SAQL Basic Elements

Basic elements are the building blocks of your SAQL query.

Statements

A SAQL query loads input data, operates on it, and outputs the result data. A query is made up of statements. Each SAQL statement has an input stream, an operation, and an output stream.
Keywords

Keywords are case-sensitive and must be lowercase.
Identifiers

SAQL identifiers are case-sensitive and must be enclosed in single quotation marks (’).
Number Literals

A number literal represents a number in your script.
String Literals

A string is a set of characters inside double quotes (”).
Boolean Literals

A boolean literal represents true or false (yes or no) in your script.
Multivalue Field

A multivalue field contains more than one value.
Quoted String Escape Sequences

Strings can be escaped with the backslash character.
Special Characters

Certain characters have special meanings in SAQL.
Comments

To add a single-line comment in SAQL, preface your comment with two hyphens (--). To add a multi-line comment, start your comment with a forward slash and asterisk (/*) and end it with an asterisk and forward slash (*/).