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[[document-context]]
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== Viewing Document Context
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For certain applications it can be useful to inspect a window of documents
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surrounding a specific event. The context view enables you to do just that for
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index patterns that are configured to contain time-based events.
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To show the context surrounding an anchor document, click the *Expand* button
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image:images/ExpandButton.jpg[Expand Button] to the left of the document's
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table entry and then click the *View surrounding documents* link.
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image::images/Expanded-Document.png[Expanded Document]
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The context view displays a number of documents before and after the anchor
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document. The anchor document itself is highlighted in blue. The view is sorted
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by the time field specified in the index pattern configuration and uses the
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same set of columns as the Discover view the context was opened from.
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image::images/Discover-ContextView.png[Context View]
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NOTE: The number of documents displayed by default can be configured
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via the `context:defaultSize` setting in <<advanced-options, *Management >
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Advanced Options*>>.
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=== Changing the Context Size
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You can change the number documents displayed before and after the anchor
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document independently.
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To increase the number of displayed documents that are newer than the anchor
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document, click the *Load 5 more* button above the document list or enter the
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desired number into the input box right of the button.
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image::images/Discover-ContextView-SizePicker-Newer.png[]
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To increase the number of displayed documents that are older than the anchor
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document, click the *Load 5 more* button below the document list or enter the
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desired number into the input box right of the button.
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image::images/Discover-ContextView-SizePicker-Older.png[]
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NOTE: The default number of documents loaded with each button click can be
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configured via the `context:step` setting in <<advanced-options, *Management >
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Advanced Options*>>.
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