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[DOCS] Adds What's New for 7.9 #74709

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As of 7.9,
the new development platform
for {kib} is complete. The most immediate difference you'll notice is
for {kib} is complete. The most immediate difference is
that pages load faster as you navigate {kib}. If you're a developer,
the new platform enables you to build features faster and with greater efficiency.
For details, check out
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[[search-7-9]]
=== Welcome Enterprise Search to {kib}
=== Enterprise Search comes to {kib}

In 7.8, we reorganized the {kib} side navigation to make our Observability
and Security apps easier to find. In 7.9, we added Enterprise Search
to the side nav. If you're an existing user of App Search and
Workplace Search, you can now launch directly into those environments in {kib} and see your
engines.
to the side navigation. If you're an existing user of App Search and
Workplace Search, you can now launch directly into those environments in {kib}.
Check out https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/app-search/current/index.html[our documentation]
for more information.

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Compare two metrics on the y-axes at the same time.
This enables you compare and contrast data of vastly different types and ranges.
For example, you might track the total page views for your web site,
which tallies in the millions. At the same time, you're also interested
which tallies in the millions. But you're also interested
in the percentage of the web site bounce rates,
typically between 1 and 100. You can now stack both metrics on top of one
another to quickly spot the outliers.

Also in 7.9, Lens debuts color pick, sort, and a fitting function.

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[[dashboard-7-9]]
=== Dashboard to Discover explorations

Navigating between dashboards was a highlight in 7.8, and 7.9 adds
the ability to navigate from a dashboard to Discover. The time range,
filters, and other parameters remain the same, so you can continue your
analysis from a new perspective. For example,
your dashboard might have a visualization for overall HTTP responses.
You can navigate to Discover to see the saved search
for HTTP responses. The new {kibana-ref}/explore-underlying-data.html[*Explore underlying data*]

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This was disabled by default in #74332.

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@hendry-lim there are two "Explore underlying data" actions.

  1. One that appears in panel's context menu;
  2. and one that appears in-chart on chart interaction.

The one in panel's context menu is always enabled, there is no way to disable it.

It is only possible to disable the second, in-chart, action. And it is disabled by default. I don't think we should overwhelm users with the specifics in this release note. I believe it is OK if they learn about the second action when they navigate to the docs of "Explore underlying data".

action is available for visualizations
backed by a single index pattern.

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image::images/explore_data_context_menu.png[Explore underlying data from panel context menu]

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[[alert-7-9]]
=== New ServiceNow action in Alerts
=== ServiceNow action in Alerts

Alerting introduces a ServiceNow action that runs on the
{kib} server when an alert condition is met. This action pushes or updates
data to a new incident in ServiceNow. Refer to the {kibana-ref}/servicenow-action-type.html[ServiceNow docs]
Alerting introduces a ServiceNow action that pushes or updates
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I think pushes or updates might sounds wrong, because ServiceNow in Alerting doesn't update incident, just create a new one per each execution.
I see that below is a line data to a new incident in ServiceNow which make it clearer, maybe it is just my translation, but I prefer to keep only word pushes instead of pushes or updates.
Not sure if should mention here about the license with which this action type is available.

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@YulNaumenko good catch, I think the push or update terminology was pulled from what we display in the other docs and UIs. It might be worth fixing them there as well? Possibly the same with other connectors?

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I created an issue here to update the docs + UI: #75072.

data to a new incident in ServiceNow. See the {kibana-ref}/servicenow-action-type.html[ServiceNow docs]
for details.

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image::images/alert-flyout-action-type-selection.png[UI for selecting an action type]


// end::notable-highlights[]

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=== Give {minor-version} a try

Try {minor-version} now by deploying {es} and {kib} on
https://www.elastic.co/cloud/elasticsearch-service/signup[Elastic Cloud] or
by https://www.elastic.co/start[downloading them].
Let us know what you think on Twitter https://twitter.com/elastic[(@elastic)]
or in our https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elasticsearch[forum].