[Ingest Pipelines] Add descriptions for ingest processors A-D

x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/manage_processor_form/processors/append.tsx

@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
       defaultMessage: 'Value',
     }),
     helpText: i18n.translate('xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.appendForm.valueFieldHelpText', {
-      defaultMessage: 'The value to be appended by this processor.',
+      defaultMessage: 'Values to append.',
     }),
     validations: [
       {
         validator: emptyField(
           i18n.translate('xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.appendForm.valueRequiredError', {
-            defaultMessage: 'A value to set is required.',
+            defaultMessage: 'A value is required.',
           })
         ),
       },
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const Append: FunctionComponent = () => {
     <>
       <FieldNameField
         helpText={i18n.translate('xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.appendForm.fieldHelpText', {
-          defaultMessage: 'The field to be appended to.',
+          defaultMessage: 'Field to append values to.',
         })}
       />
 

x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/manage_processor_form/processors/bytes.tsx

@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ export const Bytes: FunctionComponent = () => {
       <FieldNameField
         helpText={i18n.translate(
           'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.bytesForm.fieldNameHelpText',
-          { defaultMessage: 'The field to convert.' }
+          {
+            defaultMessage:
+              'Field to convert. If the field contains an array, each array value is converted.',
+          }
         )}
       />
 

x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/manage_processor_form/processors/circle.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
  */
 
 import React, { FunctionComponent } from 'react';
+import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
+import { EuiCode } from '@elastic/eui';
 
 import {
   FIELD_TYPES,
@@ -34,12 +36,15 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
         defaultMessage: 'Error distance',
       }
     ),
-    helpText: i18n.translate(
-      'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.circleForm.errorDistanceHelpText',
-      {
-        defaultMessage:
-          'The difference between the resulting inscribed distance from center to side and the circle’s radius (measured in meters for geo_shape, unit-less for shape).',
-      }
+    helpText: () => (
+      <FormattedMessage
+        id="xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.circleForm.errorDistanceHelpText"
+        defaultMessage="Difference between the side of the inscribed shape to the encompassing circle. Determines the accuracy of the output polygon. Measured in meters for {geo_shape}, but uses no units for {shape}."
+        values={{
+          geo_shape: <EuiCode>{'geo_shape'}</EuiCode>,
+          shape: <EuiCode>{'shape'}</EuiCode>,
+        }}
+      />
     ),
     validations: [
       {
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
     }),
     helpText: i18n.translate(
       'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.circleForm.shapeTypeFieldHelpText',
-      { defaultMessage: 'Which field mapping type is to be used.' }
+      { defaultMessage: 'Field mapping type to use when processing the output polygon.' }
     ),
     validations: [
       {
@@ -86,7 +91,7 @@ export const Circle: FunctionComponent = () => {
       <FieldNameField
         helpText={i18n.translate(
           'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.circleForm.fieldNameHelpText',
-          { defaultMessage: 'The string-valued field to trim whitespace from.' }
+          { defaultMessage: 'Field to convert.' }
         )}
       />
 

x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/manage_processor_form/processors/common_fields/common_processor_fields.tsx

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const ifConfig: FieldConfig = {
     defaultMessage: 'Condition (optional)',
   }),
   helpText: i18n.translate('xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.commonFields.ifFieldHelpText', {
-    defaultMessage: 'Conditionally execute this processor.',
+    defaultMessage: 'Conditionally run this processor.',
   }),
   type: FIELD_TYPES.TEXT,
 };
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const tagConfig: FieldConfig = {
     defaultMessage: 'Tag (optional)',
   }),
   helpText: i18n.translate('xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.commonFields.tagFieldHelpText', {
-    defaultMessage: 'An identifier for this processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.',
+    defaultMessage: 'Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.',
   }),
   type: FIELD_TYPES.TEXT,
 };

x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/manage_processor_form/processors/common_fields/processor_type_field.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 import { EuiComboBox, EuiComboBoxOptionOption, EuiFormRow } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import React, { FunctionComponent } from 'react';
+import React, { FunctionComponent, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { flow } from 'fp-ts/lib/function';
 import { map } from 'fp-ts/lib/Array';
 
@@ -68,13 +68,18 @@ export const ProcessorTypeField: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({ initialType }) =>
     <UseField<string> config={typeConfig} defaultValue={initialType} path="type">
       {(typeField) => {
         let selectedOptions: ProcessorTypeAndLabel[];
+        let description: string | ReactNode = '';
+
         if (typeField.value?.length) {
           const type = typeField.value;
-          const descriptor = getProcessorDescriptor(type);
-          selectedOptions = descriptor
-            ? [{ label: descriptor.label, value: type }]
-            : // If there is no label for this processor type, just use the type as the label
-              [{ label: type, value: type }];
+          const processorDescriptor = getProcessorDescriptor(type);
+          if (processorDescriptor) {
+            description = processorDescriptor.description || '';
+            selectedOptions = [{ label: processorDescriptor.label, value: type }];
+          } else {
+            // If there is no label for this processor type, just use the type as the label
+            selectedOptions = [{ label: type, value: type }];
+          }
         } else {
           selectedOptions = [];
         }
@@ -102,9 +107,7 @@ export const ProcessorTypeField: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({ initialType }) =>
           <EuiFormRow
             label={typeField.label}
             labelAppend={typeField.labelAppend}
-            helpText={
-              typeof typeField.helpText === 'function' ? typeField.helpText() : typeField.helpText
-            }
+            helpText={typeof description === 'function' ? description() : description}
             error={error}
             isInvalid={isInvalid}
             fullWidth

x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/manage_processor_form/processors/common_fields/target_field.tsx

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
     helpText: i18n.translate(
       'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.commonFields.targetFieldHelpText',
       {
-        defaultMessage: 'Field to assign the value to. If empty, the field is updated in-place.',
+        defaultMessage: 'Output field. If empty, the input field is updated in place.',
       }
     ),
   },

x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/manage_processor_form/processors/convert.tsx

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
       defaultMessage: 'Type',
     }),
     helpText: i18n.translate('xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.convertForm.typeFieldHelpText', {
-      defaultMessage: 'The type to convert the existing value to.',
+      defaultMessage: 'Field data type for the output.',
     }),
     validations: [
       {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const Convert: FunctionComponent = () => {
       <FieldNameField
         helpText={i18n.translate(
           'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.convertForm.fieldNameHelpText',
-          { defaultMessage: 'The field whose value is to be converted.' }
+          { defaultMessage: 'Field to convert.' }
         )}
       />
 
@@ -115,14 +115,7 @@ export const Convert: FunctionComponent = () => {
         path="fields.type"
       />
 
-      <TargetField
-        helpText={i18n.translate(
-          'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.convertForm.targetFieldHelpText',
-          {
-            defaultMessage: 'The field to assign the converted value to.',
-          }
-        )}
-      />
+      <TargetField />
 
       <IgnoreMissingField />
     </>

x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/manage_processor_form/processors/csv.tsx

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const isStringLengthOne: ValidationFunc = ({ value }) => {
         message: i18n.translate(
           'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.convertForm.separatorLengthError',
           {
-            defaultMessage: 'A separator value must be 1 character.',
+            defaultMessage: 'Must be a single character.',
           }
         ),
       }
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
       defaultMessage: 'Target fields',
     }),
     helpText: i18n.translate('xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.csvForm.targetFieldsHelpText', {
-      defaultMessage: 'The array of fields to assign extracted values to.',
+      defaultMessage: 'Output fields. Extracted values are mapped to these fields.',
     }),
     validations: [
       {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
     helpText: (
       <FormattedMessage
         id="xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.convertForm.separatorHelpText"
-        defaultMessage="Separator used in CSV, has to be single character string. Default value is {value}."
+        defaultMessage="Delimiter used in the CSV data. Defaults to {value}."
         values={{ value: <EuiCode inline>{','}</EuiCode> }}
       />
     ),
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
     helpText: (
       <FormattedMessage
         id="xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.convertForm.quoteHelpText"
-        defaultMessage="Quote used in CSV, has to be single character string. Default value is {value}."
+        defaultMessage="Escape character used in the CSV data. Defaults to {value}."
         values={{ value: <EuiCode inline>{'"'}</EuiCode> }}
       />
     ),
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
       defaultMessage: 'Trim',
     }),
     helpText: i18n.translate('xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.csvForm.trimFieldHelpText', {
-      defaultMessage: 'Trim whitespaces in unquoted fields',
+      defaultMessage: 'Remove whitespaces in unquoted CSV data.',
     }),
   },
   empty_value: {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
       'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.convertForm.emptyValueFieldHelpText',
       {
         defaultMessage:
-          'Value used to fill empty fields, empty fields will be skipped if this is not provided.',
+          'Used to fill empty fields. If no value is provided, empty fields are skipped.',
       }
     ),
   },
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export const CSV: FunctionComponent = () => {
     <>
       <FieldNameField
         helpText={i18n.translate('xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.csvForm.fieldNameHelpText', {
-          defaultMessage: 'The field to extract data from.',
+          defaultMessage: 'Field containing CSV data.',
         })}
       />
 

x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/manage_processor_form/processors/date.tsx

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
     }),
     helpText: i18n.translate('xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.dateForm.formatsFieldHelpText', {
       defaultMessage:
-        'An array of the expected date formats. Can be a java time pattern or one of the following formats: ISO8601, UNIX, UNIX_MS, or TAI64N.',
+        'Expected date formats. Provided formats are applied sequentially. Accepts a Java time pattern, ISO8601, UNIX, UNIX_MS, or TAI64N formats.',
     }),
     validations: [
       {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
     helpText: (
       <FormattedMessage
         id="xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.dateForm.timezoneHelpText"
-        defaultMessage="The timezone to use when parsing the date. Default value is {timezone}."
+        defaultMessage="Timezone for the date. Defaults to {timezone}."
         values={{ timezone: <EuiCode inline>{'UTC'}</EuiCode> }}
       />
     ),
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
     helpText: (
       <FormattedMessage
         id="xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.dateForm.localeHelpText"
-        defaultMessage="The locale to use when parsing the date, relevant when parsing month names or week days. Default value is {timezone}."
+        defaultMessage="Locale for the date. Useful when parsing month or day names. Defaults to {timezone}."
         values={{ timezone: <EuiCode inline>{'ENGLISH'}</EuiCode> }}
       />
     ),
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export const DateProcessor: FunctionComponent = () => {
       <FieldNameField
         helpText={i18n.translate(
           'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.dateForm.fieldNameHelpText',
-          { defaultMessage: 'The field to get the date from.' }
+          { defaultMessage: 'Field to convert.' }
         )}
       />
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export const DateProcessor: FunctionComponent = () => {
         helpText={
           <FormattedMessage
             id="xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.dateForm.targetFieldHelpText"
-            defaultMessage="The field that will hold the parsed date. Default field is {defaultField}."
+            defaultMessage="Output field. If empty, the input field is updated in place. Defaults to {defaultField}."
             values={{
               defaultField: <EuiCode inline>{'@timestamp'}</EuiCode>,
             }}

x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_processors_editor/components/manage_processor_form/processors/date_index_name.tsx

@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
     helpText: i18n.translate(
       'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.dateIndexNameForm.dateRoundingFieldHelpText',
       {
-        defaultMessage: 'How to round the date when formatting the date into the index name.',
+        defaultMessage:
+          'Time period used to round the date when formatting the date into the index name.',
       }
     ),
     validations: [
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
     ),
     helpText: i18n.translate(
       'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.dateIndexNameForm.indexNamePrefixFieldHelpText',
-      { defaultMessage: 'A prefix of the index name to be prepended before the printed date.' }
+      { defaultMessage: 'Prefix to add before the printed date in the index name.' }
     ),
   },
   index_name_format: {
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
     helpText: (
       <FormattedMessage
         id="xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.dateIndexNameForm.indexNameFormatFieldHelpText"
-        defaultMessage="The format to be used when printing the parsed date into the index name. Default value is {value}."
+        defaultMessage="Date format used to print the parsed date into the index name. Defaults to {value}."
         values={{ value: <EuiCode inline>{'yyyy-MM-dd'}</EuiCode> }}
       />
     ),
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
     helpText: (
       <FormattedMessage
         id="xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.dateIndexNameForm.dateFormatsHelpText"
-        defaultMessage="An array of the expected date formats for parsing dates / timestamps in the document being preprocessed. Can be a java time pattern or one of the following formats: ISO8601, UNIX, UNIX_MS, or TAI64N. Default value is {value}."
+        defaultMessage="Expected date formats. Provided formats are applied sequentially. Accepts a Java time pattern, ISO8601, UNIX, UNIX_MS, or TAI64N formats. Defaults to {value}."
         values={{ value: <EuiCode inline>{"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXX"}</EuiCode> }}
       />
     ),
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
     helpText: (
       <FormattedMessage
         id="xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.dateIndexNameForm.timezoneHelpText"
-        defaultMessage="The timezone to use when parsing the date and when date math index supports resolves expressions into concrete index names. Default value is {timezone}."
+        defaultMessage="Timezone used when parsing the date and constructing the index name expression. Defaults to {timezone}."
         values={{ timezone: <EuiCode inline>{'UTC'}</EuiCode> }}
       />
     ),
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ const fieldsConfig: FieldsConfig = {
     helpText: (
       <FormattedMessage
         id="xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.dateIndexForm.localeHelpText"
-        defaultMessage="The locale to use when parsing the date from the document being preprocessed, relevant when parsing month names or week days. Default value is {locale}."
+        defaultMessage="Locale to use when parsing the date. Useful when parsing month or day names. Defaults to {locale}."
         values={{ locale: <EuiCode inline>{'ENGLISH'}</EuiCode> }}
       />
     ),
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ export const DateIndexName: FunctionComponent = () => {
       <FieldNameField
         helpText={i18n.translate(
           'xpack.ingestPipelines.pipelineEditor.dateIndexNameForm.fieldNameHelpText',
-          { defaultMessage: 'The field to get the date or timestamp from.' }
+          { defaultMessage: 'Field containing the date or timestamp.' }
         )}
       />