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Field types

Field types

Most fields are atomic, meaning they cannot be broken down further. However, FortiNDR Cloud fields can also be a structured object, either an object or an array. See Enriched object field types.

Fields in FortiNDR Cloud can be one of the following types.

Field Type Description Example
int An integer value (port, bytes, packets, etc.) 1
float A decimal value (distance, entropy, etc.) 1.0
Boolean true of false True
string A sequence of arbitrary characters hello world
timestamp A RFC3339 timestamp value 2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
ip A single IP address or valid CIDR-notation 8.8.8.8, 10.0.1.0/24
object An arbitrary JSON structure containing nested subfields N/A
array An array of values of the same type N/A

Field types

Field types

Most fields are atomic, meaning they cannot be broken down further. However, FortiNDR Cloud fields can also be a structured object, either an object or an array. See Enriched object field types.

Fields in FortiNDR Cloud can be one of the following types.

Field Type Description Example
int An integer value (port, bytes, packets, etc.) 1
float A decimal value (distance, entropy, etc.) 1.0
Boolean true of false True
string A sequence of arbitrary characters hello world
timestamp A RFC3339 timestamp value 2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
ip A single IP address or valid CIDR-notation 8.8.8.8, 10.0.1.0/24
object An arbitrary JSON structure containing nested subfields N/A
array An array of values of the same type N/A