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| 1 | +[[release-highlights-6.3.0]] |
| 2 | +== 6.3.0 release highlights |
| 3 | +++++ |
| 4 | +<titleabbrev>6.3.0</titleabbrev> |
| 5 | +++++ |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Here are the highlights of features that were added in {es} 6.3.0. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +Refer to the <<release-notes-6.3.0,{es} 6.3.0 release notes>> for the full list |
| 10 | +of changes in this release. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +NOTE: We want your feedback on the experimental features in this release! Let |
| 13 | +us know what you’d like to see next and any problems you encounter. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +[float] |
| 16 | +=== SQL |
| 17 | +This experimental feature enables users who are familiar with SQL to |
| 18 | +use SQL statements to query {es} indices. In addition to querying |
| 19 | +through the SQL API, you can use the Translate API to see how SQL queries |
| 20 | +are translated to native ELasticsearch queries. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +The included SQL CLI provides a simple way to submit SQL queries to {es}. |
| 23 | +Similarly, the {es} JDBC driver enables you to connect your favorite |
| 24 | +JDBC-compatible tool to {es}. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +For more information, see <<xpack-sql, SQL Access>>. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +[float] |
| 29 | +=== Rollups |
| 30 | +This experimental feature enables you to summarize and store historical data |
| 31 | +so that is still available for analysis, but consumes significantly less |
| 32 | +storage space. This is particularly useful when you're working with monitoring |
| 33 | +and metrics data where it's not feasible to retain the raw data indefinitely. |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +When you ask {es} to store a rollup of data, it also stores the underlying |
| 36 | +statistics. For example, if you roll up an average, the sum and count are also |
| 37 | +stored so that the average can be recomputed at query time. This enables you to |
| 38 | +query both rolled up data and “live” data simultaneously using the standard |
| 39 | +query DSL. |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +For more information, see <<xpack-rollup, Rolling up historical data>>. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +[float] |
| 44 | +=== Java 10 Support |
| 45 | +Java 9 was a short-term release that reached EOL in March 2018. 6.3.0 introduces |
| 46 | +support for Java 10, which is scheduled to reach EOL in September 2018. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +If you are not comfortable with the rapid release cycle of Java short term |
| 49 | +versions (and EOL dates), you can continue to use Java 8. See the |
| 50 | +https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#matrix_jvm[support matrix] |
| 51 | +for all of the JVM options for {es}. |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +[float] |
| 54 | +=== Improved trend modeling and periodicity testing for forecasting |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +{stack-ov}/ml-overview.html#ml-forecasting[Forecasting] is now more reliable and |
| 57 | +has greatly improved confidence intervals--particularly for longer time ranges. |
| 58 | +These improvements also affect trend and seasonality modeling during anomaly |
| 59 | +detection. |
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