Topic: How to Use Top Operator in Kusto Query to Get Top N Records
In this article, we are going to learn about the top operator in Kusto top operator in Kusto returns the first N records sorted by the specified column, Kusto Query Language is a powerful tool to explore your data and discover patterns, identify anomalies and outliers, create statistical modeling, and more. The query uses schema entities that are organized in a hierarchy similar to SQL's: databases, tables, and columns.
//Top operator : Returns the first N records sorted by the specified columns.
// .drop table Customer
.create table Customer(CustomerId:int, Name:string)
.ingest inline into table Customer <|
1,Aamir
1,Raza
2,Lisa
3,steve
int(null),aamirtest
4,Ali
5,test
Customer
| top 4 by CustomerId asc
// using top to get some sample data and putting nulls at the end
Customer
| top 50 by CustomerId asc nulls last