SAQL Basic Elements | Analytics SAQL Reference

Statements
A SAQL query loads input data, operates on it, and outputs the result data. A query is made up of statements. Each SAQL statement has an input stream, an operation, and an output stream.

Keywords
Keywords are case-sensitive and must be lowercase.

Identifiers
SAQL identifiers are case-sensitive and must be enclosed in single quotation marks (').

Number Literals
A number literal represents a number in your script.

String Literals
A string is a set of characters inside double quotes (").

Boolean Literals
A boolean literal represents true or false (yes or no) in your script.

Quoted String Escape Sequences
Strings can be escaped with the backslash character.

Special Characters
Certain characters have special meanings in SAQL.

Comments
Two sequential hyphens (--) indicate the beginning of a single-line comment in SAQL.