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AWS opensearch-service documentation change

Service: opensearch-service · 2025-04-01 · Documentation low

File: opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/dashboards.md

Summary

Updated terminology from 'Dashboards (co-located with cluster)' to 'OpenSearch Dashboards', added comparison to centralized UI, and removed legacy references

Security assessment

Changes focus on product naming clarification and architectural comparisons without security implications

Diff

diff --git a/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/dashboards.md b/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/dashboards.md
index 8e8e6c4e5..f6d1d48c4 100644
--- a/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/dashboards.md
+++ b/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/dashboards.md
@@ -7 +7 @@ Controlling access to Dashboards Configuring Dashboards to use a WMS map serverC
-# Using Dashboards (co-located with cluster) with Amazon OpenSearch Service
+# Using OpenSearch Dashboards with Amazon OpenSearch Service
@@ -9 +9 @@ Controlling access to Dashboards Configuring Dashboards to use a WMS map serverC
-Dashboards (co-located with cluster) is an open-source visualization tool designed to work with OpenSearch. Amazon OpenSearch Service provides an installation of Dashboards with every OpenSearch Service domain. Dashboards runs on the hot data nodes in the domain. If you are looking for documentation on the new centralized OpenSearch user interface that supports multiple data sources at one endpoint, see [Centralized OpenSearch UI (Dashboards)](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/application.html).
+OpenSearch Dashboards is an open-source visualization tool designed to work with OpenSearch. Amazon OpenSearch Service provides an installation of Dashboards with every OpenSearch Service domain. Dashboards runs on the hot data nodes in the domain. 
@@ -11 +11,3 @@ Dashboards (co-located with cluster) is an open-source visualization tool design
-You can find a link to Dashboards on your domain dashboard in the OpenSearch Service console. For domains running OpenSearch, the URL is ``domain-endpoint`/_dashboards/`. For domains running legacy Elasticsearch, the URL is ``domain-endpoint`/_plugin/kibana`.
+OpenSearch Dashboards is a visualization tool for exploring and analyzing data within a single OpenSearch domain. In contrast, the centralized OpenSearch user interface (also called an OpenSearch application) is a cloud-based UI that connects to multiple OpenSearch domains, OpenSearch Serverless collections, and AWS data sources. It includes workspaces for specific use cases like observability and security analytics, and provides a unified experience across data sets. While Dashboards is tied to individual domains, the centralized UI enables cross-domain data integration and analysis. For more information, see [Using the OpenSearch user interface in Amazon OpenSearch Service](./application.html).
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+You can find a link to OpenSearch Dashboards on your domain dashboard in the OpenSearch Service console. For domains running OpenSearch, the URL is ``domain-endpoint`/_dashboards/`. For domains running legacy Elasticsearch, the URL is ``domain-endpoint`/_plugin/kibana`.
@@ -17 +19 @@ Queries using this default Dashboards installation have a 300-second timeout.
-This documentation discusses Dashboards in the context of Amazon OpenSearch Service, including different ways to connect to it. For comprehensive documentation, including a getting started guide, instruction to create a dashboard, dashboards management, and Dashboards Query Language (DQL), see [OpenSearch Dashboards](https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/dashboards/) in the open source OpenSearch documentation.
+This documentation discusses OpenSearch Dashboards in the context of Amazon OpenSearch Service, including different ways to connect to it. For comprehensive documentation, including a getting started guide, instruction to create a dashboard, dashboards management, and Dashboards Query Language (DQL), see [OpenSearch Dashboards](https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/dashboards/) in the open source OpenSearch documentation.
@@ -276 +278 @@ Natural language query generation
-Centralized OpenSearch user interface (Dashboards)
+OpenSearch UI