[EPM] Improve object handling in index template mappings (#63688) (#63855)

* Unit-test current mapping for object types

* Handle 'enabled' attribute for object fields

* Handle 'dynamic' attribute for object fields

Co-authored-by: Elastic Machine <elasticmachine@users.noreply.github.com>

Co-authored-by: Elastic Machine <elasticmachine@users.noreply.github.com>

x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.test.ts

@@ -161,3 +161,101 @@ test('tests processing keyword field with multi fields with analyzed text field'
   const mappings = generateMappings(processedFields);
   expect(JSON.stringify(mappings)).toEqual(JSON.stringify(keywordWithAnalyzedMultiFieldsMapping));
 });
+
+test('tests processing object field with no other attributes', () => {
+  const objectFieldLiteralYml = `
+- name: objectField
+  type: object
+`;
+  const objectFieldMapping = {
+    properties: {
+      objectField: {
+        type: 'object',
+      },
+    },
+  };
+  const fields: Field[] = safeLoad(objectFieldLiteralYml);
+  const processedFields = processFields(fields);
+  const mappings = generateMappings(processedFields);
+  expect(JSON.stringify(mappings)).toEqual(JSON.stringify(objectFieldMapping));
+});
+
+test('tests processing object field with enabled set to false', () => {
+  const objectFieldEnabledFalseLiteralYml = `
+- name: objectField
+  type: object
+  enabled: false
+`;
+  const objectFieldEnabledFalseMapping = {
+    properties: {
+      objectField: {
+        type: 'object',
+        enabled: false,
+      },
+    },
+  };
+  const fields: Field[] = safeLoad(objectFieldEnabledFalseLiteralYml);
+  const processedFields = processFields(fields);
+  const mappings = generateMappings(processedFields);
+  expect(JSON.stringify(mappings)).toEqual(JSON.stringify(objectFieldEnabledFalseMapping));
+});
+
+test('tests processing object field with dynamic set to false', () => {
+  const objectFieldDynamicFalseLiteralYml = `
+- name: objectField
+  type: object
+  dynamic: false
+`;
+  const objectFieldDynamicFalseMapping = {
+    properties: {
+      objectField: {
+        type: 'object',
+        dynamic: false,
+      },
+    },
+  };
+  const fields: Field[] = safeLoad(objectFieldDynamicFalseLiteralYml);
+  const processedFields = processFields(fields);
+  const mappings = generateMappings(processedFields);
+  expect(JSON.stringify(mappings)).toEqual(JSON.stringify(objectFieldDynamicFalseMapping));
+});
+
+test('tests processing object field with dynamic set to true', () => {
+  const objectFieldDynamicTrueLiteralYml = `
+- name: objectField
+  type: object
+  dynamic: true
+`;
+  const objectFieldDynamicTrueMapping = {
+    properties: {
+      objectField: {
+        type: 'object',
+        dynamic: true,
+      },
+    },
+  };
+  const fields: Field[] = safeLoad(objectFieldDynamicTrueLiteralYml);
+  const processedFields = processFields(fields);
+  const mappings = generateMappings(processedFields);
+  expect(JSON.stringify(mappings)).toEqual(JSON.stringify(objectFieldDynamicTrueMapping));
+});
+
+test('tests processing object field with dynamic set to strict', () => {
+  const objectFieldDynamicStrictLiteralYml = `
+- name: objectField
+  type: object
+  dynamic: strict
+`;
+  const objectFieldDynamicStrictMapping = {
+    properties: {
+      objectField: {
+        type: 'object',
+        dynamic: 'strict',
+      },
+    },
+  };
+  const fields: Field[] = safeLoad(objectFieldDynamicStrictLiteralYml);
+  const processedFields = processFields(fields);
+  const mappings = generateMappings(processedFields);
+  expect(JSON.stringify(mappings)).toEqual(JSON.stringify(objectFieldDynamicStrictMapping));
+});

x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.ts

@@ -89,8 +89,13 @@ export function generateMappings(fields: Field[]): Mappings {
           }
           break;
         case 'object':
-          // TODO improve
           fieldProps.type = 'object';
+          if (field.hasOwnProperty('enabled')) {
+            fieldProps.enabled = field.enabled;
+          }
+          if (field.hasOwnProperty('dynamic')) {
+            fieldProps.dynamic = field.dynamic;
+          }
           break;
         case 'array':
           // this assumes array fields were validated in an earlier step

x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/fields/field.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export interface Field {
   ignore_above?: number;
   object_type?: string;
   scaling_factor?: number;
+  dynamic?: 'strict' | boolean;
 
   // Kibana specific
   analyzed?: boolean;