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@tteofili tteofili commented Jul 23, 2025

This introduces the v_l1_norm vector function for brute force dense vector search in ES|QL.
e.g.,

FROM colors
 | EVAL similarity = V_L1_NORM(rgb_vector, [0, 255, 255]) 
 | SORT similarity DESC

fixes #131688

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💯 Another one bites the dust!


if (EsqlCapabilities.Cap.COSINE_VECTOR_SIMILARITY_FUNCTION.isEnabled()) {
params.add(new Object[] { "v_cosine", VectorSimilarityFunction.COSINE });
params.add(new Object[] { "v_cosine", (SimilarityEvaluatorFunction) VectorSimilarityFunction.COSINE::compare });
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Nice!

@tteofili tteofili merged commit 75ca874 into elastic:main Jul 24, 2025
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V_L1_NORM – calculates L1 distance

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