Don't leave metrics on the table: query them with the ES|QL TS command
Recalibrate your mental model for time series queries: learn why FROM can produce inaccurate results for metrics, how TS fixes that, and when to use each command.
May 14, 2026
Approximate queries in Elasticsearch ES|QL: 100x faster on billions of records, with built-in confidence intervals
ES|QL now supports approximate query execution. Add one line to your queries, and get results orders of magnitude faster, with built-in confidence intervals that tell you exactly how much to trust them.
May 12, 2026
Elasticsearch ES|QL “schema on read”: Your unmapped fields were there all along
ES|QL's new unmapped fields feature makes any never-mapped field queryable against historical data (no reindexing needed).
May 8, 2026
From averages to any percentile: Elasticsearch ships native exponential histogram support in ES|QL
Query any percentile at any time. Elasticsearch natively stores OTel exponential histograms and lets you analyze distributions in ES|QL without fixed buckets or lossy conversions.
May 7, 2026
30x faster than Prometheus: How we rebuilt Elasticsearch as a leading columnar metrics datastore
Elasticsearch now stores OTel metrics at 3.75 bytes per data point and queries them up to 30x faster than Prometheus. Here's how we rebuilt TSDS and ES|QL.
May 6, 2026
Three indices walk into a FROM clause: ES|QL subqueries in Elasticsearch
ES|QL subqueries give each data source its own pipeline and filters, eliminating CASE chains, restoring predicate pushdown, and making multi-index queries extensible by design.
May 5, 2026
Elasticsearch ES|QL views: One query to rule twelve dashboards
With ES|QL views, you only need one query for multiple dashboards. Define it once and let Elasticsearch keep everything in sync.
April 30, 2026
Elasticsearch ES|QL query builder for JavaScript and TypeScript: Fluent, type-safe query construction
Exploring the Elasticsearch ES|QL query builder for JavaScript and TypeScript and explaining how to build ES|QL queries with practical examples.
April 29, 2026
Your Elasticsearch field mappings are lying to you — METRICS_INFO and TS_INFO tell the truth
Two new Elasticsearch ES|QL commands that turn time series discovery into a single-line query: METRICS_INFO and TS_INFO tell you which metrics and series actually exist in your data, not just what the mapping declares.