From c47bf482618f7896571358c725a104c2583fa445 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Reuter Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:33:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] background session limitation docs (#102050) --- docs/discover/search-sessions.asciidoc | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/discover/search-sessions.asciidoc b/docs/discover/search-sessions.asciidoc index fec1b8b26dd7..b503e8cfba3b 100644 --- a/docs/discover/search-sessions.asciidoc +++ b/docs/discover/search-sessions.asciidoc @@ -68,3 +68,19 @@ behaves differently: * Relative dates are converted to absolute dates. * Panning and zooming is disabled for maps. * Changing a filter, query, or drilldown starts a new search session, which can be slow. + +[float] +==== Limitations + +Certain visualization features do not fully support background search sessions yet. If a dashboard using these features gets restored, +all panels using unsupported features won't load immediately, but instead send out additional data requests which can take a while to complete. +In this case a warning *Your search session is still running* will be shown. + +You can either wait for these additional requests to complete or come back to the dashboard later when all data requests have been finished. + +A panel on a dashboard can behave like this if one of the following features is used: +* *Lens* - A *top values* dimension with an enabled setting *Group other values as "Other"* (configurable in the *Advanced* section of the dimension) +* *Lens* - An *intervals* dimension is used +* *Aggregation based* visualizations - A *terms* aggregation is used with an enabled setting *Group other values in separate bucket* +* *Aggregation based* visualizations - A *histogram* aggregation is used +* *Maps* - Layers using joins, blended layers or tracks layers are used