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[Request][ESS] Update ES|QL rule type metadata operator syntax #5167

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12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions docs/detections/rules-ui-create.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -318,23 +318,23 @@ Non-aggregating queries doesn't use `STATS...BY` functions and doesn't aggregate
Here is an example non-aggregating query:
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[source,esql]
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FROM logs-* [metadata _id, _index, _version]
FROM logs-* METADATA _id, _index, _version
| WHERE event.category == "process" AND event.id == "8a4f500d"
| LIMIT 10
-----
- This query starts by querying logs from indices that match the pattern `logs-*`. The `[metadata _id, _index, _version]` operator allows <<esql-non-agg-query-dedupe,alert deduplication>>.
- This query starts by querying logs from indices that match the pattern `logs-*`. The `METADATA _id, _index, _version` operator allows <<esql-non-agg-query-dedupe,alert deduplication>>.
- Next, the query filters events where the `event.category` is a process and the `event.id` is `8a4f500d`.
- Then, it limits the output to the top 10 results.

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[[esql-non-agg-query-dedupe]]
===== Turn on alert deduplication for rules using non-aggregating queries

To deduplicate alerts, a query needs access to the `_id`, `_index`, and `_version` metadata fields of the queried source event documents. You can allow this by adding the `[metadata _id, _index, _version]` operator after the `FROM` source command, for example:
To deduplicate alerts, a query needs access to the `_id`, `_index`, and `_version` metadata fields of the queried source event documents. You can allow this by adding the `METADATA _id, _index, _version` operator after the `FROM` source command, for example:

[source,esql]
-----
FROM logs-* [metadata _id, _index, _version]
FROM logs-* METADATA _id, _index, _version
| WHERE event.category == "process" AND event.id == "8a4f500d"
| LIMIT 10
-----
Expand All @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ Here is an example of a query that fails to deduplicate alerts. It uses the `DRO

[source,esql]
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FROM logs-* [metadata _id, _index, _version]
FROM logs-* METADATA _id, _index, _version
| WHERE event.category == "process" AND event.id == "8a4f500d"
| DROP _id
| LIMIT 10
Expand All @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ Here is another example of an invalid query that uses the `KEEP` command to only

[source,esql]
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FROM logs-* [metadata _id, _index, _version]
FROM logs-* METADATA _id, _index, _version
| WHERE event.category == "process" AND event.id == "8a4f500d"
| KEEP event.*
| LIMIT 10
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