General reference

Lists reference topics for SLS data transformation syntax.

Topic	Description
Standard encoding formats	Standard encoding formats supported by SLS.
Query string syntax	SLS DSL syntax for filtering log data and simplifying condition matching.
Field extraction modes	Values and meanings of the mode parameter for field extraction in different functions.
Regular expressions	Regex matching modes and methods to escape special characters.
Grok pattern reference	Combines predefined regex patterns to match, split text, and map segments to keys for log processing.
JMESPath syntax	Common JMESPath syntax with usage examples.
Date and time formatting directives	ANSI C directives for parsing and formatting date and time strings.
Time zones	Valid time zone parameter values for date and time functions.