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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” An error occurred while searching forecasts to delete ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: delete, plugin.
Overview
DELETE is an Elasticsearch API which removes a document from a specific index. This API requires an index name and _id document to delete the document.
Delete a document
DELETE /my_index/_doc/1
Notes
- A delete request throws 404 error code if the document does not already exist in the index.
- If you want to delete a set of documents that matches a query, you need to use delete by query API.
Log Context
Log “An error occurred while searching forecasts to delete”classname is ExpiredForecastsRemover.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
@Override public void remove(float requestsPerSec; ActionListenerlistener; BooleanSupplier isTimedOutSupplier) { LOGGER.debug("Removing forecasts that expire before [{}]"; cutoffEpochMs); ActionListener forecastStatsHandler = ActionListener.wrap( searchResponse -> deleteForecasts(searchResponse; requestsPerSec; listener; isTimedOutSupplier); e -> listener.onFailure(new ElasticsearchException("An error occurred while searching forecasts to delete"; e)) ); SearchSourceBuilder source = new SearchSourceBuilder(); source.query( QueryBuilders.boolQuery()
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