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Upsert runtime field API

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Upsert runtime field API

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[preview] This functionality is in technical preview and may be changed or removed in a future release. Elastic will work to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Create or update an existing runtime field

Request

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PUT <kibana host>:<port>/api/data_views/data_view/<data_view_id>/runtime_field

PUT <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/data_views/data_view/<data_view_id>/runtime_field

Path parameters

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space_id
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If space_id is not provided in the URL, the default space is used.
data_view_id
(Required, string) The ID of the data view.

Request body

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name
(Required, string) The name for a new runtime field or a name of an existing runtime field.
runtimeField
(Required, object) The runtime field definition object.

Examples

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Create or update an existing runtime field on a data view:

$ curl -X PUT api/data_views/data_view/<data_view_id>/runtime_field
{
  "name": "runtimeFoo",
  "runtimeField": {
     "type": "long",
     "script": {
        "source": "emit(doc["foo"].value)"
      }
  }
}

The API returns created or updated runtime field object array and updated data view object:

{
    "data_view": {...},
    "fields": [...]
}
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