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ES|QL source commands

An ES|QL source command produces a table, typically with data from Elasticsearch. An ES|QL query must start with a source command.

A source command producing a table from Elasticsearch

ES|QL supports these source commands:

FROM
PROMQL
ROW
SHOW
TS

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