[XY] Expression unification

[Kuznietsov]

Plan

• Move xy function and renderer to the separate plugin (chart_expressions/expression_xy) from Lens. Register expression functions on the server and client sides - [XY] Expression chart. #127150 (author: @Kunzetsov)
• Write down the issue with the comparison of xy_vis and lens_xy_chart configuration possibilities with highlighting missing features - [XY] Adapt for xyVis. #127712 (author: @VladLasitsa)

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Additional types for the existing arguments

• Change palette type from string to palette - [XY] system_palette and palette support. #128053 (author: @Kunzetsov).
• Add full support of visdimension at fields: splitAccessor, accessors, xAccessor. - [XY] Support vis_dimension type for accessors #129612 (author: @VladLasitsa)

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Global features, required for using xy in Lens/VisTypes/Canvas.

• [XY] xyVis and layeredXyVis layers. #128056 - [XY] xyVis and layeredXyVis. #128255 (author: @Kunzetsov)
• Check if filters are applied to the expression functions, executed at the table arguments of the layers. (author: @Kunzetsov)
• Add possibility to override the x-axis interval. - [XY] Add minTimeBarInterval arg #128726 (author: @VladLasitsa)
• Add pointseries input type as possible to xyVis. Add default accessors and make them optional to xyVis, if the input type is pointseries, as mentioned in the xy vis proposal. - [XY] Add support of pointseries input type #131919 (author: @VladLasitsa)
• XY Renderer unification - axis handling #129062 (author: @VladLasitsa)

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Missing features, required at VisEditors xy implementation

• Add missing features related to this: splitRowDimension, seriesDimension, zDimension. (author: @Kunzetsov)
  • splitRowAccessor and splitColumnAccessor - allow split by row and column (in xy_vis - Split chart) ([XY] xyVis split chart. #130229)
  • dataLayer.splitAccessor - allow multiple split accessors for one layer. [XY] Allow multiple split accessors #134566 (author: @VladLasitsa)
  • zDimension - allow to provide field name of mark size metric on Datum. Only used with line/area series. Add support to define size ratio for zDimension. (radiusRatio arg) - ([XY] Mark size configuration. #130361)
• Add missing features for UI configuring charts: (seriesParams args: showCircles, lineWidth, circlesRadius) - ([XY] pointsRadius, showPoints and lineWidth. #130391)
• Add possibility to show circles without line between them: (seriesParams arg: drawLinesBetweenPoints) - ([XY] Lines visibility at the lines chart. #130452)
• Add feature related to show time marker (addTimeMarker arg) - ([XY] Add addTimeMarker arg #131495) (author: @VladLasitsa)
• Add support of orderBucketsBySum (allow to order ordinal x values by descending) - ([XY] orderBucketsBySum added. #130457)
• Add support to show/hide tooltips (addTooltip arg) - ([XY] showTooltip argument. #130530)
• Add supporting of detailed tooltip (detailedTooltip arg) - ([XY] Detailed tooltip. #131116)
• Add full functionality related to axes (categoryAxes are x - axes, valueAxes are y-axes): - [XY] Add axes support #129476 (author: @VladLasitsa)
  • Add support of scaling mode for axes. (categoryAxes.scale.mode/valueAxes.axisParams.scale.mode arg)
  • Add possibility to customize axis position (categoryAxes.position/valueAxes.axisParams.position arg)
  • Add possibility to configure padding for computed domain as positive number. (categoryAxes.scale.boundsMargin/valueAxes.axisParams.scale.boundsMargin arg)
  • Add possibility to configure color of labels on axes. (categoryAxes.labels.color/valueAxes.axisParams.labels.color arg)
  • Add possibility to hides overlapping labels and duplicates on axis. (categoryAxes.labels.filter/valueAxes.axisParams.labels.filter arg)
  • Add possibility to number of symbols before truncating label on axis. (categoryAxes.labels.truncate/valueAxes.axisParams.labels.truncate arg)
• Make reference lines usable - [XY] Usable reference lines for xyVis. #132192, [XY] Reference lines overlay fix. #132607
• Make annotations to be able to work with time fields from the datasource, different from esaggs' ones. - [XY] Add normalizeTable function to correct works with esdocs #131917

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Final steps of the plan

• Check all the expressions for stability. Add necessary checks for the arguments.
• Migrate xy vis_type to the new expression. - [XY] Migrate vis type xy to new unified xy expression #136475 (author: @VladLasitsa)
  • Remove all unused code from xy vis_type. - [XY] Remove vis type xy renderer #138735 (author: @VladLasitsa)

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cc @crob611, @stratoula, @flash1293, @alexwizp, @VladLasitsa

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co-author: @VladLasitsa.

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/kibana-presentation (Team:Presentation)

[flash1293]

Add support of palette expression function instead of string

Lens should support palette expression function already: Add support of palette expression function instead of string

Check if filters are applied to the expression functions, executed at the table arguments of the layers.

What exactly is this referring to?

[Kuznietsov]

@flash1293, there is such expression chain:

kibana
| selectFilter ...
| removeFilter ...
| esaggs ...
...

These filters are applied to the datasource expressions, like esaggs. If we are creating separate fetches, adding tables to the layers, we should check if these filters are applied to the execution context, or we will have to duplicate expressions with filters on every layer table fetch.

I don't remember the code of those expressions, so, need to investigate it when the time will come and propose the useful solution in case of the troubles.

[flash1293]

I see, for Lens this wouldn't be relevant because we aren't manipulating filters this way (it's just the kibana context, then esaggs). I see it being relevant for Canvas.

[Kuznietsov]

Yes. And this ability is provided by the data plugin and we were moving the canvas in this direction not so long time ago. As I understand, a lot of parts of Kibana will rely on it in the future, as the only way of manipulating filters.