggregationConfig = AggregationConfig.fromXContent(parser, true);
+            assertFalse(aggregationConfig.isValid());
+        }
+
+        // strict throws
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            expectThrows(NamedObjectNotFoundException.class, () -> AggregationConfig.fromXContent(parser, false));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testDeprecation() throws IOException {
+        String source = "{\"dep_agg\": {\"" + MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder.NAME + "\" : {}}}";
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            AggregationConfig agg = AggregationConfig.fromXContent(parser, false);
+            assertTrue(agg.isValid());
+            assertWarnings(MockDeprecatedAggregationBuilder.DEPRECATION_MESSAGE);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static AggregationBuilder getRandomSupportedAggregation() {
+        final int numberOfSupportedAggs = 4;
+        switch (randomIntBetween(1, numberOfSupportedAggs)) {
+        case 1:
+            return AggregationBuilders.avg(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10)).field(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10));
+        case 2:
+            return AggregationBuilders.min(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10)).field(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10));
+        case 3:
+            return AggregationBuilders.max(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10)).field(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10));
+        case 4:
+            return AggregationBuilders.sum(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10)).field(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10));
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/AggregationResultUtilsTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ContextParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.DeprecationHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.Aggregation;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationBuilders;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.composite.CompositeAggregation;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.composite.ParsedComposite;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.terms.DoubleTerms;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.terms.LongTerms;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.terms.ParsedDoubleTerms;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.terms.ParsedLongTerms;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.terms.ParsedStringTerms;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.terms.StringTerms;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.AvgAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.CardinalityAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ExtendedStatsAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.MaxAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.MinAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ParsedAvg;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ParsedCardinality;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ParsedExtendedStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ParsedMax;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ParsedMin;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ParsedStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ParsedSum;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ParsedValueCount;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.StatsAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.SumAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ValueCountAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.ParsedStatsBucket;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.StatsBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.dataframe.transform.DataFrameIndexerTransformStats;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+
+public class AggregationResultUtilsTests extends ESTestCase {
+
+    private final NamedXContentRegistry namedXContentRegistry = new NamedXContentRegistry(namedXContents);
+
+    private final String KEY = Aggregation.CommonFields.KEY.getPreferredName();
+    private final String DOC_COUNT = Aggregation.CommonFields.DOC_COUNT.getPreferredName();
+
+    // aggregations potentially useful for writing tests, to be expanded as necessary
+    private static final List<NamedXContentRegistry.Entry> namedXContents;
+    static {
+        Map<String, ContextParser<Object, ? extends Aggregation>> map = new HashMap<>();
+        map.put(CardinalityAggregationBuilder.NAME, (p, c) -> ParsedCardinality.fromXContent(p, (String) c));
+        map.put(MinAggregationBuilder.NAME, (p, c) -> ParsedMin.fromXContent(p, (String) c));
+        map.put(MaxAggregationBuilder.NAME, (p, c) -> ParsedMax.fromXContent(p, (String) c));
+        map.put(SumAggregationBuilder.NAME, (p, c) -> ParsedSum.fromXContent(p, (String) c));
+        map.put(AvgAggregationBuilder.NAME, (p, c) -> ParsedAvg.fromXContent(p, (String) c));
+        map.put(ValueCountAggregationBuilder.NAME, (p, c) -> ParsedValueCount.fromXContent(p, (String) c));
+        map.put(StatsAggregationBuilder.NAME, (p, c) -> ParsedStats.fromXContent(p, (String) c));
+        map.put(StatsBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder.NAME, (p, c) -> ParsedStatsBucket.fromXContent(p, (String) c));
+        map.put(ExtendedStatsAggregationBuilder.NAME, (p, c) -> ParsedExtendedStats.fromXContent(p, (String) c));
+        map.put(StringTerms.NAME, (p, c) -> ParsedStringTerms.fromXContent(p, (String) c));
+        map.put(LongTerms.NAME, (p, c) -> ParsedLongTerms.fromXContent(p, (String) c));
+        map.put(DoubleTerms.NAME, (p, c) -> ParsedDoubleTerms.fromXContent(p, (String) c));
+
+        namedXContents = map.entrySet().stream()
+                .map(entry -> new NamedXContentRegistry.Entry(Aggregation.class, new ParseField(entry.getKey()), entry.getValue()))
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry() {
+        return namedXContentRegistry;
+    }
+
+    public void testExtractCompositeAggregationResults() throws IOException {
+        String targetField = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(5, 10);
+
+        GroupConfig groupBy = parseGroupConfig("{ \"" + targetField + "\" : {"
+                + "\"terms\" : {"
+                + "   \"field\" : \"doesn't_matter_for_this_test\""
+                + "} } }");
+
+        String aggName = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(5, 10);
+        String aggTypedName = "avg#" + aggName;
+        Collection<AggregationBuilder> aggregationBuilders = Collections.singletonList(AggregationBuilders.avg(aggName));
+
+        Map<String, Object> input = asMap(
+                "buckets",
+                    asList(
+                            asMap(
+                                  KEY, asMap(
+                                          targetField, "ID1"),
+                                  aggTypedName, asMap(
+                                          "value", 42.33),
+                                  DOC_COUNT, 8),
+                            asMap(
+                                  KEY, asMap(
+                                          targetField, "ID2"),
+                                  aggTypedName, asMap(
+                                          "value", 28.99),
+                                  DOC_COUNT, 3),
+                            asMap(
+                                  KEY, asMap(
+                                          targetField, "ID3"),
+                                  aggTypedName, asMap(
+                                          "value", 12.55),
+                                  DOC_COUNT, 9)
+                    ));
+
+        List<Map<String, Object>> expected = asList(
+                asMap(
+                        targetField, "ID1",
+                        aggName, 42.33
+                        ),
+                asMap(
+                        targetField, "ID2",
+                        aggName, 28.99
+                        ),
+                asMap(
+                        targetField, "ID3",
+                        aggName, 12.55
+                        )
+                );
+
+        executeTest(groupBy, aggregationBuilders, input, expected, 20);
+    }
+
+    public void testExtractCompositeAggregationResultsMultiSources() throws IOException {
+        String targetField = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(5, 10);
+        String targetField2 = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(5, 10) + "_2";
+
+        GroupConfig groupBy = parseGroupConfig("{"
+                + "\"" + targetField + "\" : {"
+                + "  \"terms\" : {"
+                + "     \"field\" : \"doesn't_matter_for_this_test\""
+                + "  } },"
+                + "\"" + targetField2 + "\" : {"
+                + "  \"terms\" : {"
+                + "     \"field\" : \"doesn't_matter_for_this_test\""
+                + "  } }"
+                + "}");
+
+        String aggName = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(5, 10);
+        String aggTypedName = "avg#" + aggName;
+        Collection<AggregationBuilder> aggregationBuilders = Collections.singletonList(AggregationBuilders.avg(aggName));
+
+        Map<String, Object> input = asMap(
+                "buckets",
+                    asList(
+                            asMap(
+                                  KEY, asMap(
+                                          targetField, "ID1",
+                                          targetField2, "ID1_2"
+                                          ),
+                                  aggTypedName, asMap(
+                                          "value", 42.33),
+                                  DOC_COUNT, 1),
+                            asMap(
+                                    KEY, asMap(
+                                            targetField, "ID1",
+                                            targetField2, "ID2_2"
+                                            ),
+                                    aggTypedName, asMap(
+                                            "value", 8.4),
+                                    DOC_COUNT, 2),
+                            asMap(
+                                  KEY, asMap(
+                                          targetField, "ID2",
+                                          targetField2, "ID1_2"
+                                          ),
+                                  aggTypedName, asMap(
+                                          "value", 28.99),
+                                  DOC_COUNT, 3),
+                            asMap(
+                                  KEY, asMap(
+                                          targetField, "ID3",
+                                          targetField2, "ID2_2"
+                                          ),
+                                  aggTypedName, asMap(
+                                          "value", 12.55),
+                                  DOC_COUNT, 4)
+                    ));
+
+        List<Map<String, Object>> expected = asList(
+                asMap(
+                        targetField, "ID1",
+                        targetField2, "ID1_2",
+                        aggName, 42.33
+                        ),
+                asMap(
+                        targetField, "ID1",
+                        targetField2, "ID2_2",
+                        aggName, 8.4
+                        ),
+                asMap(
+                        targetField, "ID2",
+                        targetField2, "ID1_2",
+                        aggName, 28.99
+                        ),
+                asMap(
+                        targetField, "ID3",
+                        targetField2, "ID2_2",
+                        aggName, 12.55
+                        )
+                );
+        executeTest(groupBy, aggregationBuilders, input, expected, 10);
+    }
+
+    public void testExtractCompositeAggregationResultsMultiAggregations() throws IOException {
+        String targetField = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(5, 10);
+
+        GroupConfig groupBy = parseGroupConfig("{\"" + targetField + "\" : {"
+                + "\"terms\" : {"
+                + "   \"field\" : \"doesn't_matter_for_this_test\""
+                + "} } }");
+
+        String aggName = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(5, 10);
+        String aggTypedName = "avg#" + aggName;
+
+        String aggName2 = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(5, 10) + "_2";
+        String aggTypedName2 = "max#" + aggName2;
+
+        Collection<AggregationBuilder> aggregationBuilders = asList(AggregationBuilders.avg(aggName), AggregationBuilders.max(aggName2));
+
+        Map<String, Object> input = asMap(
+                "buckets",
+                    asList(
+                            asMap(
+                                  KEY, asMap(
+                                          targetField, "ID1"),
+                                  aggTypedName, asMap(
+                                          "value", 42.33),
+                                  aggTypedName2, asMap(
+                                          "value", 9.9),
+                                  DOC_COUNT, 111),
+                            asMap(
+                                  KEY, asMap(
+                                          targetField, "ID2"),
+                                  aggTypedName, asMap(
+                                          "value", 28.99),
+                                  aggTypedName2, asMap(
+                                          "value", 222.33),
+                                  DOC_COUNT, 88),
+                            asMap(
+                                  KEY, asMap(
+                                          targetField, "ID3"),
+                                  aggTypedName, asMap(
+                                          "value", 12.55),
+                                  aggTypedName2, asMap(
+                                          "value", -2.44),
+                                  DOC_COUNT, 1)
+                    ));
+
+        List<Map<String, Object>> expected = asList(
+                asMap(
+                        targetField, "ID1",
+                        aggName, 42.33,
+                        aggName2, 9.9
+                        ),
+                asMap(
+                        targetField, "ID2",
+                        aggName, 28.99,
+                        aggName2, 222.33
+                        ),
+                asMap(
+                        targetField, "ID3",
+                        aggName, 12.55,
+                        aggName2, -2.44
+                        )
+                );
+        executeTest(groupBy, aggregationBuilders, input, expected, 200);
+    }
+
+    private void executeTest(GroupConfig groups, Collection<AggregationBuilder> aggregationBuilders, Map<String, Object> input,
+            List<Map<String, Object>> expected, long expectedDocCounts) throws IOException {
+        DataFrameIndexerTransformStats stats = new DataFrameIndexerTransformStats();
+        XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.contentBuilder(randomFrom(XContentType.values()));
+        builder.map(input);
+
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(builder)) {
+            CompositeAggregation agg = ParsedComposite.fromXContent(parser, "my_feature");
+            List<Map<String, Object>> result = AggregationResultUtils
+                    .extractCompositeAggregationResults(agg, groups, aggregationBuilders, stats).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+            assertEquals(expected, result);
+            assertEquals(expectedDocCounts, stats.getNumDocuments());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private GroupConfig parseGroupConfig(String json) throws IOException {
+        final XContentParser parser = XContentType.JSON.xContent().createParser(xContentRegistry(),
+                DeprecationHandler.THROW_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION, json);
+        return GroupConfig.fromXContent(parser, false);
+    }
+
+    static Map<String, Object> asMap(Object... fields) {
+        assert fields.length % 2 == 0;
+        final Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i += 2) {
+            String field = (String) fields[i];
+            map.put(field, fields[i + 1]);
+        }
+        return map;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/AggregationsTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+
+public class AggregationsTests extends ESTestCase {
+    public void testResolveTargetMapping() {
+
+        // avg
+        assertEquals("double", Aggregations.resolveTargetMapping("avg", "int"));
+        assertEquals("double", Aggregations.resolveTargetMapping("avg", "double"));
+
+        // max
+        assertEquals("int", Aggregations.resolveTargetMapping("max", "int"));
+        assertEquals("double", Aggregations.resolveTargetMapping("max", "double"));
+        assertEquals("half_float", Aggregations.resolveTargetMapping("max", "half_float"));
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/DateHistogramGroupSourceTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable.Reader;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.histogram.DateHistogramInterval;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractSerializingTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class DateHistogramGroupSourceTests extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<DateHistogramGroupSource> {
+
+    public static DateHistogramGroupSource randomDateHistogramGroupSource() {
+        String field = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 20);
+        DateHistogramGroupSource dateHistogramGroupSource = new DateHistogramGroupSource(field);
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+            dateHistogramGroupSource.setInterval(randomLongBetween(1, 10_000));
+        } else {
+            dateHistogramGroupSource.setDateHistogramInterval(randomFrom(DateHistogramInterval.days(10),
+                DateHistogramInterval.minutes(1), DateHistogramInterval.weeks(1)));
+        }
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+            dateHistogramGroupSource.setTimeZone(randomZone());
+        }
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+            dateHistogramGroupSource.setFormat(randomAlphaOfLength(10));
+        }
+        return dateHistogramGroupSource;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected DateHistogramGroupSource doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        return DateHistogramGroupSource.fromXContent(parser, false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected DateHistogramGroupSource createTestInstance() {
+        return randomDateHistogramGroupSource();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Reader<DateHistogramGroupSource> instanceReader() {
+        return DateHistogramGroupSource::new;
+    }
+
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/GroupConfigTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable.Reader;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentHelper;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractSerializingTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot.SingleGroupSource.Type;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class GroupConfigTests extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<GroupConfig> {
+
+    public static GroupConfig randomGroupConfig() {
+        Map<String, Object> source = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        Map<String, SingleGroupSource<?>> groups = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+
+        // ensure that the unlikely does not happen: 2 group_by's share the same name
+        Set<String> names = new HashSet<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < randomIntBetween(1, 20); ++i) {
+            String targetFieldName = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 20);
+            if (names.add(targetFieldName)) {
+                SingleGroupSource<?> groupBy;
+                Type type = randomFrom(SingleGroupSource.Type.values());
+                switch (type) {
+                case TERMS:
+                    groupBy = TermsGroupSourceTests.randomTermsGroupSource();
+                    break;
+                case HISTOGRAM:
+                    groupBy = HistogramGroupSourceTests.randomHistogramGroupSource();
+                    break;
+                case DATE_HISTOGRAM:
+                default:
+                    groupBy = DateHistogramGroupSourceTests.randomDateHistogramGroupSource();
+                }
+
+                source.put(targetFieldName, Collections.singletonMap(type.value(), getSource(groupBy)));
+                groups.put(targetFieldName, groupBy);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new GroupConfig(source, groups);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected GroupConfig doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        return GroupConfig.fromXContent(parser, false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected GroupConfig createTestInstance() {
+        return randomGroupConfig();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Reader<GroupConfig> instanceReader() {
+        return GroupConfig::new;
+    }
+
+    public void testEmptyGroupBy() throws IOException {
+        String source = "{}";
+
+        // lenient, passes but reports invalid
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            GroupConfig groupConfig = GroupConfig.fromXContent(parser, true);
+            assertFalse(groupConfig.isValid());
+        }
+
+        // strict throws
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, source)) {
+            expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> GroupConfig.fromXContent(parser, false));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Map<String, Object> getSource(SingleGroupSource<?> groupSource) {
+        try (XContentBuilder xContentBuilder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder()) {
+            XContentBuilder content = groupSource.toXContent(xContentBuilder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+            return XContentHelper.convertToMap(BytesReference.bytes(content), true, XContentType.JSON).v2();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            // should not happen
+            fail("failed to create random single group source");
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/HistogramGroupSourceTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable.Reader;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractSerializingTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class HistogramGroupSourceTests extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<HistogramGroupSource> {
+
+    public static HistogramGroupSource randomHistogramGroupSource() {
+        String field = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 20);
+        double interval = randomDoubleBetween(Math.nextUp(0), Double.MAX_VALUE, false);
+        return new HistogramGroupSource(field, interval);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected HistogramGroupSource doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        return HistogramGroupSource.fromXContent(parser, false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected HistogramGroupSource createTestInstance() {
+        return randomHistogramGroupSource();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Reader<HistogramGroupSource> instanceReader() {
+        return HistogramGroupSource::new;
+    }
+
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/PivotConfigTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable.Reader;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.DeprecationHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.AbstractSerializingDataFrameTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class PivotConfigTests extends AbstractSerializingDataFrameTestCase<PivotConfig> {
+
+    public static PivotConfig randomPivotConfig() {
+        return new PivotConfig(GroupConfigTests.randomGroupConfig(), AggregationConfigTests.randomAggregationConfig());
+    }
+
+    public static PivotConfig randomInvalidPivotConfig() {
+        return new PivotConfig(GroupConfigTests.randomGroupConfig(), AggregationConfigTests.randomInvalidAggregationConfig());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected PivotConfig doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        return PivotConfig.fromXContent(parser, false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected PivotConfig createTestInstance() {
+        return randomPivotConfig();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Reader<PivotConfig> instanceReader() {
+        return PivotConfig::new;
+    }
+
+    public void testAggsAbbreviations() throws IOException {
+        String pivotAggs = "{"
+                    + " \"group_by\": {"
+                    + "   \"id\": {"
+                    + "     \"terms\": {"
+                    + "       \"field\": \"id\""
+                    + "} } },"
+                    + " \"aggs\": {"
+                    + "   \"avg\": {"
+                    + "     \"avg\": {"
+                    + "       \"field\": \"points\""
+                    + "} } } }";
+
+        PivotConfig p1 = createPivotConfigFromString(pivotAggs, false);
+        String pivotAggregations = pivotAggs.replace("aggs", "aggregations");
+        assertNotEquals(pivotAggs, pivotAggregations);
+        PivotConfig p2 = createPivotConfigFromString(pivotAggregations, false);
+        assertEquals(p1,p2);
+    }
+
+    public void testMissingAggs() throws IOException {
+        String pivot = "{"
+                + " \"group_by\": {"
+                + "   \"id\": {"
+                + "     \"terms\": {"
+                + "       \"field\": \"id\""
+                + "} } } }";
+
+        expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> createPivotConfigFromString(pivot, false));
+    }
+
+    public void testEmptyAggs() throws IOException {
+        String pivot = "{"
+                + " \"group_by\": {"
+                + "   \"id\": {"
+                + "     \"terms\": {"
+                + "       \"field\": \"id\""
+                + "} } },"
+                + "\"aggs\": {}"
+                + " }";
+
+        expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> createPivotConfigFromString(pivot, false));
+
+        // lenient passes but reports invalid
+        PivotConfig pivotConfig = createPivotConfigFromString(pivot, true);
+        assertFalse(pivotConfig.isValid());
+    }
+
+    public void testEmptyGroupBy() throws IOException {
+        String pivot = "{"
+                + " \"group_by\": {},"
+                + " \"aggs\": {"
+                + "   \"avg\": {"
+                + "     \"avg\": {"
+                + "       \"field\": \"points\""
+                + "} } } }";
+
+        expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> createPivotConfigFromString(pivot, false));
+
+        // lenient passes but reports invalid
+        PivotConfig pivotConfig = createPivotConfigFromString(pivot, true);
+        assertFalse(pivotConfig.isValid());
+    }
+
+    public void testMissingGroupBy() throws IOException {
+        String pivot = "{"
+                + " \"aggs\": {"
+                + "   \"avg\": {"
+                + "     \"avg\": {"
+                + "       \"field\": \"points\""
+                + "} } } }";
+
+        expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> createPivotConfigFromString(pivot, false));
+    }
+
+    public void testDoubleAggs() throws IOException {
+        String pivot = "{"
+                + " \"group_by\": {"
+                + "   \"id\": {"
+                + "     \"terms\": {"
+                + "       \"field\": \"id\""
+                + "} } },"
+                + " \"aggs\": {"
+                + "   \"avg\": {"
+                + "     \"avg\": {"
+                + "       \"field\": \"points\""
+                + "} } },"
+                + " \"aggregations\": {"
+                + "   \"avg\": {"
+                + "     \"avg\": {"
+                + "       \"field\": \"points\""
+                + "} } }"
+                + "}";
+
+        expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> createPivotConfigFromString(pivot, false));
+    }
+
+    private PivotConfig createPivotConfigFromString(String json, boolean lenient) throws IOException {
+        final XContentParser parser = XContentType.JSON.xContent().createParser(xContentRegistry(),
+                DeprecationHandler.THROW_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION, json);
+        return PivotConfig.fromXContent(parser, lenient);
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/PivotTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.apache.lucene.search.TotalHits;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponseSections;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.ShardSearchFailure;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.DeprecationHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexNotFoundException;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MatchAllQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHit;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHits;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.client.NoOpClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot.Aggregations.AggregationType;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+
+public class PivotTests extends ESTestCase {
+
+    private NamedXContentRegistry namedXContentRegistry;
+    private Client client;
+
+    private final Set<String> supportedAggregations = Stream.of(AggregationType.values()).map(AggregationType::getName)
+            .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    private final String[] unsupportedAggregations = { "stats" };
+
+    @Before
+    public void registerAggregationNamedObjects() throws Exception {
+        // register aggregations as NamedWriteable
+        SearchModule searchModule = new SearchModule(Settings.EMPTY, false, emptyList());
+        namedXContentRegistry = new NamedXContentRegistry(searchModule.getNamedXContents());
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void setupClient() {
+        if (client != null) {
+            client.close();
+        }
+        client = new MyMockClient(getTestName());
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDownClient() {
+        client.close();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry() {
+        return namedXContentRegistry;
+    }
+
+    public void testValidateExistingIndex() throws Exception {
+        Pivot pivot = new Pivot("existing_source_index", new MatchAllQueryBuilder(), getValidPivotConfig());
+
+        assertValidTransform(client, pivot);
+    }
+
+    public void testValidateNonExistingIndex() throws Exception {
+        Pivot pivot = new Pivot("non_existing_source_index", new MatchAllQueryBuilder(), getValidPivotConfig());
+
+        assertInvalidTransform(client, pivot);
+    }
+
+    public void testSearchFailure() throws Exception {
+        // test a failure during the search operation, transform creation fails if
+        // search has failures although they might just be temporary
+        Pivot pivot = new Pivot("existing_source_index_with_failing_shards", new MatchAllQueryBuilder(), getValidPivotConfig());
+
+        assertInvalidTransform(client, pivot);
+    }
+
+    public void testValidateAllSupportedAggregations() throws Exception {
+        for (String agg : supportedAggregations) {
+            AggregationConfig aggregationConfig = getAggregationConfig(agg);
+
+            Pivot pivot = new Pivot("existing_source", new MatchAllQueryBuilder(), getValidPivotConfig(aggregationConfig));
+
+            assertValidTransform(client, pivot);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testValidateAllUnsupportedAggregations() throws Exception {
+        for (String agg : unsupportedAggregations) {
+            AggregationConfig aggregationConfig = getAggregationConfig(agg);
+
+            Pivot pivot = new Pivot("existing_source", new MatchAllQueryBuilder(), getValidPivotConfig(aggregationConfig));
+
+            assertInvalidTransform(client, pivot);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class MyMockClient extends NoOpClient {
+        MyMockClient(String testName) {
+            super(testName);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        @Override
+        protected <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse> void doExecute(Action<Response> action, Request request,
+                ActionListener<Response> listener) {
+
+            if (request instanceof SearchRequest) {
+                SearchRequest searchRequest = (SearchRequest) request;
+                List<ShardSearchFailure> searchFailures = new ArrayList<>();
+
+                for (String index : searchRequest.indices()) {
+                    if (index.contains("non_existing")) {
+                        listener.onFailure(new IndexNotFoundException(index));
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    if (index.contains("with_failing_shards")) {
+                        searchFailures.add(new ShardSearchFailure(new RuntimeException("shard failed")));
+                    }
+                }
+
+                final SearchResponseSections sections = new SearchResponseSections(
+                        new SearchHits(new SearchHit[0], new TotalHits(0L, TotalHits.Relation.EQUAL_TO), 0), null, null, false, null, null,
+                        1);
+                final SearchResponse response = new SearchResponse(sections, null, 10, searchFailures.size() > 0 ? 0 : 5, 0, 0,
+                        searchFailures.toArray(new ShardSearchFailure[searchFailures.size()]), null);
+
+                listener.onResponse((Response) response);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            super.doExecute(action, request, listener);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private PivotConfig getValidPivotConfig() throws IOException {
+        return new PivotConfig(GroupConfigTests.randomGroupConfig(), getValidAggregationConfig());
+    }
+
+    private PivotConfig getValidPivotConfig(AggregationConfig aggregationConfig) throws IOException {
+        return new PivotConfig(GroupConfigTests.randomGroupConfig(), aggregationConfig);
+    }
+
+    private AggregationConfig getValidAggregationConfig() throws IOException {
+        return getAggregationConfig(randomFrom(supportedAggregations));
+    }
+
+    private AggregationConfig getAggregationConfig(String agg) throws IOException {
+        return parseAggregations("{\n" + "  \"pivot_" + agg + "\": {\n" + "    \"" + agg + "\": {\n" + "      \"field\": \"values\"\n"
+                + "    }\n" + "  }" + "}");
+    }
+
+    private AggregationConfig parseAggregations(String json) throws IOException {
+        final XContentParser parser = XContentType.JSON.xContent().createParser(xContentRegistry(),
+                DeprecationHandler.THROW_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION, json);
+        // parseAggregators expects to be already inside the xcontent object
+        assertThat(parser.nextToken(), equalTo(XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT));
+        return AggregationConfig.fromXContent(parser, false);
+    }
+
+    private static void assertValidTransform(Client client, Pivot pivot) throws Exception {
+        validate(client, pivot, true);
+    }
+
+    private static void assertInvalidTransform(Client client, Pivot pivot) throws Exception {
+        validate(client, pivot, false);
+    }
+
+    private static void validate(Client client, Pivot pivot, boolean expectValid) throws Exception {
+        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        final AtomicReference<Exception> exceptionHolder = new AtomicReference<>();
+        pivot.validate(client, ActionListener.wrap(validity -> {
+            assertEquals(expectValid, validity);
+            latch.countDown();
+        }, e -> {
+            exceptionHolder.set(e);
+            latch.countDown();
+        }));
+
+        assertTrue(latch.await(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+        if (expectValid == true && exceptionHolder.get() != null) {
+            throw exceptionHolder.get();
+        } else if (expectValid == false && exceptionHolder.get() == null) {
+            fail("Expected config to be invalid");
+        }
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/transforms/pivot/TermsGroupSourceTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.dataframe.transforms.pivot;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable.Reader;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractSerializingTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class TermsGroupSourceTests extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<TermsGroupSource> {
+
+    public static TermsGroupSource randomTermsGroupSource() {
+        String field = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 20);
+
+        return new TermsGroupSource(field);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected TermsGroupSource doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        return TermsGroupSource.fromXContent(parser, false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected TermsGroupSource createTestInstance() {
+        return randomTermsGroupSource();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Reader<TermsGroupSource> instanceReader() {
+        return TermsGroupSource::new;
+    }
+
+}

x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authz/AuthorizationUtils.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.tasks.get.GetTaskAction.TASKS_ORIGIN;
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper.DATA_FRAME_ORIGIN;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper.DEPRECATION_ORIGIN;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper.INDEX_LIFECYCLE_ORIGIN;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper.ML_ORIGIN;
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ public final class AuthorizationUtils {
             case WATCHER_ORIGIN:
             case ML_ORIGIN:
             case MONITORING_ORIGIN:
+            case DATA_FRAME_ORIGIN:
             case DEPRECATION_ORIGIN:
             case PERSISTENT_TASK_ORIGIN:
             case ROLLUP_ORIGIN: