SumoLogic Concepts

Internal

• SumoLogic

Search

The search syntax is based on the "funnel" or the "pipeline" concept. The pipeline input receives all SumoLogic data, and data is filtered b entering keywords and operators, separated by pipes ("|"). Each operator acts on the results produced by previous operators, so data is being progressively filtered out. The typical search query syntax is similar to:

keyword search or string search | parse | where | group-by | sort | limit

All queries start with a keyword search or a string search.

Keyword

Keywords are case insensitive.

How to figure out the complete list of valid keywords.

Most used keywords:

• _sourceCategory

Metadata

Search Metadata

Metadata fields:

_collector

The name of the Collector, as set when the Collector was installed, that received the log message.

_source

The name of the Source, as set when the Source was configured.

_sourceName

The name of the log file, as the path that was uses when the Source was configured.

_sourceCategory

The category of the Source that collected the message. The source category can be a maximum of 1,024 characters.

_sourceHost

The host name of the Source. For local Sources the name of the Source as set when the Source is configured. For remote Collectors, this field uses the remote host's name. The _sourceHost metadata field is populated using a reverse DNS lookup. If the name cannot be resolved, _sourceHost is displayed as "localhost". This can be a maximum of 128 characters.

Wildcards

• means zero or more characters.

? means a single character.

Source

Sources