Github user mattyb149 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/2287#discussion_r157098024
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nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-elasticsearch-bundle/nifi-elasticsearch-5-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/elasticsearch/PutElasticsearch5.java
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@@ -129,6 +130,12 @@
.defaultValue("100")
.expressionLanguageSupported(true)
.build();
+
+ public static final PropertyDescriptor VERSION_ATTRIBUTE = new
PropertyDescriptor.Builder()
+ .name("Version").displayName("Version Attribute")
+ .description("The name of the attribute containing the
version for each FlowFile. Only used for index operation. Forces External
Versioning")
+
.required(false).expressionLanguageSupported(false).addValidator(StandardValidators.ATTRIBUTE_KEY_VALIDATOR)
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That was an unfortunate oversight on my part, thinking you'd need a value
for ID, and we've been a bit stuck with it ever since (until the next major
version release perhaps). If the value is not required, then I think EL support
should suffice?
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