elasticsearch/docs/reference/esql/processing-commands/where.asciidoc

[discrete]
[[esql-where]]
=== `WHERE`

Use `WHERE` to produce a table that contains all the rows from the input table
for which the provided condition evaluates to `true`:

[source,esql]
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include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=where]
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Which, if `still_hired` is a boolean field, can be simplified to:

[source,esql]
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include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=whereBoolean]
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[discrete]
==== Operators

Refer to <<esql-operators>> for an overview of the supported operators.

[discrete]
==== Functions
`WHERE` supports various functions for calculating values. Refer to
<<esql-functions,Functions>> for more information.

[source,esql]
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include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=whereFunction]
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