4.4.1.5 Creating an Elasticsearch Target

To create an Elastic Search target:

1. On the Catalog page, click Create New Item.
2. Hover the mouse over Target and select Elastic Search from the submenu.
3. On the Type Properties screen, enter the following details:
   • Name: Enter a unique name for the target. This is a mandatory field.
   • Display Name: Enter a display name for the target. If left blank, the Name field value is copied.
   • Description
   • Tags
   • Target Type: The selected target is displayed.
4. Click Next.
5. On the Target Details screen, enter the following details:
   • Connection: Select an Elastic Search connection from the drop-down list.
   • Index Name: An Elasticsearch index is a collection of documents with similar characteristics. You can create an index name only in lowercase.

     Example format: index.name, your index in elastic search will beindex_name.

6. Click Next.
7. On the Shape screen, select one of the methods to define the shape:

   • Select Existing Shape: Select one of the existing shapes from the drop-down list.

   • Manual Shape: Select this option to manually define a shape. You can also add to, or remove fields from, an existing shape. Enter the following details:

     • Shape Name: Enter a name for the shape.
     • Clear Fields: Click to delete all the fields in the shape.
     • Key: Select one or more fields as key, which will be used as the ID field.

       Example: {"_index":"json_data","_type":"_doc","_id":"2","_score":1.0,"_source":{"address":"Mumbai","serial":"2","clientName":"Joe"}}]}}

       Note:

       • Any update to the value will result in new entry rather than updating previous value.
       • If a key has a null value, ElasticSearch will autogenerate the key. In the example above, ID is 2, because serial is selected as the key field. If record has null in serial field: {"address":"Mumbai","serial":null","clientName":"Joe"}, then ID will be autogenerated by Elasticsearch.

       • Index is json_data which is provided in previous step, ID will be value of each record.

     • Field Name: Add the necessary fields.
     • Field Type: Select the field data type from the drop-down list.
8. Click Save.