Event & Data Manipulation Query Functions

LogScale's event and data manipulation functions allow event creation, modification and data manipulation of events and fields within the event.

Table: Event & Data Manipulation Query Functions

Function	Default Argument	Availability	Description
`array:append(array, value)`	`array`	introduced in 1.145.0	Appends single or multiple values to an array, or creates a new array if it does not already exist.
`array:contains(array, value)`	`array`		Checks whether the given value matches any of the values of the array and excludes the event if no value matches.
`array:filter(array, [asArray], function, var)`	`array`		Drops entries from the input array using the given filtering function.
`array:reduceAll(array, function, var)`	`array`		Computes a value from all events and array elements of the specified array.
`array:reduceColumn(array, [as], function, var)`	`array`		Computes an aggregate value for each array element with the same index.
`array:union(array, [as])`	`array`		Determines the set union of array values over input events.
`bitfield:extractFlags(field, [onlyTrue], output)`			Interprets an integer as a bit field and extracts the specified flags.
`coalesce([as], expressions, [ignoreEmpty])`	`expressions`		Selects the value of the first expression from a list of expressions
`concat([as], field)`	`field`		Concatenates the values of a list of fields into a value in a new field.
`concatArray([as], field, [from], [prefix], [separator], [suffix], [to])`	`field`		Concatenates values of all fields with same name and an array suffix into a new field.
`copyEvent(type)`	`type`		Duplicates event so pipeline will see both events.
`drop(fields)`	`fields`		Removes attributes or columns from a result set.
`dropEvent()`			Drops completely an event in parser pipeline to stop it from being ingested.
`eval()`			Creates a new field by evaluating the provided expression.
`format([as], field, format, [timezone])`	`format`		Formats a string using printf-style.
`getField([as], source)`			Reads dynamically-named fields that are computed from an expression.
`json:prettyPrint([as], [field], [step], [strict])`	`field`		Nicer output to a JSON field.
`lowercase(field, [include], [locale])`	`field`		Changes field name or content to lowercase for parsers.
`parseCEF([field], [headerprefix], [keeplabels], [labelprefix], [prefix])`	`field`		Parses CEF version 0.x encoded messages.
`parseCsv(columns, [delimiter], [excludeEmpty], field)`	`field`		Parses a CSV-encoded field into known columns.
`parseHexString([as], [charset], field)`	`field`		Parses input from hex encoded bytes, decoding resulting bytes as a string.
`parseJson([exclude], [excludeEmpty], field, [handleNull], [include], [prefix], [removePrefixes])`	`field`		Parses specified fields as JSON.
`parseLEEF([delimiter], [field], [headerprefix], [keeplabels], [labelprefix], [parsetime], [prefix], [timezone])`	`field`		Parses LEEF version 1.0 and 2.0 encoded messages.
`readFile(file, [include], [limit])`	`file`		Uses a .csv lookup file as data input for the query.
`rename([as], field)`	`field`		Renames one or more given fields.
`replace([as], [field], [flags], regex, [replacement], [with])`	`regex`		Replaces each substring that matches given regular expression with given replacement.
`sankey(source, target, [weight])`			Produces data compatible with Sankey widget.
`series(collect, [endmatch], [maxduration], [maxpause], [memlimit], [separator], [startmatch])`	`collect`		Collects a series of values for selected fields from multiple events into one or more events.
`setField(target, value)`			Sets fields whose names are not known but computed from an expression.
`split([field], [strip])`	`field`		Splits an event structure created by a JSON array into distinct events.
`splitString([as], by, [field], [index])`	`field`		Splits a string by specifying a regular expression by which to split.
`stripAnsiCodes([as], field)`	`field`		Removes ANSI color codes and movement commands.
`text:contains(string, substring)`	`string`	introduced in 1.145.0	Tests if a specific substring is present within a given string.
`transpose([column], [header], [limit], [pivot])`	`pivot`		Transposes a query results set by creating an event for each attribute.
`unit:convert([as], [binary], field, [from], [keepUnit], [to], [unit])`	`field`		Converts values between different units.
`upper([as], field, [locale])`	`field`		Changes contents of a string field to upper-case letters.
`urlEncode([as], field, [type])`	`field`		URL-encodes the contents of a string field.
`writeJson([as], [field])`	`field`		Writes data, including fields, as a JSON object.
`xml:prettyPrint([as], field, [step], [strict], [width])`	`field`		Nicer output to an XML field.