Use aliases and comments in queries
Create queries
that contain aliases.
Use aliases
to rename log fields or
when extracting values
into fields.
Use the keyword as
to give a log field or result an alias.
You can use more than one alias
in a query.
You can use aliases
in the following commands:
-
fields -
parse -
sort -
stats
The following examples show how to create queries that contain aliases.
Example
The query contains an alias
in the fields command.
fields @timestamp, @message, accountId as ID | sort @timestamp desc | limit 20
The query returns the values
for the fields @timestamp, @message, and accountId.
The results are sorted
in descending order and limited
to 20.
The values
for accountId
are listed
under the alias ID.
Example
The query contains aliases
in the sort and stats commands.
stats count(*) by duration as time | sort time desc
The query counts the number
of times
the field duration occurs
in the log group
and sorts the results
in descending order.
The values
for duration
are listed
under the alias time.
Use comments
CloudWatch Logs Insights supports comments in queries. Use the hash character (#) to set off comments. You can use comments to ignore lines in queries or document queries.
Example: Query
When the following query is run, the second line is ignored.
fields @timestamp, @message, accountId # | filter accountId not like "7983124201998" | sort @timestamp desc | limit 20
