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Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/stages-list.md). # Stages list The following table lists all available XQL pipeline stages: | Stage | Description | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | [`alter`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/alter.md) | Manipulate data by changing existing field values or creating new fields | | [`arrayexpand`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/arrayexpand.md) | Expand an array field into multiple rows | | [`bin`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/bin.md) | Group numeric values into bins | | [`call`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/call.md) | Call a saved XQL query | | [`comp`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/comp.md) | Aggregate data using grouping and aggregate functions | | [`config`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/config.md) | Configure query settings | | [`dataset`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/dataset.md) | Specify the dataset to query | | [`dedup`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/dedup.md) | Remove duplicate rows | | [`fields`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/fields.md) | Select or exclude specific fields | | [`filter`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/filter.md) | Filter rows based on a condition | | [`iploc`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/iploc.md) | Enrich IP addresses with geolocation data | | [`join`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/join.md) | Join two datasets | | [`limit`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/limit.md) | Limit the number of rows returned | | [`pivot`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/pivot.md) | Rotate row-level data into columns using aggregate functions | | [`preset`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/presets.md) | Apply preset configurations | | [`replacenull`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/replacenull.md) | Replace null values with a specified value | | [`search`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/search.md) | Search for records matching a text query | | [`sort`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/sort.md) | Sort rows by one or more fields | | [`tag`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/tag.md) | Add tags to query results | | [`target`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/target.md) | Specify the target output for query results | | [`top`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/top.md) | Return the top N rows by a specified field | | [`transaction`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/transaction.md) | Group events into transactions | | [`transpose`](https://github.com/jrosenpanw/doc_a/blob/main/Cortex_XQL_Command_Reference/Q4/transpose.md) | Transpose rows into columns | | [`union`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/union.md) | Combine the results of two or more queries | | [`view`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/view.md) | Query a saved view | | [`windowcomp`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/windowcomp.md) | Perform analytic (window) functions over a defined window of rows without collapsing the dataset | | Stage | Description | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | [`alter`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/alter.md) | Manipulate data by changing existing field values or creating new fields | | [`arrayexpand`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/arrayexpand.md) | Expand an array field into multiple rows | | [`bin`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/bin.md) | Group numeric values into bins | | [`call`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/call.md) | Call a saved XQL query | | [`comp`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/comp.md) | Aggregate data using grouping and aggregate functions | | [`config`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/config.md) | Configure query settings | | [`dataset`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/dataset.md) | Specify the dataset to query | | [`dedup`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/dedup.md) | Remove duplicate rows | | [`fields`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/fields.md) | Select or exclude specific fields | | [`filter`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/filter.md) | Filter rows based on a condition | | [`iploc`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/iploc.md) | Enrich IP addresses with geolocation data | | [`join`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/join.md) | Join two datasets | | [`limit`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/limit.md) | Limit the number of rows returned | | [`pivot`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/pivot.md) | Rotate row-level data into columns using aggregate functions | | [`preset`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/presets.md) | Apply preset configurations | | [`replacenull`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/replacenull.md) | Replace null values with a specified value | | [`search`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/search.md) | Perform free-text searches across ingested data | | [`sort`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/sort.md) | Sort rows by one or more fields | | [`tag`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/tag.md) | Add tags to query results | | [`target`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/target.md) | Specify the target output for query results | | [`top`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/top.md) | Return the top N rows by a specified field | | [`transaction`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/transaction.md) | Group events into transactions | | [`transpose`](https://github.com/jrosenpanw/doc_a/blob/main/Cortex_XQL_Command_Reference/Q4/transpose.md) | Transpose rows into columns | | [`union`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/union.md) | Combine the results of two or more queries | | [`view`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/view.md) | Query a saved view | | [`windowcomp`](/xql-command-reference-guide/readme/stages/windowcomp.md) | Perform analytic (window) functions over a defined window of rows without collapsing the dataset | --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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