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It is recommended to have a basic understanding of data. Familiarity with data types, structures, and concepts will ease navigation through Kibana’s data manipulation tools.
Some SQL knowledge is useful. While not essential, basic SQL skills can come in handy for writing simple queries in ES|QL, Kibana’s query language.
Conceptual know-how on downloading, installing, and configuring Kibana and working with YAML files is essential.
If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.