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[DOC] Add examples of achieving coalesce in <3 versions of OS

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coalesce was introduced in OS 3. There is no documentation for how to coalesce fields in older versions of OS. Here is one workaround, which coalesces two status code fields -

ifnull(cast(attributes.http.response.status_code as int), ifnull(cast(attributes.http.status_code as int),  -1))

Version: List the OpenSearch version to which this issue applies, e.g. 2.14, 2.12--2.14, or all.
<3

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Research direction

No documentation file or test is named. Locate the existing documentation for coalesce or related field expressions, then add the provided pre-OS 3 workaround as an example for combining status code fields and verify the documentation renders correctly.

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Tech stack
sql
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Issue type
Documentation
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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
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