Batch mget requests on dashboard load and cache field_stat results

src/ui/public/courier/fetch/fetch.js

@@ -8,23 +8,32 @@ import ReqStatusProvider from './req_status';
 export default function fetchService(Private, Promise) {
 
   const requestQueue = Private(RequestQueueProvider);
-  const fetchThese = Private(FetchTheseProvider);
-
+  const immediatelyFetchThese = Private(FetchTheseProvider);
   const callResponseHandlers = Private(CallResponseHandlersProvider);
   const INCOMPLETE = Private(ReqStatusProvider).INCOMPLETE;
 
-  function fetchQueued(strategy) {
-    const requests = requestQueue.getStartable(strategy);
-    if (!requests.length) return Promise.resolve();
-    else return fetchThese(requests);
-  }
+  const debouncedFetchThese = _.debounce(() => {
+    const requests = requestQueue.get().filter(req => req.isFetchRequestedAndPending());
+    immediatelyFetchThese(requests);
+  }, {
+    wait: 10,
+    maxWait: 50
+  });
 
-  this.fetchQueued = fetchQueued;
+  const fetchTheseSoon = (requests) => {
+    requests.forEach(req => req._setFetchRequested());
+    debouncedFetchThese();
+    return Promise.all(requests.map(req => req.defer.promise));
+  };
+
+  this.fetchQueued = (strategy) => {
+    return fetchTheseSoon(requestQueue.getStartable(strategy));
+  };
 
   function fetchASource(source, strategy) {
     const defer = Promise.defer();
 
-    fetchThese([
+    fetchTheseSoon([
       source._createRequest(defer)
     ]);
 
@@ -50,7 +59,7 @@ export default function fetchService(Private, Promise) {
    * @param {array} reqs - the requests to fetch
    * @async
    */
-  this.these = fetchThese;
+  this.these = fetchTheseSoon;
 
   /**
    * Send responses to a list of requests, used when requests

src/ui/public/courier/fetch/request/request.js

@@ -15,12 +15,42 @@ export default function AbstractReqProvider(Private, Promise) {
       this.source = source;
       this.defer = defer || Promise.defer();
       this._whenAbortedHandlers = [];
-
       requestQueue.push(this);
     }
 
+    /**
+     *  Called by the loopers to find requests that should be sent to the
+     *  fetch() module. When a module is sent to fetch() it's _fetchRequested flag
+     *  is set, and this consults that flag so requests are not send to fetch()
+     *  multiple times.
+     *
+     *  @return {Boolean}
+     */
     canStart() {
-      return Boolean(!this.stopped && !this.source._fetchDisabled);
+      return !this._fetchRequested && !this.stopped && !this.source._fetchDisabled;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  Used to find requests that were previously sent to the fetch() module but
+     *  have not been started yet, so they can be started.
+     *
+     *  @return {Boolean}
+     */
+    isFetchRequestedAndPending() {
+      return !!this._fetchRequested && !this.started;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  Called by the fetch() module when this request has been sent to
+     *  be fetched. At that point the request is somewhere between `ready-to-start`
+     *  and `started`. The fetch module then waits a short period of time to
+     *  allow requests to build up in the request queue, and then immediately
+     *  fetches all requests that return true from `isFetchRequested()`
+     *
+     *  @return {undefined}
+     */
+    _setFetchRequested() {
+      this._fetchRequested = true;
     }
 
     start() {

src/ui/public/courier/fetch/strategy/search.js

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ export default function FetchStrategyForSearch(Private, Promise, timefilter, kbn
      * @return {Promise} - a promise that is fulfilled by the request body
      */
     reqsFetchParamsToBody: function (reqsFetchParams) {
+      const indexToListMapping = {};
+
       return Promise.map(reqsFetchParams, function (fetchParams) {
         return Promise.resolve(fetchParams.index)
         .then(function (indexList) {
@@ -23,7 +25,11 @@ export default function FetchStrategyForSearch(Private, Promise, timefilter, kbn
           }
 
           const timeBounds = timefilter.getBounds();
-          return indexList.toIndexList(timeBounds.min, timeBounds.max);
+
+          if (!indexToListMapping[indexList.id]) {
+            indexToListMapping[indexList.id] = indexList.toIndexList(timeBounds.min, timeBounds.max);
+          }
+          return indexToListMapping[indexList.id];
         })
         .then(function (indexList) {
           let body = fetchParams.body || {};