elasticsearch/docs/reference/esql/processing-commands/dissect.asciidoc
Alexander Spies da5392134f
ESQL: Validate unique plan attribute names (#110488)
* Enforce an invariant in our dependency checker so that logical plans never have duplicate output attribute names or ids.
* Fix ROW to not produce columns with duplicate names.
* Fix ResolveUnionTypes to not create multiple synthetic field attributes for the same union type.
* Add tests for commands using the same column name more than once.
* Update docs w.r.t. how commands behave if they are used with duplicate column names.
2024-07-17 11:39:02 +02:00

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[discrete]
[[esql-dissect]]
=== `DISSECT`
`DISSECT` enables you to <<esql-process-data-with-dissect-and-grok,extract
structured data out of a string>>.
**Syntax**
[source,esql]
----
DISSECT input "pattern" [APPEND_SEPARATOR="<separator>"]
----
*Parameters*
`input`::
The column that contains the string you want to structure. If the column has
multiple values, `DISSECT` will process each value.
`pattern`::
A <<esql-dissect-patterns,dissect pattern>>.
If a field name conflicts with an existing column, the existing column is dropped.
If a field name is used more than once, only the rightmost duplicate creates a column.
`<separator>`::
A string used as the separator between appended values, when using the <<esql-append-modifier,append modifier>>.
*Description*
`DISSECT` enables you to <<esql-process-data-with-dissect-and-grok,extract
structured data out of a string>>. `DISSECT` matches the string against a
delimiter-based pattern, and extracts the specified keys as columns.
Refer to <<esql-process-data-with-dissect>> for the syntax of dissect patterns.
*Examples*
// tag::examples[]
The following example parses a string that contains a timestamp, some text, and
an IP address:
[source.merge.styled,esql]
----
include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=basicDissect]
----
[%header.monospaced.styled,format=dsv,separator=|]
|===
include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=basicDissect-result]
|===
By default, `DISSECT` outputs keyword string columns. To convert to another
type, use <<esql-type-conversion-functions>>:
[source.merge.styled,esql]
----
include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=dissectWithToDatetime]
----
[%header.monospaced.styled,format=dsv,separator=|]
|===
include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=dissectWithToDatetime-result]
|===
// end::examples[]