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Last Updated:Jan 26, 2025

This topic describes the release notes for OpenSearch Industry Algorithm Edition. You can refer to this topic to understand the changes in OpenSearch Industry Algorithm Edition, such as changes in service features and search syntax. This way, you can improve your development efficiency.

2023

January

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2023-01-10

Capability upgrade of exclusive clusters

New

Queries by column, sorting fields for inverted documents, and custom timeout periods are supported by exclusive clusters.

2022

December

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2022-12-31

Synonym model

New

Custom application-level synonym models are supported to meet the business requirements in different industries. This helps achieve the optimal search effect.

April

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2022-04-12

Tailored retrieval analyzer

New

Various industry-specific analyzers are provided to cater to the analysis requirements of different customers. You can select an industry-specific analyzer based on your business requirements to create and train a tailored retrieval model and then create a custom analyzer based on the trained model. For more information, see Create a custom analyzer.

2021

October

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2021-10-31

Industry Algorithm Edition for E-commerce Phase 2

New

Vector models for E-commerce can be created to optimize the search performance for the E-commerce industry.

August

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2021-08-12

Elasticsearch engine

New

Elasticsearch engine instances are supported to introduce more search engines and be compatible with Elasticsearch products. The following new features are provided based on the Elasticsearch engine:

  • Elasticsearch engine analyzer

  • Elasticsearch engine query and analysis

  • Elasticsearch reports

June

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2021-06-22

Industry Algorithm Edition for education

New

Industry Algorithm Edition for education is provided to improve the search performance and accuracy of search services for online education. For more information, see Industry Algorithm Edition for education.

2021-06-22

Vector-based retrieval

New

The vector-based retrieval feature is provided based on the Proxima engine developed by Alibaba DAMO Academy. For more information, see Vector-based retrieval.

2021-06-22

Multimodal search

New

The multimodal search feature is provided, which supports text search and vector search. For more information, see Multimodal search.

March

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2021-03-22

Industry Algorithm Edition

New

Industry Algorithm Edition is provided to improve the search performance in specific industries and make OpenSearch easy to use.

2021-03-22

Console optimization

Modified

The navigation interface of the OpenSearch console is globally optimized. This optimization makes the steps of application configuration clearer and facilitates you to use industry-specific templates and the search algorithm center.

2020

December

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2020-12-17

New topic on how to configure a sorting plug-in in Cava in the OpenSearch console

New

A topic is added to the documentation of OpenSearch. This topic describes how to configure a sorting plug-in in Cava in the OpenSearch console.

October

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2020-10-30

Modified the DescribeAppGroupDataReport and ListAppGroupMetrics topics

Modified

Request URIs and request parameters in the topics of DescribeAppGroupDataReport and ListAppGroupMetrics are modified.

2020-10-29

New topics on report statistics in Management API

New

1. The topic of the description of statistical metrics is added to Data structure. 2. The topics of log statistics, including ListStatisticLogs and ListStatisticReport, are added to Statistics.

2020-10-26

Report statistics, drop-down suggestions, blacklists and whitelists, query analysis (including policies of rewriting QUERY clauses and term weight), and dictionaries for term weight intervention

Modified and new

1. Reports on business operations, A/B testing, drop-down suggestions, top searches, and hints are added. 2. The operations of using drop-down suggestions in the new console are updated. 3. Whitelists and blacklists can be configured for drop-down suggestions. 4. The settings of term weight and policies for rewriting QUERY clauses in query analysis are updated. 5. Dictionaries for term weight intervention are added.

September

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2020-09-21

Modified modules of query analysis, category prediction, dictionary management, top searches, and hints

Modified and new

1. Spaces are no longer required when you use Named Entity Recognition (NER) in query analysis. 2. The operations of using new category prediction in the console are updated. 3. Dictionaries for NER intervention in dictionary management are updated. 4. The operations of using top searches and hints are added in the console.

August

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2020-08-11

New console

Restructured

Documentation is restructured based on the new console. The directory of the documentation is aligned with the left-side navigation pane of the new console.

May

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2020-05-13

Modified topic on the version description of the SDK for PHP

Modified

The description of the SDK for PHP V3.3.0 and a download URL are added.

April

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2020-04-08

Modified topics in Cava Lib

Modified

Links are added in relevant topics to help you find functions.

2020-04-08

Modified topics on clauses

Modified

The topic of filter clauses and the topic of sort clauses are modified. Wrong or unavailable links are deleted.

2020-04-08

Modified topics on search-related functions

Modified and New

Topics of search-related functions are deleted. The topic of functions for a rough sort and the topic of functions for a fine sort are added. This helps you find relevant functions by browsing the directory of High-performance Search Edition documentation.

2020-04-08

New directories of Management API and SDK reference, and relevant topics

New

Topics on Management API and SDKs are added.

2020-04-02

New directory of sorting plug-in in Cava and relevant topics

New

A sorting plug-in in Cava is supported and relevant topics are added.

March

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2020-03-30

New topics on reports on drop-down suggestions

New

Reports on drop-down suggestions are added.

2020-03-30

Modified topic on drop-down suggestions

Modified

Features such as the filtering of drop-down suggestions are added.

2020-03-25

Modified topic on the configuration of ApsaraDB RDS data sources

Modified

The description of how to connect to ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL 8.0 data sources and the limits are added.

January

Release date

Feature

Type

Description

2020-01-11

Modified topic on the metrics and alerts of CloudMonitor

Modified

The description of metrics such as offline data updates is added.

2020-01-02

New topic on the configuration of PolarDB for MySQL data sources

New

The description of how to connect to PolarDB for MySQL data sources and the limits are added.

2020-01-01

Modified topic on the limits of High-performance Search Edition

Modified

The limits on exclusive clusters are added.