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@kolchfa-aws - Adding this to your list for review.

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@brijos Editorial review complete. Please see my comments and changes and tag me for approval when addressed. Thanks!


## Piped Processing Language: The heart of modern log analysis

For Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) and DevOps teams, log analysis is more than just searching and filtering. It's about uncovering deep insights, detecting anomalies, and maintaining system reliability. [OpenSearch's Piped Processing Language (PPL)](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/blob/main/docs/user/ppl/index.rst) is designed to meet these sophisticated needs.
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For Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) and DevOps teams, log analysis is more than just searching and filtering. It's about uncovering deep insights, detecting anomalies, and maintaining system reliability. [OpenSearch's Piped Processing Language (PPL)](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/blob/main/docs/user/ppl/index.rst) is designed to meet these sophisticated needs.
For site reliability engineers (SREs) and DevOps teams, log analysis is about more than just searching and filtering. It's also about uncovering deep insights, detecting anomalies, and maintaining system reliability. [OpenSearch's Piped Processing Language (PPL)](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/blob/main/docs/user/ppl/index.rst) is designed to meet these sophisticated needs.


### Beyond basic search

DQL (dashboard query language) in OpenSearch can be restrictive. PPL expands those capabilities by offering the following features:
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DQL (dashboard query language) in OpenSearch can be restrictive. PPL expands those capabilities by offering the following features:
Dashboards Query Language (DQL) in OpenSearch can be restrictive. PPL expands on its capabilities by offering the following features:


We understand that switching log analytics platforms is a challenging task. That's why OpenSearch is making significant investments to:

* Make PPL syntax more familiar
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* Make PPL syntax more familiar
* Make PPL syntax more familiar.

We understand that switching log analytics platforms is a challenging task. That's why OpenSearch is making significant investments to:

* Make PPL syntax more familiar
* Add missing commands and functions
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* Add missing commands and functions
* Add missing commands and functions.


* Make PPL syntax more familiar
* Add missing commands and functions
* Simplify the migration process
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* Simplify the migration process
* Simplify the migration process.


* Empowering teams with flexible, powerful analytics
* Providing enterprise-grade performance
* Maintaining an open, community-driven approach
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* Maintaining an open, community-driven approach

* Empowering teams with flexible, powerful analytics
* Providing enterprise-grade performance
* Maintaining an open, community-driven approach
* Delivering insights without complexity
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* Delivering insights without complexity

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Deleting lines 79-86 as too generic and not connected to the preceding content (the post isn't about why OpenSearch matters).


OpenSearch is more than a tool---it's a vision for how organizations can transform their observability strategy. By prioritizing user needs, performance, and accessibility, we're creating a platform that grows with your challenges.

*Are you ready to reimagine log analytics?* Explore OpenSearch, check out our [roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/projects/206) and join the community discussion on the [OpenSearch forum](https://forum.opensearch.org/).
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*Are you ready to reimagine log analytics?* Explore OpenSearch, check out our [roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/projects/206) and join the community discussion on the [OpenSearch forum](https://forum.opensearch.org/).
*Are you ready to reimagine log analytics?* Explore OpenSearch, check out our [roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/projects/206), and join the community discussion on the [OpenSearch forum](https://forum.opensearch.org/).




## The future of log analytics
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If we use this heading, then we should include a sentence below about the future of OpenSearch log analytics. What else is on the roadmap that we can highlight? We should also briefly summarize the main idea of the blog post here. What change did we introduce, and how does it benefit users?

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Thank you for the recommendations and review.

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@natebower The bio is already in the repo, so we're all good on that front

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