[Meta] Field formatters roadmap

[mattkime]

Large field formatters efforts:

• Plan for numeral js [meta] Dealing with Numeral.js #102239
• Context-aware field formatters [FieldFormatters] Context-aware field formatters #102343
• Async field formatters [FieldFormatters] React field formatters #102351
• Field Formatters 👉 Formatters [Field Formatters] Field Formatters 👉 Formatters #102357
• Other more general improvements: Chain formatters, multi-fields formatters, enhancements to existing formatters and new formatters. 
  • Url field formatter revamp [Field Formatters] URL field formatter revamp #102362
• Tech debt: any usage, docs, tests, example plugin
• [FieldFormats] strict typing for params #108158

7.x

• Replace lodash template in field formatters for improved content security policy - Replace lodash template in field formatters #94627
• Field formatters example plugin - Field Formatter example plugin #69035 Field formatters are a very common use case for custom plugins. Upgrading to the Kibana platform presents an obstacle for users who have formatters than need to be migrated
• Prevent page load in field formatter links Prevent page load in field formatter links #68493
  • How does URL field formatter: Better integration with links to Kibana #53763 relate?
• Plan for dealing with numeral.js [meta] Dealing with Numeral.js #102239
• Formatters or Field formatters? Should be independent of fields? Value formatters?
• Docs?
• Address old tickets, make actionable or close.

Bug fixes

• wider fields for static lookup - [field formatters] Static lookup columns should support variable width / resizing #68217
• stop storing original base url in url field formatter - Kibana URL field in index-pattern with relative URL stores the base URL at creation time in the saved object #63924
• Improve explanatory text - Improve text for Format field #65383
• Large numbers format incorrectly / update our numeral.js clone - Numeral field formatter large number output invalid  #59415

Tech debt

• Field format editor UI needs functional tests - Functional UI tests on field formatters on index pattern management page is missing #59567
• Remove field formats dependency on aggs - [data.fieldFormats] Remove aggs format decorator from fieldFormats.deserialize() #71967
• Functional tests - Improve field formatter functional tests #84993
• [Field Formatters] Remove any from field formatter code #104637

Enhancements

• Should obey external url allow list - [field formatters] url field formatter should obey External URL allow-list service #86058
• API for updating field formats (overlap with index patterns) - API for updating field formats #12756
• Units consistent along axis, domain aware formatter - [Lens] Bytes formatting needs to be consistent across the Y-axis values #57384
• Context aware date formatter - [Lens] Improve date formatting by using a context-aware formatter like D3 #51227
• URL formatter blank when params are empty - make url empty when the field has no value #47310
• Text for url formatter, not just displaying url - URL formatted to exploit multiple filters #11448

New formatters

• Add new currency and short number formatter, replacing default number and percent (very far along) - [Formatters] Add new currency and short number formatter, replacing default number and percent #53972
• IP lookup field formatter - Add a IP lookup field formatter #68216
• Currency formatter - Add a currency field formatter #25993
• Fixed length scientific notation formatter - Add custom formater for very small number in Numeral.js #53676
• Display base64 encoded images - Kibana display of base64 encoded images directly from elastic index #8137
• Regex field formatter - General regex field formatter #6276
• Date formatter should support number field - Date field formatter should support number fields #6275