[DOCS] Move search pagination content to one page

docs/reference/aggregations/bucket/composite-aggregation.asciidoc

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ A multi-bucket aggregation that creates composite buckets from different sources
 Unlike the other `multi-bucket` aggregation the `composite` aggregation can be used
 to paginate **all** buckets from a multi-level aggregation efficiently. This aggregation
 provides a way to stream **all** buckets of a specific aggregation similarly to what
-<<request-body-search-scroll, scroll>> does for documents.
+<<scroll-search-results, scroll>> does for documents.
 
 The composite buckets are built from the combinations of the
 values extracted/created for each document and each combination is considered as

docs/reference/docs/delete-by-query.asciidoc

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=routing]
 `scroll`::
 (Optional, <<time-units,time value>>)
 Period to retain the <<scroll-search-context,search context>> for scrolling. See
-<<request-body-search-scroll>>.
+<<scroll-search-results>>.
 
 include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=scroll_size]
 

docs/reference/docs/update-by-query.asciidoc

@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=routing]
 `scroll`::
 (Optional, <<time-units,time value>>)
 Period to retain the <<scroll-search-context,search context>> for scrolling. See
-<<request-body-search-scroll>>.
+<<scroll-search-results>>.
 
 include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=scroll_size]
 

docs/reference/how-to/general.asciidoc

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Elasticsearch is designed as a search engine, which makes it very good at
 getting back the top documents that match a query. However, it is not as good
 for workloads that fall into the database domain, such as retrieving all
 documents that match a particular query. If you need to do this, make sure to
-use the <<request-body-search-scroll,Scroll>> API.
+use the <<scroll-search-results,Scroll>> API.
 
 [discrete]
 [[maximum-document-size]]

docs/reference/index-modules.asciidoc

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ specific index module:
     The maximum value of `from + size` for searches to this index. Defaults to
     `10000`. Search requests take heap memory and time proportional to
     `from + size` and this limits that memory. See
-    <<request-body-search-scroll,Scroll>> or <<request-body-search-search-after,Search After>> for a more efficient alternative
+    <<scroll-search-results,Scroll>> or <<search-after,Search After>> for a more efficient alternative
     to raising this.
 
 `index.max_inner_result_window`::

docs/reference/modules/cross-cluster-search.asciidoc

@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ handling network delays:
 By default, {es} reduces the number of network roundtrips between remote
 clusters. This reduces the impact of network delays on search speed. However,
 {es} can't reduce network roundtrips for large search requests, such as those
-including a <<request-body-search-scroll, scroll>> or
+including a <<scroll-search-results, scroll>> or
 <<request-body-search-inner-hits,inner hits>>.
 +
 See <<ccs-min-roundtrips>> to learn how this option works.

docs/reference/redirects.asciidoc

@@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ See <<request-body-search-script-fields>>.
 
 [role="exclude",id="search-request-scroll"]
 === Scroll parameter for request body search API
-See <<request-body-search-scroll>>.
+See <<scroll-search-results>>.
 
 [role="exclude",id="search-request-search-after"]
 === Search after parameter for request body search API
-See <<request-body-search-search-after>>.
+See <<search-after>>.
 
 [role="exclude",id="search-request-search-type"]
 === Search type parameter for request body search API
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ See <<settings>>.
 [role="exclude",id="scan-scroll"]
 === Scan and scroll
 
-See <<request-body-search-scroll>>.
+See <<scroll-search-results>>.
 
 [role="exclude",id="mapping-dynamic-mapping"]
 === Dynamic mapping
@@ -1001,6 +1001,16 @@ See <<highlighting>>.
 
 See <<how-es-highlighters-work-internally>>.
 
+[role="exclude",id="request-body-search-scroll"]
+==== Scroll
+
+See <<scroll-search-results>>.
+
+[role="exclude",id="request-body-search-search-after"]
+==== Search After
+
+See <<search-after>>.
+
 [role="exclude",id="request-body-search-sort"]
 ==== Sort
 

docs/reference/search/async-search.asciidoc

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ query get skipped.
 * `ccs_minimize_roundtrips` defaults to `false`, which is also the only
 supported value
 
-WARNING: Async search does not support <<request-body-search-scroll,scroll>>
+WARNING: Async search does not support <<scroll-search-results,scroll>>
 nor search requests that only include the  <<search-suggesters,suggest section>>.
 {ccs} is supported only with <<ccs-min-roundtrips,`ccs_minimize_roundtrips`>>
 set to `false`.

docs/reference/search/clear-scroll-api.asciidoc

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ++++
 
 Clears the search context and results for a
-<<request-body-search-scroll,scrolling search>>.
+<<scroll-search-results,scrolling search>>.
 
 ////
 [source,console]

docs/reference/search/request/from-size.asciidoc → docs/reference/search/paginate-search-results.asciidoc

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-[discrete]
 [[paginate-search-results]]
-=== Paginate search results
+== Paginate search results
 
-By default, the search API returns the top 10 matching documents.
+By default, the <<search-search,search API>> returns the top 10 matching documents.
 
 To paginate through a larger set of results, you can use the search API's `size`
 and `from` parameters. The `size` parameter is the number of matching documents
@@ -40,10 +39,14 @@ results must then be combined and sorted to ensure that the overall sort order
 is correct.
 
 As an alternative to deep paging, we recommend using
-<<request-body-search-scroll,scroll>> or the
-<<request-body-search-search-after,`search_after`>> parameter.
+<<scroll-search-results,scroll>> or the
+<<search-after,`search_after`>> parameter.
 
 WARNING: {es} uses Lucene's internal doc IDs as tie-breakers. These internal
 doc IDs can be completely different across replicas of the same
 data. When paginating, you might occasionally see that documents with the same
 sort values are not ordered consistently.
+
+include::request/scroll.asciidoc[]
+
+include::request/search-after.asciidoc[]

docs/reference/search/request-body.asciidoc

@@ -139,9 +139,20 @@ include::request/rescore.asciidoc[]
 
 include::request/script-fields.asciidoc[]
 
-include::request/scroll.asciidoc[]
+[[request-body-search-scroll]]
+==== Scroll
 
-include::request/search-after.asciidoc[]
+See <<scroll-search-results>>.
+
+[[_clear_scroll_api]]
+===== Clear scroll API
+
+See <<clear-scroll-api>>.
+
+[[request-body-search-search-after]]
+==== Search After
+
+See <<search-after>>.
 
 include::request/search-type.asciidoc[]
 

docs/reference/search/request/collapse.asciidoc

@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ The `max_concurrent_group_searches` request parameter can be used to control
 the maximum number of concurrent searches allowed in this phase.
 The default is based on the number of data nodes and the default search thread pool size.
 
-WARNING: `collapse` cannot be used in conjunction with <<request-body-search-scroll, scroll>>,
-<<request-body-search-rescore, rescore>> or <<request-body-search-search-after, search after>>.
+WARNING: `collapse` cannot be used in conjunction with <<scroll-search-results, scroll>>,
+<<request-body-search-rescore, rescore>> or <<search-after, search after>>.
 
 [discrete]
 [[second-level-of-collapsing]]

docs/reference/search/request/scroll.asciidoc

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-[[request-body-search-scroll]]
-==== Scroll
+[discrete]
+[[scroll-search-results]]
+=== Scroll search results
 
 While a `search` request returns a single ``page'' of results, the `scroll`
 API can be used to retrieve large numbers of results (or even all results)
@@ -102,8 +103,9 @@ GET /_search?scroll=1m
 --------------------------------------------------
 // TEST[setup:twitter]
 
+[discrete]
 [[scroll-search-context]]
-===== Keeping the search context alive
+==== Keeping the search context alive
 
 A scroll returns all the documents which matched the search at the time of the
 initial search request. It ignores any subsequent changes to these documents.
@@ -149,7 +151,9 @@ You can check how many search contexts are open with the
 GET /_nodes/stats/indices/search
 ---------------------------------------
 
-===== Clear scroll API
+[discrete]
+[[clear-scroll]]
+==== Clear scroll
 
 Search context are automatically removed when the `scroll` timeout has been
 exceeded. However keeping scrolls open has a cost, as discussed in the
@@ -196,8 +200,9 @@ DELETE /_search/scroll/DXF1ZXJ5QW5kRmV0Y2gBAAAAAAAAAD4WYm9laVYtZndUQlNsdDcwakFMN
 ---------------------------------------
 // TEST[catch:missing]
 
+[discrete]
 [[sliced-scroll]]
-===== Sliced Scroll
+==== Sliced Scroll
 
 For scroll queries that return a lot of documents it is possible to split the scroll in multiple slices which
 can be consumed independently:

docs/reference/search/request/search-after.asciidoc

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-[[request-body-search-search-after]]
-==== Search After
+[discrete]
+[[search-after]]
+=== Search after
 
 Pagination of results can be done by using the `from` and `size` but the cost becomes prohibitive when the deep pagination is reached.
 The `index.max_result_window` which defaults to 10,000 is a safeguard, search requests take heap memory and time proportional to `from + size`.
-The <<request-body-search-scroll,Scroll>> api is recommended for efficient deep scrolling but scroll contexts are costly and it is not
+The <<scroll-search-results,scroll>> API is recommended for efficient deep scrolling but scroll contexts are costly and it is not
 recommended to use it for real time user requests.
 The `search_after` parameter circumvents this problem by providing a live cursor.
 The idea is to use the results from the previous page to help the retrieval of the next page.

docs/reference/search/request/sort.asciidoc

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ GET /my-index-000001/_search
 
 NOTE: `_doc` has no real use-case besides being the most efficient sort order.
 So if you don't care about the order in which documents are returned, then you
-should sort by `_doc`. This especially helps when <<request-body-search-scroll,scrolling>>.
+should sort by `_doc`. This especially helps when <<scroll-search-results,scrolling>>.
 
 [discrete]
 === Sort Values

docs/reference/search/scroll-api.asciidoc

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <titleabbrev>Scroll</titleabbrev>
 ++++
 
-Retrieves the next batch of results for a <<request-body-search-scroll,scrolling
+Retrieves the next batch of results for a <<scroll-search-results,scrolling
 search>>.
 
 ////
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ deprecated:[7.0.0]
 ==== {api-description-title}
 
 You can use the scroll API to retrieve large sets of results from a single
-<<request-body-search-scroll,scrolling search>> request.
+<<scroll-search-results,scrolling search>> request.
 
 The scroll API requires a scroll ID. To get a scroll ID, submit a
 <<search-search,search API>> request that includes an argument for the
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ next batch of results for the request.
 You can also use the scroll API to specify a new `scroll` parameter that extends
 or shortens the retention period for the search context.
 
-See <<request-body-search-scroll>>.
+See <<scroll-search-results>>.
 
 IMPORTANT: Results from a scrolling search reflect the state of the index at the
 time of the initial search request. Subsequent indexing or document changes only
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ the <<scroll-api-scroll-id-param,`scroll_id` request body parameter>>.
 `scroll`::
 (Optional, <<time-units,time value>>)
 Period to retain the <<scroll-search-context,search context>> for scrolling. See
-<<request-body-search-scroll>>.
+<<scroll-search-results>>.
 +
 This value overrides the duration set by the original search API request's
 `scroll` parameter.
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Defaults to `false`.
 `scroll`::
 (Optional, <<time-units,time value>>)
 Period to retain the <<scroll-search-context,search context>> for scrolling. See
-<<request-body-search-scroll>>.
+<<scroll-search-results>>.
 +
 This value overrides the duration set by the original search API request's
 `scroll` parameter.

docs/reference/search/search-your-data.asciidoc

@@ -290,10 +290,10 @@ GET /*/_search
 }
 ----
 
-include::request/from-size.asciidoc[]
 include::search-fields.asciidoc[]
 include::request/collapse.asciidoc[]
 include::request/highlighting.asciidoc[]
+include::paginate-search-results.asciidoc[]
 include::request/sort.asciidoc[]
 include::{es-repo-dir}/async-search.asciidoc[]
 include::{es-repo-dir}/modules/cross-cluster-search.asciidoc[]

docs/reference/search/search.asciidoc

@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ results must then be combined and sorted to ensure that the overall order is
 correct.
 
 As an alternative to deep paging, we recommend using
-<<request-body-search-scroll,scroll>> or the
-<<request-body-search-search-after,`search_after`>> parameter.
+<<scroll-search-results,scroll>> or the
+<<search-after,`search_after`>> parameter.
 --
 
 `ignore_throttled`::
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=routing]
 `scroll`::
 (Optional, <<time-units,time value>>)
 Period to retain the <<scroll-search-context,search context>> for scrolling. See
-<<request-body-search-scroll>>.
+<<scroll-search-results>>.
 +
 By default, this value cannot exceed `1d` (24 hours). You can change
 this limit using the `search.max_keep_alive` cluster-level setting.
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ results must then be combined and sorted to ensure that the overall order is
 correct.
 
 As an alternative to deep paging, we recommend using
-<<request-body-search-scroll,scroll>> or the
-<<request-body-search-search-after,`search_after`>> parameter.
+<<scroll-search-results,scroll>> or the
+<<search-after,`search_after`>> parameter.
 
 If the <<search-api-scroll-query-param,`scroll` parameter>> is specified, this
 value cannot be `0`.
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ results must then be combined and sorted to ensure that the overall order is
 correct.
 
 As an alternative to deep paging, we recommend using
-<<request-body-search-scroll,scroll>> or the
-<<request-body-search-search-after,`search_after`>> parameter.
+<<scroll-search-results,scroll>> or the
+<<search-after,`search_after`>> parameter.
 --
 
 [[request-body-search-query]]
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ results must then be combined and sorted to ensure that the overall order is
 correct.
 
 As an alternative to deep paging, we recommend using
-<<request-body-search-scroll,scroll>> or the
-<<request-body-search-search-after,`search_after`>> parameter.
+<<scroll-search-results,scroll>> or the
+<<search-after,`search_after`>> parameter.
 
 If the <<search-api-scroll-query-param,`scroll` parameter>> is specified, this
 value cannot be `0`.
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ Identifier for the search and its <<scroll-search-context,search context>>.
 +
 You can use this scroll ID with the <<scroll-api,scroll API>> to retrieve the
 next batch of search results for the request. See
-<<request-body-search-scroll>>.
+<<scroll-search-results>>.
 +
 This parameter is only returned if the <<search-api-scroll-query-param,`scroll`
 query parameter>> is specified in the request.

docs/reference/sql/endpoints/rest.asciidoc

@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ Which looks like:
 Note that the `columns` object is only part of the first page.
 
 You've reached the last page when there is no `cursor` returned
-in the results. Like Elasticsearch's <<request-body-search-scroll,scroll>>,
+in the results. Like Elasticsearch's <<scroll-search-results,scroll>>,
 SQL may keep state in Elasticsearch to support the cursor. Unlike
 scroll, receiving the last page is enough to guarantee that the
 Elasticsearch state is cleared.

docs/reference/sql/endpoints/translate.asciidoc

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Which returns:
 --------------------------------------------------
 
 Which is the request that SQL will run to provide the results.
-In this case, SQL will use the <<request-body-search-scroll,scroll>>
+In this case, SQL will use the <<scroll-search-results,scroll>>
 API. If the result contained an aggregation then SQL would use
 the normal <<search-request-body,search>> API.
 

rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/clear_scroll.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "clear_scroll":{
     "documentation":{
-      "url":"https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/search-request-body.html#_clear_scroll_api",
+      "url":"https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/clear-scroll-api.html",
       "description":"Explicitly clears the search context for a scroll."
     },
     "stability":"stable",