ESQL: Begin documenting MV behaviors on non-aggs

x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/date.csv-spec

@@ -461,6 +461,22 @@ ROW end_23=TO_DATETIME("2023-12-31T23:59:59.999Z"),
 // end::evalDateDiffYearForDocs-result[]
 ;
 
+dateDiffMv
+// tag::date-diff-mv[]
+ROW lhs=TO_DATETIME(["2024-01-01", "2024-02-01"]),
+    rhs=TO_DATETIME("2024-03-01")
+| EVAL diff=DATE_DIFF("year", lhs, rhs)
+// end::date-diff-mv[]
+;
+warning:Line 3:13: evaluation of [DATE_DIFF(\"year\", lhs, rhs)] failed, treating result as null. Only first 20 failures recorded.
+warning:Line 3:13: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: single-value function encountered multi-value
+
+// tag::date-diff-mv-result[]
+            lhs:date        |          rhs:date       | diff:integer
+["2024-01-01", "2024-02-01"]| 2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z| null
+// end::date-diff-mv-result[]
+;
+
 evalDateParseWithSimpleDate
 row a = "2023-02-01" | eval b = date_parse("yyyy-MM-dd", a) | keep b;
 
@@ -619,6 +635,34 @@ emp_no:integer  | new_date:datetime          | birth_date:datetime       | bool:
 10050           | 1958-05-21T00:00:00.000Z   | 1958-05-21T00:00:00.000Z  | true
 ;
 
+dateParseSimple
+// tag::date-parse[]
+ROW v = "2022-05-06"
+| EVAL date = DATE_PARSE("yyyy-MM-dd", v)
+// end::date-parse[]
+;
+
+//tag::date-parse-result[]
+ v:keyword | date:date
+2022-05-06 | 2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
+// end::date-parse-result[]
+;
+
+dateParseMv
+// tag::date-parse-mv[]
+ROW v = ["2022-05-06", "2022-06-06"]
+| EVAL date = DATE_PARSE("yyyy-MM-dd", v)
+// end::date-parse-mv[]
+;
+warning:Line 2:15: evaluation of [DATE_PARSE(\"yyyy-MM-dd\", v)] failed, treating result as null. Only first 20 failures recorded.
+warning:Line 2:15: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: single-value function encountered multi-value
+
+//tag::date-parse-mv-result[]
+          v:keyword         | date:date
+["2022-05-06", "2022-06-06"]| null
+// end::date-parse-mv-result[]
+;
+
 dateFields
 from employees | where emp_no == 10049 or emp_no == 10050 
 | eval year = date_extract("year", birth_date), month = date_extract("month_of_year", birth_date), day = date_extract("day_of_month", birth_date)
@@ -1061,6 +1105,21 @@ a:integer | df:keyword
 1         | 1989-06-02
 ;
 
+dateFormatMv
+// tag::date-format-mv[]
+ROW v = TO_DATETIME(["2024-01-01", "2024-02-01"])
+| EVAL fmt = DATE_FORMAT("yyyy-MM-dd", v)
+// end::date-format-mv[]
+;
+warning:Line 2:14: evaluation of [DATE_FORMAT(\"yyyy-MM-dd\", v)] failed, treating result as null. Only first 20 failures recorded.
+warning:Line 2:14: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: single-value function encountered multi-value
+
+// tag::date-format-mv-result[]
+            v:date           | fmt:keyword
+["2024-01-01", "2024-02-01"] | null
+// end::date-format-mv-result[]
+;
+
 docsDateTrunc
 // tag::docsDateTrunc[]
 FROM employees

x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/docs.csv-spec

@@ -310,19 +310,6 @@ Saniya         |Kalloufi       |2.1          |6.9
 // end::round-result[]
 ;
 
-dateParse
-// tag::dateParse[]
-ROW date_string = "2022-05-06"
-| EVAL date = DATE_PARSE("yyyy-MM-dd", date_string)
-// end::dateParse[]
-;
-
-//tag::dateParse-result[]
-date_string:keyword | date:date
-2022-05-06          | 2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
-// end::dateParse-result[]
-;
-
 docsReplace
 //tag::replaceString[]
 ROW str = "Hello World"

x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/math.csv-spec

@@ -1492,6 +1492,19 @@ l:integer
 -10000
 ;
 
+leastMv
+// tag::least-mv[]
+ROW a = 10, b = [20, 1]
+| EVAL g = LEAST(a, b)
+// end::least-mv[]
+;
+
+// tag::least-mv-result[]
+a:integer | b:integer | g:integer
+       10 |   [20, 1] | 1
+// end::least-mv-result[]
+;
+
 
 greatest
 // tag::greatest[]
@@ -1521,10 +1534,16 @@ g:integer
 ;
 
 greatestMv
-ROW g=GREATEST([10, 4], 1);
+// tag::greatest-mv[]
+ROW a = 10, b = [20, 1]
+| EVAL g = GREATEST(a, b)
+// end::greatest-mv[]
+;
 
-g:integer
-10
+// tag::greatest-mv-result[]
+a:integer | b:integer | g:integer
+       10 |   [20, 1] | 20
+// end::greatest-mv-result[]
 ;
 
 leastGreatestMany

x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/null.csv-spec

@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ a:null | b:keyword | COALESCE(a, b):keyword
 // end::coalesce-result[]
 ;
 
+coalesceMv#[skip:-8.12.99,reason:expression spaces are maintained since 8.13]
+// tag::coalesce-mv[]
+ROW a=null, b=["1", "2"]
+| EVAL COALESCE(a, b)
+// end::coalesce-mv[]
+;
+
+// tag::coalesce-mv-result[]
+a:null | b:keyword | COALESCE(a, b):keyword
+  null |["1", "2"] | ["1", "2"]
+// end::coalesce-mv-result[]
+;
+
 coalesce
 FROM employees
 | EVAL first_name = COALESCE(first_name, "X")

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/scalar/conditional/Greatest.java

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.type.DataType.NULL;
 
 /**
- * Returns the maximum value of multiple columns.
+ * Returns the maximum value of multiple columns. This will correctly return the
+ * greatest value across multivalue fields.
  */
 public class Greatest extends EsqlScalarFunction implements OptionalArgument {
     public static final NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry ENTRY = new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(Expression.class, "Greatest", Greatest::new);
@@ -48,7 +49,9 @@ public class Greatest extends EsqlScalarFunction implements OptionalArgument {
             + "except it is intended to run on multiple columns at once.",
         note = "When run on `keyword` or `text` fields, this returns the last string in alphabetical order. "
             + "When run on `boolean` columns this will return `true` if any values are `true`.",
-        examples = @Example(file = "math", tag = "greatest")
+        examples = { @Example(file = "math", tag = "greatest"), @Example(description = """
+            Returns the maximum value from multivalued fields.
+            """, file = "math", tag = "greatest-mv"), }
     )
     public Greatest(
         Source source,

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/scalar/conditional/Least.java

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.type.DataType.NULL;
 
 /**
- * Returns the minimum value of multiple columns.
+ * Returns the minimum value of multiple columns. This will correctly return the
+ * least value across multivalue fields.
  */
 public class Least extends EsqlScalarFunction implements OptionalArgument {
     public static final NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry ENTRY = new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(Expression.class, "Least", Least::new);
@@ -46,7 +47,9 @@ public class Least extends EsqlScalarFunction implements OptionalArgument {
         returnType = { "boolean", "date", "date_nanos", "double", "integer", "ip", "keyword", "long", "version" },
         description = "Returns the minimum value from multiple columns. "
             + "This is similar to <<esql-mv_min>> except it is intended to run on multiple columns at once.",
-        examples = @Example(file = "math", tag = "least")
+        examples = { @Example(file = "math", tag = "least"), @Example(description = """
+            Returns the minimum value from multivalued fields.
+            """, file = "math", tag = "least-mv"), }
     )
     public Least(
         Source source,

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/scalar/date/DateDiff.java

@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ public static Part resolve(String dateTimeUnit) {
         examples = { @Example(file = "date", tag = "docsDateDiff"), @Example(description = """
             When subtracting in calendar units - like year, month a.s.o. - only the fully elapsed units are counted.
             To avoid this and obtain also remainders, simply switch to the next smaller unit and do the date math accordingly.
-            """, file = "date", tag = "evalDateDiffYearForDocs") }
+            """, file = "date", tag = "evalDateDiffYearForDocs"), @Example(description = """
+            If any column is multivalued, this will return a `null` result.
+            """, file = "date", tag = "date-diff-mv") }
     )
     public DateDiff(
         Source source,

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/scalar/date/DateFormat.java

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class DateFormat extends EsqlConfigurationFunction implements OptionalArg
     @FunctionInfo(
         returnType = "keyword",
         description = "Returns a string representation of a date, in the provided format.",
-        examples = @Example(file = "date", tag = "docsDateFormat")
+        examples = { @Example(file = "date", tag = "docsDateFormat"), @Example(file = "date", tag = "docsDateFormat"), }
     )
     public DateFormat(
         Source source,

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/scalar/date/DateParse.java

@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ public class DateParse extends EsqlScalarFunction implements OptionalArgument {
     @FunctionInfo(
         returnType = "date",
         description = "Returns a date by parsing the second argument using the format specified in the first argument.",
-        examples = @Example(file = "docs", tag = "dateParse")
+        examples = { @Example(file = "date", tag = "date-parse"), @Example(description = """
+            If any column is multivalued, this will return a `null` result.
+            """, file = "date", tag = "date-parse-mv"), }
     )
     public DateParse(
         Source source,

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/scalar/nulls/Coalesce.java

@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ public class Coalesce extends EsqlScalarFunction implements OptionalArgument {
             "long",
             "version" },
         description = "Returns the first of its arguments that is not null. If all arguments are null, it returns `null`.",
-        examples = { @Example(file = "null", tag = "coalesce") }
+        examples = { @Example(file = "null", tag = "coalesce"), @Example(description = """
+            COALESCE keeps multivalued fields.
+            """, file = "null", tag = "coalesce-mv") }
     )
     public Coalesce(
         Source source,