Analytics
Apart from search, the second most important functional strength of Elasticsearch is analytics. Yes, what was originally known just as a full-text search engine is now used as an analytics engine in a variety of use cases. Many organizations are running analytics solutions powered by Elasticsearch in production.
Search is like zooming in and finding a needle in a haystack. Search helps zoom in on precisely what is needed in huge amounts of data. Analytics is exactly the opposite of search; it is about zooming out and taking a look at the bigger picture. For example, you may want to know how many visitors on your website are from the United States as opposed to every other country, or you may want to know how many of your websites ...
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