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Sumo Logic Help uses the following document text conventions. 

Code Blocks

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

| 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

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

Bold text

Bold text denotes elements of the user interface that you interact with. For example:

  1. Go to Manage > Collection.
  2. Click Upgrade Collectors.

(For menu cascades, we use the > symbol.)

We also use bold text for the following items:

  • Keywords
  • File names

Notes

We use a few different types of notes to bring attention to important points.