From 12b8d35c6dfe060a986498867f2d63e44b831b50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brandon Morelli Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:45:28 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: feedback from @sqren --- docs/apm/troubleshooting.asciidoc | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/apm/troubleshooting.asciidoc b/docs/apm/troubleshooting.asciidoc index c4611f3b41e552..c6174e1786c78f 100644 --- a/docs/apm/troubleshooting.asciidoc +++ b/docs/apm/troubleshooting.asciidoc @@ -73,10 +73,9 @@ You can also use the Agent's public API to manually set a name for the transacti ==== Fields are not searchable -In Elasticsearch, index patterns are used to define settings and mappings that determine how fields should be analyzed. -The recommended index template file for APM Server is installed when Kibana starts. -This template defines which fields are available in Kibana for features like the Kuery bar, -or for linking to other plugins like Logs, Uptime, and Discover. +In Elasticsearch, index templates are used to define settings and mappings that determine how fields should be analyzed. +The recommended index template file for APM Server is installed by the APM Server packages. +This template, by default, enables and disables indexing on certain fields. As an example, some agents store cookie values in `http.request.cookies`. Since `http.request` has disabled dynamic indexing, and `http.request.cookies` is not declared in a custom mapping,