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[UnifiedFieldsList] Use time_series_dimension meta data as new field type #163323

Open dej611 opened 11 months ago

dej611 commented 11 months ago

Describe the feature:

The field caps API is already reporting when a field is a time_series_dimension field type (on top of the more generic keyword type), but there's no use of such information in the UnifiedfieldList component. I would propose to make it a new valid field type with a new token icon (using for the prototype the tag icon):

Screenshot 2023-08-07 at 16 27 45

Also it would be nice to indicate that a gauge and a counter are a time series metric field types, and hint the user about linked time series dimension (just a copy right now, but perhaps a filter/drilldown action would be a nice to have):

Screenshot 2023-08-07 at 16 27 49 Screenshot 2023-08-07 at 16 29 08

Describe a specific use case for the feature:

elasticmachine commented 11 months ago

Pinging @elastic/kibana-visualizations @elastic/kibana-visualizations-external (Team:Visualizations)

elasticmachine commented 11 months ago

Pinging @elastic/kibana-data-discovery (Team:DataDiscovery)