Add Query activity documentation for 9.4#5739
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Great start! A few comments below
| : The unique identifier for the {{es}} task. Select the task ID to open the [query details flyout](#inspect-query-details). | ||
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| : The query language used: ES|QL, DSL, EQL, SQL, MSearch, Async search, or Other. |
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lmk when this is confirmed, i'll adjust
Adds documentation for the new Query activity page in Kibana (Stack Management → Cluster performance → Query activity), which provides real-time visibility into running queries and the ability to cancel them. - New page: deploy-manage/monitor/query-activity.md - TOC entry under deploy-manage/monitor - Cross-link from the query tracing troubleshooting page - Temporary screenshots (to be replaced before GA) Closes #5451 Made-with: Cursor
- Fix setting name: query_activity:minRunningTime (not running_queries:) - Add serverless: unavailable to page-level applies_to Made-with: Cursor
- Fix Source column/flyout: text only, not a link - Fix query type filter: dynamic options based on current data - Fix Source description: extracted from X-Opaque-Id set by Kibana - Fix Vale ellipsis warning - Add cross-links between Query activity and background search pages Made-with: Cursor
- Opening now explains the problem Query activity solves - Note that this is real-time only, with links to slow logs and AutoOps - Clarify relationship between Trace ID, Source, and Opaque ID Made-with: Cursor
- Trace ID: describe actual behavior (Discover link with 10min range) - Opaque ID: remove editorial framing, keep factual relationship to Source Made-with: Cursor
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- Remove pain-point opening sentence (rayafratkina) - Link "required privileges" to prerequisites section (wajihaparvez) - Move flyout intro sentence after screenshot (wajihaparvez) - "including" → "such as" in troubleshoot tip (wajihaparvez) Made-with: Cursor
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can you introduce this in the parent monitoring page too? |
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also, is this the same as this feature? #5039 |
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| To learn more about the health and performance tools in {{ecloud}}, refer to [](/deploy-manage/monitor/cloud-health-perf.md). | ||
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fyi @consulthys in your PR, we should reframe this so we can see that there is one util for current query activity and one for historic activity (under one heading). let me know if you need a hand there
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Summary
Adds documentation for the new Query activity page in Kibana, a new feature shipping in 9.4 that provides real-time visibility and control over queries currently running in an Elasticsearch cluster.
deploy-manage/monitor/query-activity.md— covers prerequisites, accessing the page, viewing and filtering running queries, inspecting query details in the flyout, canceling queries, and configuring the minimum running time thresholddeploy-manage/monitoralongside cluster health and task manager monitoringScreenshots
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The screenshots included in this PR are temporary placeholders taken during development. They need to be properly captured from a final build before this PR is merged.
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