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Lookup index editor documentation changes for 9.3#4608

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Lookup index editor documentation changes for 9.3#4608
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@florent-leborgne florent-leborgne commented Jan 13, 2026

Summary

This PR:

  • Adds a section about reseting an index from the UI
  • Adds a section with more details about the file upload flow when adding data to a lookup index from the editor
  • Adds a bit of details to mention that this is all doable from the API too

@/eng team, please call out anything this update may be missing or not properly conveying.

Closes: #4279
Closes: #4277

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@florent-leborgne florent-leborgne changed the title Lookup index editor changes for 9.3 Jan 13, 2026
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LGTM!

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Looks good, left some suggestions for your consideration. I hope they are helpful!

florent-leborgne and others added 3 commits January 13, 2026 21:17
Co-authored-by: Benjamin Ironside Goldstein <91905639+benironside@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Benjamin Ironside Goldstein <91905639+benironside@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Benjamin Ironside Goldstein <91905639+benironside@users.noreply.github.com>
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Overall looks good. Consider using the stepper option for the section Create and edit lookup indices from queries

- **Uploading a CSV file up to 500 MB**. When uploading a file, you can preview the data and inspect the file's content before it is imported. If issues are detected, a **File issues** tab with more details also appears before you validate the import.
- **Adding data manually**. To do that, you can add rows and columns, and edit cells directly.
- **Using a combination of both methods**. You can upload a file after adding data manually, and edit or expand data imported from a file.
4. Provide data for the lookup index. You can either:
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The three bullets should probably not be in bold, not to be confused with UI elements:

  • Upload a CSV file up to 500 MB
  • Add data manually
  • Using a combination of both methods
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@florent-leborgne florent-leborgne merged commit 01ab6fc into elastic:main Jan 15, 2026
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