Special field attributes

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Add link to table

• Name: _row_url
• Type: string
• Description: Define the URL to which the entire table links.
• APL query example: extend _row_url = 'https://axiom.co/'
• Expected behavior: Make rows clickable. When clicked, go to the specified URL.

If you specify a static string as the URL, all rows link to that page. To specify a different URL for each row, use an dynamic expression like extend _row_url = strcat('https://axiom.co/', uri) where uri is a field in your data.

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Add link to values in a field

• Name: _FIELDNAME_url
• Type: string
• Description: Define a URL to which values in a field link.
• APL query example: extend _website_url = 'https://axiom.co/'
• Expected behavior: Make values in the website field clickable. When clicked, go to the specified URL.

Replace FIELDNAME with the actual name of the field.

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Add tooltip to values in a field

• Name: _FIELDNAME_tooltip
• Type: string
• Description: Define text to be displayed when hovering over values in a field.
• Example Usage: extend _errors_tooltip = 'Number of errors'
• Expected behavior: Display a tooltip with the specified text when the user hovers over values in a field.

Replace FIELDNAME with the actual name of the field.

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Add description to values in a field

• Name: _FIELDNAME_description
• Type: string
• Description: Define additional information to be displayed under the values in a field.
• Example Usage: extend _diskusage_description = 'Current disk usage'
• Expected behavior: Display additional text under the values in a field for more context.

Replace FIELDNAME with the actual name of the field.

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Example

The example APL query below adds a tooltip and a description to the values of the status field. Clicking one of the values in this field leads to a page about status codes.

['http-logs']
| extend _status_tooltip = "The status of the HTTP request is the response code from the server. It shows if an HTTP request has been successfully completed."
| extend _status_description = "This is the status of the HTTP request."
| extend _status_url = "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status"