Search Filter Operators

Supported operators for Panther's Search tool

Supported operators

Operator	Usage guidelines	Supported field types	Examples
is / is not	Valid for a single value. Results include only events where the field matches/ does not match the value in the filter.	string, number	username is “root”
is empty / is not empty	Valid for an event where the field's value is not specified. The operator tests only for the absence of data.	string	errors_list is empty
is in list / is not in list	Valid for multiple values. Results include only events where the field matches/does not match an entry in the list of values in the filter.	string	username is in [ “root”, “admin” ]
has substring / does not have substring	Valid for a single value. Results include only events where the field contains/does not contain the value in the filter.	string	domain contains “.google.com”
like / is not like	Valid for a single value. Results include only events where the field matches the pattern specified in the filter. Wildcards are supported in the pattern.	string	role like “admin_” role like "%admin%" role like "admin*" An underscore (_) matches any single character. A percent sign (%) or asterisk (*) matches any sequence of zero or more characters.
equals / does not equal	Valid for a single value. Results include only events where the field matches/does not match the value in the filter.	number	count = 100
is greater than	Valid for a single value. Results include only events where the field is greater than the value in the filter.	number	port > 1023
is less than	Valid for a single value. Results include only events where the field is less than the value in the filter.	number	port < 1024
is greater than or equal to	Valid for a single value. Results include only events where the field is greater than or equal to the value in the filter.	number	count ≥ 1
is less than or equal to	Valid for a single value. Results include only events where the field is less than or equal to the value in the filter.	number	count ≤ 100
has / does not have	Valid for events that contain a specific single value. Results include only events that contain/do not contain the value in the filter.	array	domain has "google.com" where domain is an array of values
has any / does not have any	Valid for events that contain any one of an array of values. Results include only events that contain/do not contain any of the values in the array.	array	domain has any "google.com", "yahoo.com" where domain is an array of values
is true / is false	Valid for a single boolean value. Results include events where the boolean field is true or false.	boolean	success is true
is after	Valid for a single time value. Results include events that occurred after the specified time value.	time	timestamp is after 01/19/2023 2:48 PM UTC
is before	Valid for a single time value. Results include events that occurred before the specified time value.	time	timestamp is before 01/19/2023 2:48 PM UTC
is null / is not null	Valid for an event where the field's value is null. The operator tests for a null value.	universal	errorCode is null
contains / does not contain	Valid for events that include objects that contain/do not contain fields with values that match the value in the filter. The provided key in the filter can be top level or can use dot notation to indicate a nested path.	object	actor contains username actor.attributes does not contain Admin where actor is a nested object

Supported field types

Field types	Description
string	A string value
number	A 32-bit integer number or 64-bit floating point number
boolean	A boolean value true / false
array	A JSON array where each element is of the same type
time	A valid timestamp
object	A JSON object