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slug: /search/search-query-language
title: Search Query Language
description: Master Sumo Logic's search query language to run advanced log searches, create visualizations, and unlock powerful insights from your data.
canonical: https://www.sumologic.com/help/docs/search/search-query-language/
---

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In this section, we'll introduce the following concepts:

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  <p>Available search operators in the Sumo Logic search query language.</p>
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  <p>Sumo Logic provides a number of ways to parse fields in your log messages.</p>
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  <p>Evaluate messages and place them into groups.</p>
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   <p>Overview of the expressions that create user-defined numeric, boolean, or string fields.</p>
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  <p>Use general mathematical expressions on numerical data extracted from log lines.</p>
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     <p>Find and group related log data.</p>
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## Syntax style

Sumo Logic search query language syntax is written in the following styles.

### Code Font

Search syntax, queries, parameters, and filenames are displayed in `Regular Code Font`.

**Required and optional arguments:**

* A required argument is wrapped in angle brackets `< >`.
* An optional argument is wrapped in square brackets `[ ]`.

Example:

```sumo
| parse [field=<field_name>] "<start_anchor>*<stop_anchor>" as <field> [nodrop]
```

The required arguments are `<start_anchor>`, `<stop_anchor>`, and `<field>`.
The optional arguments are `[field=<field_name>]` and the `[nodrop]` option.

**One or more arguments:**

* An argument that can be specified more than once has an ellipsis ... to indicate where you may add additional arguments.

Example:

```sumo
concat(<field1>, <field2>[, <field3>, ...]) as <field>
```

:::sumo
For a collection of customer-created search queries and their use cases, see the [Community Query Library](https://support.sumologic.com/support/s/topiccatalog).
:::