Summary

The fieldAliasSchemaOnView() GraphQL query is used to retrieve the active schema and its field aliases of a view.

API Stability Long-Term

Syntax

graphql
fieldAliasSchemaOnView(
      repoOrViewName: string!
   ): FieldAliasSchema!

For the input of this query, give the name of the repository or view you want to query within quote marks. For the results, you can request the schema's identifier and name, a list of fields and other items (see the Returned Values section).

Example

Raw
graphql
query {
  fieldAliasSchemaOnView(repoOrViewName: "humio") {
    id, name, fields {
      description
    }
  }
}
Mac OS or Linux (curl)
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "query {
  fieldAliasSchemaOnView(repoOrViewName: \"humio\") {
    id, name, fields {
      description
    }
  }
}"
}
EOF
Mac OS or Linux (curl) One-line
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "query {
  fieldAliasSchemaOnView(repoOrViewName: \"humio\") {
    id, name, fields {
      description
    }
  }
}"
}
EOF
Windows Cmd and curl
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql ^
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" ^
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" ^
    -d @'{"query" : "query { ^
  fieldAliasSchemaOnView(repoOrViewName: \"humio\") { ^
    id, name, fields { ^
      description ^
    } ^
  } ^
}" ^
} '
Windows Powershell and curl
powershell
curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "query {
  fieldAliasSchemaOnView(repoOrViewName: \"humio\") {
    id, name, fields {
      description
    }
  }
}"
}'
    "$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql"
Perl
perl
#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP;

my $TOKEN = "TOKEN";

my $uri = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql';

my $query = "query {
  fieldAliasSchemaOnView(repoOrViewName: \"humio\") {
    id, name, fields {
      description
    }
  }
}";
$query =~ s/\n/ /g;
my $json = sprintf('{"query" : "%s"}',$query);
my $req = HTTP::Request->new("POST", $uri );

$req->header("Authorization" => "Bearer $TOKEN");
$req->header("Content-Type" => "application/json");

$req->content( $json );

my $lwp = LWP::UserAgent->new;

my $result = $lwp->request( $req );

print $result->{"_content"},"\n";
Python
python
#! /usr/local/bin/python3

import requests

url = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql'
mydata = r'''{"query" : "query {
  fieldAliasSchemaOnView(repoOrViewName: \"humio\") {
    id, name, fields {
      description
    }
  }
}"
}'''

resp = requests.post(url,
                     data = mydata,
                     headers = {
   "Authorization" : "Bearer $TOKEN",
   "Content-Type" : "application/json"
}
)

print(resp.text)
Node.js
javascript
const https = require('https');

const data = JSON.stringify(
    {"query" : "query {
  fieldAliasSchemaOnView(repoOrViewName: \"humio\") {
    id, name, fields {
      description
    }
  }
}"
}
);


const options = {
  hostname: '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL',
  path: 'graphql',
  port: 443,
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': data.length,
    Authorization: 'BEARER ' + process.env.TOKEN,
    'User-Agent': 'Node',
  },
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`);

  res.on('data', (d) => {
    data += d;
  });
  res.on('end', () => {
    console.log(JSON.parse(data).data);
  });
});

req.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error(error);
});

req.write(data);
req.end();
Example Responses
Success (HTTP Response Code 200 OK)
json
{
  "data": {
    "fieldAliasSchemaOnView": {
      "id": "abc123",
      "name": "Tester",
      "fields": [
        {
          "description": "Host"
        },
        {
          "description": "IP Address"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Returned Values

For the results, you can request a schema's unique identifier and name. You can also request a list of fields and their descriptions for the schema, and mapping of instances. The table below lists and describes these and others.

Table: FieldAliasSchema Datatype

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultStabilityDescription
Some input parameters may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For return values, this indicates that you are assured a value if the field is requested for the results.
Table last updated: Mar 26, 2025
fields[SchemaField]yes Long-TermThe schema fields. See SchemaField.
idstringyes Long-TermThe unique identifier of the field alias schema.
instances[AliasMapping]yes Long-TermThe instances used. See AliasMapping.
namestringyes Long-TermThe name of the schema.
versionstringyes Long-TermThe version.
yamlTemplateYAMLyes Long-TermA yaml template. YAML is a scalar.