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[role="xpack"]
[[ml-configuring-transform]]
=== Transforming data with script fields

If you use {dfeeds}, you can add scripts to transform your data before
it is analyzed. {dfeeds-cap} contain an optional `script_fields` property, where
you can specify scripts that evaluate custom expressions and return script
fields.

If your {dfeed} defines script fields, you can use those fields in your job.
For example, you can use the script fields in the analysis functions in one or
more detectors.

* <<ml-configuring-transform1>>
* <<ml-configuring-transform2>>
* <<ml-configuring-transform3>>
* <<ml-configuring-transform4>>
* <<ml-configuring-transform5>>
* <<ml-configuring-transform6>>
* <<ml-configuring-transform7>>
* <<ml-configuring-transform8>>
* <<ml-configuring-transform9>>

The following indices APIs create and add content to an index that is used in
subsequent examples:

[source,js]
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PUT /my_index
{
  "mappings":{
    "_doc":{
      "properties": {
        "@timestamp": {
          "type": "date"
        },
        "aborted_count": {
          "type": "long"
        },
        "another_field": {
          "type": "keyword" <1>
        },
        "clientip": {
          "type": "keyword"
        },
        "coords": {
          "properties": {
            "lat": {
              "type": "keyword"
            },
            "lon": {
              "type": "keyword"
            }
          }
        },
        "error_count": {
          "type": "long"
        },
        "query": {
          "type": "keyword"
        },
        "some_field": {
          "type": "keyword"
        },
        "tokenstring1":{
          "type":"keyword"
        },
        "tokenstring2":{
          "type":"keyword"
        },
        "tokenstring3":{
          "type":"keyword"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

PUT /my_index/_doc/1
{
  "@timestamp":"2017-03-23T13:00:00",
  "error_count":36320,
  "aborted_count":4156,
  "some_field":"JOE",
  "another_field":"SMITH  ",
  "tokenstring1":"foo-bar-baz",
  "tokenstring2":"foo bar baz",
  "tokenstring3":"foo-bar-19",
  "query":"www.ml.elastic.co",
  "clientip":"123.456.78.900",
  "coords": {
    "lat" : 41.44,
    "lon":90.5
  }
}
----------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:SETUP]
<1> In this example, string fields are mapped as `keyword` fields to support
aggregation. If you want both a full text (`text`) and a keyword (`keyword`)
version of the same field, use multi-fields. For more information, see
{ref}/multi-fields.html[fields].

[[ml-configuring-transform1]]
.Example 1: Adding two numerical fields
[source,js]
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PUT _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/test1
{
  "analysis_config":{
    "bucket_span": "10m",
    "detectors":[
      {
        "function":"mean",
        "field_name": "total_error_count", <1>
        "detector_description": "Custom script field transformation"
      }
    ]
  },
  "data_description": {
  "time_field":"@timestamp",
  "time_format":"epoch_ms"
  }
}

PUT _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test1
{
  "job_id": "test1",
  "indices": ["my_index"],
  "types": ["_doc"],
  "query": {
    "match_all": {
          "boost": 1
    }
  },
  "script_fields": {
    "total_error_count": { <2>
      "script": {
        "lang": "expression",
        "inline": "doc['error_count'].value + doc['aborted_count'].value"
      }
    }
  }
}
----------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:needs-licence]
<1> A script field named `total_error_count` is referenced in the detector
within the job.
<2> The script field is defined in the {dfeed}.

This `test1` job contains a detector that uses a script field in a mean analysis
function. The `datafeed-test1` {dfeed} defines the script field. It contains a
script that adds two fields in the document to produce a "total" error count.

The syntax for the `script_fields` property is identical to that used by {es}.
For more information, see {ref}/search-request-script-fields.html[Script Fields].

You can preview the contents of the {dfeed} by using the following API:

[source,js]
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GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test1/_preview
----------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:continued]

In this example, the API returns the following results, which contain a sum of
the `error_count` and `aborted_count` values:

[source,js]
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[
  {
    "@timestamp": 1490274000000,
    "total_error_count": 40476
  }
]
----------------------------------

NOTE: This example demonstrates how to use script fields, but it contains
insufficient data to generate meaningful results. For a full demonstration of
how to create jobs with sample data, see <<ml-getting-started>>.

You can alternatively use {kib} to create an advanced job that uses script
fields. To add the `script_fields` property to your {dfeed}, you must use the
**Edit JSON** tab. For example:

[role="screenshot"]
image::images/ml-scriptfields.jpg[Adding script fields to a {dfeed} in {kib}]

[[ml-configuring-transform-examples]]
==== Common Script Field Examples

While the possibilities are limitless, there are a number of common scenarios
where you might use script fields in your {dfeeds}.

[NOTE]
===============================
Some of these examples use regular expressions. By default, regular
expressions are disabled because they circumvent the protection that Painless
provides against long running and memory hungry scripts. For more information,
see {ref}/modules-scripting-painless.html[Painless Scripting Language].

Machine learning analysis is case sensitive. For example, "John" is considered
to be different than "john". This is one reason you might consider using scripts
that convert your strings to upper or lowercase letters.
===============================

[[ml-configuring-transform2]]
.Example 2: Concatenating strings
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
PUT _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/test2
{
  "analysis_config":{
    "bucket_span": "10m",
    "detectors":[
      {
        "function":"low_info_content",
        "field_name":"my_script_field", <1>
        "detector_description": "Custom script field transformation"
      }
    ]
  },
  "data_description": {
  "time_field":"@timestamp",
  "time_format":"epoch_ms"
  }
}

PUT _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test2
{
  "job_id": "test2",
  "indices": ["my_index"],
  "types": ["_doc"],
  "query": {
    "match_all": {
          "boost": 1
    }
  },
  "script_fields": {
    "my_script_field": {
      "script": {
        "lang": "painless",
        "inline": "doc['some_field'].value + '_' + doc['another_field'].value" <2>
      }
    }
  }
}

GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test2/_preview
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:needs-licence]
<1> The script field has a rather generic name in this case, since it will
be used for various tests in the subsequent examples.
<2> The script field uses the plus (+) operator to concatenate strings.

The preview {dfeed} API returns the following results, which show that "JOE"
and "SMITH  " have been concatenated and an underscore was added:

[source,js]
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[
  {
    "@timestamp": 1490274000000,
    "my_script_field": "JOE_SMITH  "
  }
]
----------------------------------

[[ml-configuring-transform3]]
.Example 3: Trimming strings
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test2/_update
{
  "script_fields": {
    "my_script_field": {
      "script": {
        "lang": "painless",
        "inline": "doc['another_field'].value.trim()" <1>
      }
    }
  }
}

GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test2/_preview
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:continued]
<1> This script field uses the `trim()` function to trim extra white space from a
string.

The preview {dfeed} API returns the following results, which show that "SMITH  "
has been trimmed to "SMITH":

[source,js]
----------------------------------
[
  {
    "@timestamp": 1490274000000,
    "my_script_field": "SMITH"
  }
]
----------------------------------

[[ml-configuring-transform4]]
.Example 4: Converting strings to lowercase
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test2/_update
{
  "script_fields": {
    "my_script_field": {
      "script": {
        "lang": "painless",
        "inline": "doc['some_field'].value.toLowerCase()" <1>
      }
    }
  }
}

GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test2/_preview
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:continued]
<1> This script field uses the `toLowerCase` function to convert a string to all
lowercase letters. Likewise, you can use the `toUpperCase{}` function to convert
a string to uppercase letters.

The preview {dfeed} API returns the following results, which show that "JOE"
has been converted to "joe":

[source,js]
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[
  {
    "@timestamp": 1490274000000,
    "my_script_field": "joe"
  }
]
----------------------------------

[[ml-configuring-transform5]]
.Example 5: Converting strings to mixed case formats
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test2/_update
{
  "script_fields": {
    "my_script_field": {
      "script": {
        "lang": "painless",
        "inline": "doc['some_field'].value.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + doc['some_field'].value.substring(1).toLowerCase()" <1>
      }
    }
  }
}

GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test2/_preview
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:continued]
<1> This script field is a more complicated example of case manipulation. It uses
the `subString()` function to capitalize the first letter of a string and
converts the remaining characters to lowercase.

The preview {dfeed} API returns the following results, which show that "JOE"
has been converted to "Joe":

[source,js]
----------------------------------
[
  {
    "@timestamp": 1490274000000,
    "my_script_field": "Joe"
  }
]
----------------------------------

[[ml-configuring-transform6]]
.Example 6: Replacing tokens
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test2/_update
{
  "script_fields": {
    "my_script_field": {
      "script": {
        "lang": "painless",
        "inline": "/\\s/.matcher(doc['tokenstring2'].value).replaceAll('_')" <1>
      }
    }
  }
}

GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test2/_preview
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:continued]
<1> This script field uses regular expressions to replace white
space with underscores.

The preview {dfeed} API returns the following results, which show that
"foo bar baz" has been converted to "foo_bar_baz":

[source,js]
----------------------------------
[
  {
    "@timestamp": 1490274000000,
    "my_script_field": "foo_bar_baz"
  }
]
----------------------------------

[[ml-configuring-transform7]]
.Example 7: Regular expression matching and concatenation
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test2/_update
{
  "script_fields": {
    "my_script_field": {
      "script": {
        "lang": "painless",
        "inline": "def m = /(.*)-bar-([0-9][0-9])/.matcher(doc['tokenstring3'].value); return m.find() ? m.group(1) + '_' + m.group(2) : '';" <1>
      }
    }
  }
}

GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test2/_preview
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:continued]
<1> This script field looks for a specific regular expression pattern and emits the
matched groups as a concatenated string. If no match is found, it emits an empty
string.

The preview {dfeed} API returns the following results, which show that
"foo-bar-19" has been converted to "foo_19":

[source,js]
----------------------------------
[
  {
    "@timestamp": 1490274000000,
    "my_script_field": "foo_19"
  }
]
----------------------------------

[[ml-configuring-transform8]]
.Example 8: Splitting strings by domain name
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
PUT _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/test3
{
  "description":"DNS tunneling",
  "analysis_config":{
    "bucket_span": "30m",
    "influencers": ["clientip","hrd"],
    "detectors":[
      {
        "function":"high_info_content",
        "field_name": "sub",
        "over_field_name": "hrd",
        "exclude_frequent":"all"
      }
    ]
  },
  "data_description": {
  "time_field":"@timestamp",
  "time_format":"epoch_ms"
  }
}

PUT _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test3
{
  "job_id": "test3",
  "indices": ["my_index"],
  "types": ["_doc"],
  "query": {
    "match_all": {
          "boost": 1
    }
  },
  "script_fields":{
    "sub":{
      "script":"return domainSplit(doc['query'].value).get(0);"
    },
    "hrd":{
      "script":"return domainSplit(doc['query'].value).get(1);"
    }
  }
}

GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test3/_preview
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:needs-licence]

If you have a single field that contains a well-formed DNS domain name, you can
use the `domainSplit()` function to split the string into its highest registered
domain and the sub-domain, which is everything to the left of the highest
registered domain. For example, the highest registered domain of
`www.ml.elastic.co` is `elastic.co` and the sub-domain is `www.ml`. The
`domainSplit()` function returns an array of two values: the first value is the
subdomain; the second value is the highest registered domain.

The preview {dfeed} API returns the following results, which show that
"www.ml.elastic.co" has been split into "elastic.co" and "www.ml":

[source,js]
----------------------------------
[
  {
    "@timestamp": 1490274000000,
    "clientip.keyword": "123.456.78.900",
    "hrd": "elastic.co",
    "sub": "www.ml"
  }
]
----------------------------------

[[ml-configuring-transform9]]
.Example 9: Transforming geo_point data
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
PUT _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/test4
{
  "analysis_config":{
    "bucket_span": "10m",
    "detectors":[
      {
        "function":"lat_long",
        "field_name": "my_coordinates"
      }
    ]
  },
  "data_description": {
  "time_field":"@timestamp",
  "time_format":"epoch_ms"
  }
}

PUT _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test4
{
  "job_id": "test4",
  "indices": ["my_index"],
  "types": ["_doc"],
  "query": {
    "match_all": {
          "boost": 1
    }
  },
  "script_fields": {
    "my_coordinates": {
      "script": {
        "inline": "doc['coords.lat'].value + ',' + doc['coords.lon'].value",
        "lang": "painless"
      }
    }
  }
}

GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-test4/_preview
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:needs-licence]

In {es}, location data can be stored in `geo_point` fields but this data type is
not supported natively in {xpackml} analytics. This example of a script field
transforms the data into an appropriate format. For more information,
see <<ml-geo-functions>>.

The preview {dfeed} API returns the following results, which show that
`41.44` and `90.5` have been combined into "41.44,90.5":

[source,js]
----------------------------------
[
  {
    "@timestamp": 1490274000000,
    "my_coordinates": "41.44,90.5"
  }
]
----------------------------------