From 30cd47e7f8da06f842971621f6bc424434667dcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Hermann Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:41:58 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Clarify CCR auto-follow requirements for data streams (#72476) --- .../ccr/apis/auto-follow/put-auto-follow-pattern.asciidoc | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/ccr/apis/auto-follow/put-auto-follow-pattern.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ccr/apis/auto-follow/put-auto-follow-pattern.asciidoc index cd30494de108..1ef668fae9f7 100644 --- a/docs/reference/ccr/apis/auto-follow/put-auto-follow-pattern.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/ccr/apis/auto-follow/put-auto-follow-pattern.asciidoc @@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ indices. `follow_index_pattern`:: (Optional, string) The name of follower index. The template `{{leader_index}}` can be used to derive the name of the follower index from the name of the - leader index. + leader index. When following a data stream, use `{{leader_index}}`; {ccr-init} + does not support changes to the names of a follower data stream's backing + indices. include::../follow-request-body.asciidoc[]