From b38fdf9f949496cb597a5a62b2fa267a8fd5eb09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zachary Tong Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:42:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add release highlights for 7.6 (#51070) Add release highlights for 7.6 Co-authored-by: James Rodewig --- .../release-notes/highlights-7.6.0.asciidoc | 32 +++++++++++++++++++ .../release-notes/highlights.asciidoc | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/reference/release-notes/highlights-7.6.0.asciidoc diff --git a/docs/reference/release-notes/highlights-7.6.0.asciidoc b/docs/reference/release-notes/highlights-7.6.0.asciidoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9714541cb77 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/reference/release-notes/highlights-7.6.0.asciidoc @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +[[release-highlights-7.6.0]] +== 7.6.0 release highlights +++++ +7.6.0 +++++ + +//NOTE: The notable-highlights tagged regions are re-used in the +//Installation and Upgrade Guide + +// tag::notable-highlights[] +[float] +==== New histogram field type + +A new {ref}/histogram.html[histogram field type] has been added. The new `histogram` field accepts +pre-aggregated histograms which can later be used directly in the +{ref}/search-aggregations-metrics-percentile-aggregation.html[percentiles] and +{ref}/search-aggregations-metrics-percentile-rank-aggregation.html[percentile_ranks] aggregations. +This allows users to pre-aggregate histogram data locally and only send the final +data structure, saving storage and network bandwidth while retaining the ability to +aggregate it like any other data. + +// end::notable-highlights[] + +// tag::notable-highlights[] +[float] +==== Optimized sorting on long field types + +Sorting on a {ref}/number.html[`long`] field now internally rewrites into a Lucene `DistanceFeatureQuery`. +This lets {es} skip non-competitive hits, which often improves query speed. +In benchmarking tests, this sped up sorts on `long` fields by 10x. + +// end::notable-highlights[] diff --git a/docs/reference/release-notes/highlights.asciidoc b/docs/reference/release-notes/highlights.asciidoc index 5cae9758d76..b156d9a6573 100644 --- a/docs/reference/release-notes/highlights.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/release-notes/highlights.asciidoc @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This section summarizes the most important changes in each release. For the full list, see <> and <>. +* <> * <> * <> * <> @@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ full list, see <> and <>. -- +include::highlights-7.6.0.asciidoc[] include::highlights-7.5.0.asciidoc[] include::highlights-7.4.0.asciidoc[] include::highlights-7.3.0.asciidoc[]