WHERE - Query language in Cosmos DB (in Azure and Fabric)

The WHERE clause returns a subset of items that satisfy the specified filter condition.

An Azure Cosmos DB clause that applies a filter to return a subset of items in the query results.

Syntax

WHERE <filter_condition>
<filter_condition> ::= <scalar_expression>

Arguments

	Description
filter_condition	Specifies the condition to be met for the items to be returned.

Return types

Returns a filtered set of items from the source.

Examples

This section contains examples of how to use this query language construct.

Filter items by equality

In this example, the WHERE clause is used to filter items where the team is "Hospitality".

SELECT VALUE {
  employeeName: e.name,
  currentTeam: e.team
}
FROM
  employees e
WHERE
  e.team = "Hospitality"

[
  {
    "employeeName": "Jordan Mitchell",
    "currentTeam": "Hospitality"
  },
  {
    "employeeName": "Ashley Schroeder",
    "currentTeam": "Hospitality"
  },
  {
    "employeeName": "Tomas Richardson",
    "currentTeam": "Hospitality"
  }
]