> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-xdr-3.x/cortex-xdr-3.x-documentation/investigate-and-respond-to-incidents/investigate-alerts/triage-and-investigate-alerts/query-incident-and-alert-data.md).

# Query incident and alert data

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### Notice

XQL queries are available in Cortex XDR Pro only.
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You can query incident and alert data in the `incidents` and `alerts` datasets. When using the `alerts` dataset, keep in mind the following:

* Info alerts are not included in the this dataset.
* Alert fields are limited to certain fields available in the API. For the full list, see [Get Alerts Multi-Events v2 API](https://docs-cortex.paloaltonetworks.com/r/Cortex-XDR-REST-API/Get-Alerts-Multi-Events-v2).


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