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Do you know how to configure synonyms in Elasticsearch? There are a few ways, like listing them in a file, but the Synonyms API is an easy way to centrally manage them by specifying your set and updating them when needed (1 & 2). You can then use it by specifying the set in your index analyzer (3).

Using Synonyms APIUsing Synonyms APIUsing Synonyms API

Elastic currently provides inference endpoints for several well-known third-party providers, like OpenAI & Azure. But did you know you can also define your own custom endpoints using the inference API? Check out this example to generate embeddings using DeepSeek. Learn more: go.es.io/45c4TNQ

Example to generate embeddings using DeepSeek

When demonstrating in Kibana Dev Tools, we often work with API keys. To avoid exposing them, we can use variables to define reusable placeholders for dynamic values in queries. These variables, persisted via browser local storage, can then be referenced directly in the commands we run in Dev Tools.

Defining the variablesReferring to the variables

Spotify Wrapped is a data analytics story (with a great PR team). Fellow community members, we know a lot of people were unhappy with how theirs came out… So don’t worry, we’ve got you. We’ll show you how to build your own Spotify Wrapped with Kibana. Try it now: www.elastic.co/search-labs/...

How to make your own Spotify Wrapped in Kibana - Elasticsearch Labs

Here's how you can make your own Spofity Wrapped in Kibana with the top artists, songs, and trends over the year.

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Hybrid search🕵️‍♂️ brings together the precision of lexical search and the intuition of semantic search. It uses both traditional scoring and vector similarity to surface the right results at the right time and help you build search that actually understands your data.

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Context engineering VS prompt engineering: what's the difference? Think of prompt engineering as writing the instruction, and context engineering as building the full environment so the AI can follow it.

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