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Cortex XDR XQL Language Reference

Product
Cortex XDR
Creation date
2024-07-16
Last date published
2024-10-06
Category
Reference Guide
Abstract

Learn more about the Cortex Query Language to_string function that converts a number value to a string.

Syntax

to_string (<field>)

Description

The to_string() function converts a number value of a given field to a string.

Examples

Display the first non-NULL action_boot_time field value. In a second column called abt_string, use the concat function to prepend "str: " to the value, and then display it.

dataset = xdr_data 
| fields action_boot_time as abt 
| filter abt != null 
| alter abt_string = concat("str: ", to_string(abt)) 
| limit 1