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Rename fields to stored_fields and add docvalue_fields #18943

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clintongormley opened this issue Jun 17, 2016 · 3 comments
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Rename fields to stored_fields and add docvalue_fields #18943

clintongormley opened this issue Jun 17, 2016 · 3 comments
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As of #15017 the fields parameter will no longer try to retrieve fields from the _source but will only return stored fields. This is a breaking change and there is nothing to warn the user that their response may well be different.

Instead, let's rename fields to stored_fields and throw an exception if the user uses fields.

Also, add docvalue_fields as an adjunct to fielddata_fields

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kimchy commented Jun 17, 2016

we could also maybe throw a nice exception, if the field is stored, we can suggest stored_fields, and if not, we can suggest source filtering?

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jpountz commented Jun 24, 2016

Should we make fields a deprecated alias for stored_fields? Sure this makes things trappy if users used to retrieve _source using fields, but on the other hand we documented since 1.0 that fields should only be used for stored fields only: we are breaking all users of the fields option rather than only those who used it to retrieve fields from source?

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pickypg commented Jun 24, 2016

I think both should be deprecated aliases for the other side. It's trappy, but it at least allows people that are using those fields properly to get the right thing without an issue. Then remove them in 6.0.

We should still throw an exception for bad usage, but presumably that check is in there anyway just because it has to be to ensure we do the right thing.

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jimczi added a commit that referenced this issue Sep 13, 2016
This change replaces the fields parameter with stored_fields when it makes sense.
This is dictated by the renaming we made in #18943 for the search API.

The following list of endpoint has been changed to use `stored_fields` instead of `fields`:
* get
* mget
* explain

The documentation and the rest API spec has been updated to cope with the changes for the following APIs:
* delete_by_query
* get
* mget
* explain

The `fields` parameter has been deprecated for the following APIs (it is replaced by _source filtering):
* update: the fields are extracted from the _source directly.
* bulk: the fields parameter is used but fields are extracted from the source directly so it is allowed to have non-stored fields.

Some APIs still have the `fields` parameter for various reasons:
* cat.fielddata: the fields paramaters relates to the fielddata fields that should be printed.
* indices.clear_cache: used to indicate which fielddata fields should be cleared.
* indices.get_field_mapping: used to filter fields in the mapping.
* indices.stats: get stats on fields (stored or not stored).
* termvectors: fields are retrieved from the stored fields if possible and extracted from the _source otherwise.
* mtermvectors:
* nodes.stats: the fields parameter is used to concatenate completion_fields and fielddata_fields so it's not related to stored_fields at all.

Fixes #20155
jimczi added a commit that referenced this issue Sep 13, 2016
This change replaces the fields parameter with stored_fields when it makes sense.
This is dictated by the renaming we made in #18943 for the search API.

The following list of endpoint has been changed to use `stored_fields` instead of `fields`:
* get
* mget
* explain

The documentation and the rest API spec has been updated to cope with the changes for the following APIs:
* delete_by_query
* get
* mget
* explain

The `fields` parameter has been deprecated for the following APIs (it is replaced by _source filtering):
* update: the fields are extracted from the _source directly.
* bulk: the fields parameter is used but fields are extracted from the source directly so it is allowed to have non-stored fields.

Some APIs still have the `fields` parameter for various reasons:
* cat.fielddata: the fields paramaters relates to the fielddata fields that should be printed.
* indices.clear_cache: used to indicate which fielddata fields should be cleared.
* indices.get_field_mapping: used to filter fields in the mapping.
* indices.stats: get stats on fields (stored or not stored).
* termvectors: fields are retrieved from the stored fields if possible and extracted from the _source otherwise.
* mtermvectors:
* nodes.stats: the fields parameter is used to concatenate completion_fields and fielddata_fields so it's not related to stored_fields at all.

Fixes #20155
jimczi added a commit that referenced this issue Sep 13, 2016
This change replaces the fields parameter with stored_fields when it makes sense.
This is dictated by the renaming we made in #18943 for the search API.

The following list of endpoint has been changed to use `stored_fields` instead of `fields`:
* get
* mget
* explain

The documentation and the rest API spec has been updated to cope with the changes for the following APIs:
* delete_by_query
* get
* mget
* explain

The `fields` parameter has been deprecated for the following APIs (it is replaced by _source filtering):
* update: the fields are extracted from the _source directly.
* bulk: the fields parameter is used but fields are extracted from the source directly so it is allowed to have non-stored fields.

Some APIs still have the `fields` parameter for various reasons:
* cat.fielddata: the fields paramaters relates to the fielddata fields that should be printed.
* indices.clear_cache: used to indicate which fielddata fields should be cleared.
* indices.get_field_mapping: used to filter fields in the mapping.
* indices.stats: get stats on fields (stored or not stored).
* termvectors: fields are retrieved from the stored fields if possible and extracted from the _source otherwise.
* mtermvectors:
* nodes.stats: the fields parameter is used to concatenate completion_fields and fielddata_fields so it's not related to stored_fields at all.

Fixes #20155
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