Exploring your data with ES|QL

In this recipe, we will explore ES|QL, a relatively new and highly effective query language in Elasticsearch. ES|QL is crafted to encompass all the functionalities of existing languages within Elasticsearch through a unified, piped command syntax and data model. It supports many commands and functions, allowing users to execute a variety of data operations, including filtering, aggregation, and time series analysis, among others. This makes ES|QL a versatile tool for managing and analyzing data within the Elastic Stack.

You’ll get a glimpse of the vast possibilities in terms of data exploration and analysis offered by ES|QL. Specifically, we’re going to cover the following aspects:

• Chaining processing commands
• ES|QL aggregations
• Lookups

Getting ready

To follow along with this recipe, you’ll need an up-and-running Elastic deployment with Elasticsearch and Kibana. Additionally, you should have completed...