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Query Language

VAST query language (or VASTQL) allows for flexible extraction of events. It is currently limited to the expression language to filter a subset of data.

Language Evolution​

Moving forward, we plan to go beyond pure filter and add a pipeline-style dataflow processing engine. This engine exists partially today to transform data, but needs further work to be available for user queries.

The basic idea is that a query consists of two connected pieces: a dataset to represent a data source and a pipeline as a squence of operators to process the data.

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To date, a VAST expression takes the role of a dataset and the pipeline is a transformation. VAST implements a few operators as custom commands, such as pivot and explore. Stay tuned.