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erikhatcher · erikhatcher · commit 662b6b484653 · 2025-01-13T08:27:42.000-05:00
diff --git a/docs/01_Welcome.md b/docs/01_Welcome.md
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-# Welcome
-
-Welcome to the Atlas Search Fundamentals Workshop! In this interactive session, you'll learn how to use the MongoDB Atlas Search Playground to create and test powerful search queries for an Airbnb-like dataset, all without the need for setting up your own cluster.
+# Welcome!
 
 This workshop presents the fundamental concepts of the full-text search capabilities provided by Atlas Search, and empowers developers with best practice techniques to bring powerful search experiences to their applications. Developers will engage with a number of practical exercises to gain experience and confidence in understanding textual analysis and tokenization, configuring field types, and leveraging search operators for better relevancy.
 
@@ -25,3 +23,13 @@ This workshop presents the fundamental concepts of the full-text search capabili
 
 5. **Data modeling and schema design for Atlas Search**
   - Best practices
+
+## TODO
+
+Fill in any other blanks for welcoming and setting the stage for the workshop.
+
+## The Exercises
+
+This workshop uses the Atlas Search Playground for the exercises. All you need is a browser and network connectivity. This handy developer tool allows us to work in an isolated, focused environment
+with no setup.
+
diff --git a/docs/10_About_workshop/1_intro.md b/docs/10_About_workshop/1_intro.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ There are two tools in the Playground:
   * `Code Sandbox`: your data, an index configuration, an aggregation pipeline, and results
   * `Search Demo Builder`: a configurable search UI on your data
 
-The exercises will use the Code Sandbox, as it allows saving and sharing links to the full environment and allows us to work on one topic at a time.
+The exercises will only use the Code Sandbox, as it allows saving and sharing links to the full environment and allows us to work on one topic at a time. We'll cover the Search Demo Builder briefly near the end of thw workshop.
 
 ## Code Sandbox layout
 
diff --git a/docs/10_About_workshop/2_lets_go.mdx b/docs/10_About_workshop/2_lets_go.mdx
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ we'll get there next. See if you can solve it with what you already know or expe
 
 1. Navigate to this Playground snapshot: 
    https://search-playground.mongodb.com/tools/code-sandbox/snapshots/6782aea0667feaaf06324b87
-2. Press "Run" (TODO: bring in the Run graphic)
+2. Press "Run"
 3. Notice the empty `[]` results
 
 The objective with this exercise is to adjust the `FIX_ME` in the `$search` aggregation pipeline stage so that the document (in the Data Source pane) matches the query and appears in the Results pane.
 
-TODO: insert un-fixed playground screenshot
+![Playground intro exercise](/img/playground_intro_exercise.png)
+
+![Run button](/img/playground_run.png)
 
 <details>
 <summary>Here's a solution...</summary>
diff --git a/docs/15_Overview/1_system.md b/docs/15_Overview/1_system.md
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 # 📘 Atlas Search architecture
 
+Atlas Search provides powerful findability capabilities to your data collections. A flexible index configuration allows mapping and indexing only the fields needed, or dynamically mapping any and all fields supported. 
+
+![big picture](/img/big_picture.png)
+
+
 ![system diagram](/img/system_diagram.png)
 
+Changes to a collection via updates, deletes, or additions are *eventually consistent*, meaning the
+index is updated independently of changes to the collection in a separate process, asynchronously. The lag between a change made to the database and refelected in a subsequent search is dependent on many factors such as deployment tier and architecture, the complexity of the index mapping, the other changes that are also queued, and the laws of physics.
+
+The Atlas Search process can be deployed either coupled alongside the database nodes, or on separate dedicated nodes. Dedicated nodes provide separation of concerns, alleviating resource contention. Dedicated search nodes are recommended for production workloads.
+
 ## Coupled nodes
 ![coupled nodes](/img/coupled.png)
 
diff --git a/docs/17_Index_configuration/2_index_config.md b/docs/17_Index_configuration/2_index_config.md
diff --git a/docs/17_Index_configuration/3_field_mapping.mdx b/docs/17_Index_configuration/3_field_mapping.mdx
@@ -1,27 +1,54 @@
-# Field types
+# 👐 Field types
 
-## boolean
-equals: https://search-playground.mongodb.com/tools/code-playground/snapshots/669e6ab1d49ef6fad98118b4
+Document fields are mapped to a search index based on their BSON data type.
 
-## date
-range: https://search-playground.mongodb.com/tools/code-playground/snapshots/669e6b18d49ef6fad98118b6
+When `dynamic: "true"`, a field is indexed if its field type is supported.
 
-## number
-range: https://search-playground.mongodb.com/tools/code-playground/snapshots/669e6b4ad49ef6fad98118b8
+When a field name is explicitly/statically mapped, it will be indexed if the field type also matches the
+mapped type.
 
-## geo
-geoWithin: https://search-playground.mongodb.com/tools/code-playground/snapshots/669e6b762ce7658e786edbfa
-Requires explicit geo type mapping, since dynamic mappings don’t support geo.
+**TODO**: Turn each of these playgrounds into a challenge
 
-## autocomplete
+## Basic field types
+
+### boolean
+  * `equals`: https://search-playground.mongodb.com/tools/code-playground/snapshots/669e6ab1d49ef6fad98118b4
+  * `in`: ...
+
+### date
+  * `equals`: ...
+  * `in`: ...
+  * `near`: ...
+  * `range`: https://search-playground.mongodb.com/tools/code-playground/snapshots/669e6b18d49ef6fad98118b6
+
+### number
+  * `equals`: 
+  * `in`: ...
+  * `near`: ...
+  * `range`: https://search-playground.mongodb.com/tools/code-playground/snapshots/669e6b4ad49ef6fad98118b8
+
+### ObjectId
+  * `equals`: https://search-playground.mongodb.com/tools/code-sandbox/snapshots/678506c2b6487c1cfd0bb540
+  * `in`: 
+
+### geo
+Dynamic mapping does not support geo-spatial fields, and require a manual/static mapping configuration.
+
+  * `geoWithin`: https://search-playground.mongodb.com/tools/code-playground/snapshots/669e6b762ce7658e786edbfa
+  * `geoShape`: 
+  * `near`: 
+
+## Other field types
+
+### autocomplete
 blah, don’t do it! ;)
 See also: Relevant As-You-Type Suggestions Search Solution
 
-## document
+### document
 
 Default dynamic mapping behavior, flattens nested documents into “arrays” of values on main document
 
-## embeddedDocument
+### embeddedDocument
 Attribute pattern k/v matching, more nuanced than document type flattening
 See cool tricks for embedded documents
 
diff --git a/docs/17_Index_configuration/4_string.mdx b/docs/17_Index_configuration/4_string.mdx
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# 📘 String fields
diff --git a/docs/17_Index_configuration/_category.json b/docs/17_Index_configuration/_category.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "label": "XXXX",
+  "position": 4,
+  "link": {
+      "type": "generated-index",
+      "description": "In this section, you'll install all required software."
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docs/90_Summary.mdx b/docs/90_Summary.mdx
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 Congratulations!  
 
-## Additional topics
+## Search Demo Builder
+
+Do a demonstration of this tool, discussing it's sweet spot
+
+## Search topics not covered here
 
 * Faceting
 * Highlighting
diff --git a/static/img/big_picture.png b/static/img/big_picture.png
diff --git a/static/img/playground_intro_exercise.png b/static/img/playground_intro_exercise.png
diff --git a/static/img/playground_run.png b/static/img/playground_run.png
