How to use Search Operator in Kusto to find Records for specific Keywords | Kusto Tutorial (KQL)

Topic: How to use Search Operator in Kusto to find Records for specific Keywords

How to use Search Operator in Kusto to find Records for specific Keywords | Kusto Query Language Tutorial (KQL) Kusto Query Language is a powerful tool to explore your data and discover patterns, identify anomalies and outliers, create statistical modeling, and more. The query uses schema entities that are organized in a hierarchy similar to SQL's: databases, tables, and columns. A Kusto query is a read-only request to process data and return results. The request is stated in plain text, using a data-flow model that is easy to read, author, and automate. Kusto queries are made of one or more query statements.

 // Using Search operator  
 .create table TotalSaleAsia (  
   id: int   
   ,SalePersonFName: string  
   ,SalePersonLName : string  
   ,ProductName : string  
   ,ItemsSold : int  
   ,SoldPrice :real  
   ,SoldDate: date  
   ,City : string  
   ,State : string  
   ,Country : string  
   ,Region : string  
   )  
        
      //Insert data  
       .ingest inline into table TotalSaleAsia <|  
 11,Tamara,Tony,Cell Phone,2,1200,2015-03-03,Frankfurt,Hesse,Germany,Europe  
 9,Petra,Henry,TV,10,5000,2015-04-08,Paris,Île-de-France,France,Europe  
 3,Christy,Ladson,TV,3,1600,2015-04-02,High Point,NC,USA,North America  
 7,Chirag,Patel,Cell Phone,5,1500,2015-06-23,AhmadAbad,Gujrat,India,Asia  
 2,M,Raza,Cell Phone,2,800,2015-07-15,Charlotte,NC,USA,North America  
 5,Najaf,Ali,Computer,1,300,2015-06-20,Karachi,Sindh,Pakistan,Asia  
 6,Sukhjeet,Singh,TV,2,900,2015-06-21,ChandiGar,Punjab,India,Asia  
 4,John,Rivers,Laptop,5,2400,2014-03-09,Jersey City,NJ,USA,North America  
 8,Aleena,Aman,Laptop,2,800,2015-05-25,Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan,Asia  
 10,Rita,Roger,Laptop,7,2100,2015-04-11,Paris,Île-de-France,France,Europe  
 1,Aamir,Shahzad,TV,1,700,2015-07-15,Charlotte,NC,USA,North America  
 12,aamir,Shahzad,TV,1,7000,2015-07-15,Charlotte,NC,USA,North America  
 10,Rita,Roger,Laptop,7,2100,2015-04-11,Paris,Île-de-France,France,Europe  
 14,aamir,Shahzad,TV,1,7000,2015-07-15,Charlotte,NC,USA,South America  
 17,Chirag,Patel,Charger Cell Phone,5,1500,2015-06-23,AhmadAbad,Gujrat,India,Asia  
   
 //How to use Search in Kusto  
 // Search for a term in entire Database  
 search "aamir"  
   
 // Search in entire Table  
 TotalSale  
 | search "aamir"  
   
 // Searching by keeping case senstive in mind  
 TotalSale  
 | search kind=case_sensitive "aamir"  
   
 //Search in Multiple Tables in all columns for value   
 search in (TotalSaleAsia,TotalSale) "aamir"  
   
 //Search for value in column has the value  
 TotalSale  
 | search Region:"South"  
   
 //Search for wild characters by using * , works like has hasprefix or hassuffix  
 TotalSale  
 | search "*ce"  
   
 TotalSale  
 | search "aa*"  
   
   
 // Use search to find values which contain  
 TotalSale  
 | search "*to*"  
   
 //Search regex -   
 TotalSale  
 | search "P*b"   
   
   
 //Search in a column  
 TotalSale  
 | search SalePersonFName matches regex "ir"  
   
 //Search multiple criteria  
 TotalSale  
 | search "Asia" and ("Lahore" or "Karachi")  
   
 TotalSale  
 | search "Asia" or ("Lahore" and "Karachi")  
   
 TotalSale  
 | search "Asia" and (ItemsSold>1 and id<7)  

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