Amazon OpenSearch Serverless introduces a suite of new features and enhancements

Posted on: Oct 8, 2024

Amazon OpenSearch Serverless has recently introduced a suite of new features and enhancements that enable faster indexing, improved search performance, and expanded analytical capabilities.

The updates include the introduction of a flat object data type, which allows for more efficient storage and searching of nested data. OpenSearch Serverless now supports enhanced geospatial features, providing users with the ability to uncover valuable insights from location-based data. OpenSearch Serverless has also expanded its field types, including support for unsigned long, and doc count mapper. The new multi-term aggregation feature enables you to perform complex aggregations, and gain deeper insights into your data. Furthermore, OpenSearch Serverless has also seen significant reduction in indexing latencies and faster ascending/descending search sorts, improving the overall efficiency and performance.

These new features for OpenSearch Serverless are automatically enabled for all collections and is now available in 14 regions globally: US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Ireland), Europe West (Paris), Europe West (London), Asia Pacific South (Mumbai), South America (Sao Paulo), Canada (Central), and the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region.

Please refer to the AWS Regional Services List for more information about Amazon OpenSearch Service availability.

To learn more about OpenSearch Serverless, see the documentation.