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January 8, 2025

Chatting with your PDFs using Playground

Learn how to upload PDF files into Kibana and interact with them using Elastic Playground. This blog showcases a practical example of chatting with PDFs in Playground.

Chatting with your PDFs using Playground
When hybrid search truly shines

When hybrid search truly shines

Demonstrating when hybrid search is better than lexical or semantic search on their own.

Using Ollama and Go for RAG applications

December 26, 2024

Using Ollama and Go for RAG applications

Creating a RAG application with Go using Ollama to leverage local models.

How to ingest data to Elasticsearch through Kafka

December 24, 2024

How to ingest data to Elasticsearch through Kafka

A step-by-step guide to integrating Apache Kafka with Elasticsearch for efficient data ingestion, indexing, and visualization using Python, Docker Compose, and Kafka Connect.

Ensuring business rules work seamlessly with semantic search

December 19, 2024

Ensuring business rules work seamlessly with semantic search

Harness the power of query rules combined with semantic search and rerankers.

Semantic search using the Open Crawler and Semantic Text

December 17, 2024

Semantic search using the Open Crawler and Semantic Text

Learn how to use the Open Crawler in combination with Semantic Text to easily crawl web sites and make them semantically searchable.

How to migrate your Ruby app from OpenSearch to Elasticsearch

December 13, 2024

How to migrate your Ruby app from OpenSearch to Elasticsearch

A guide to migrate a Ruby codebase from the OpenSearch client to the Elasticsearch client.

Live log and prosper: Elasticsearch newly specialized logsdb index mode

December 12, 2024

Live log and prosper: Elasticsearch newly specialized logsdb index mode

Elasticsearch’s latest innovation in log management cuts the storage footprint of log data by up to 65%, enabling observability and security teams to expand visibility without exceeding their budget while keeping all data accessible and searchable.

Adding filter capabilities to Vega Sankey visualizations in Kibana

December 11, 2024

Adding filter capabilities to Vega Sankey visualizations in Kibana

Interested in adding interactive filters to your Vega visualizations in Kibana? Discover how to leverage the `kibanaAddFilter` function to create a dynamic and responsive Sankey visualization with ease.

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