Work with advanced hunting results containing Microsoft Sentinel data

Explore results

Results of queries that were run appear in the Results tab. You can export the results to a CSV file by selecting Export.

Screenshot of advanced hunting results with options to expand result rows in the Microsoft Defender portal

You can also explore the results in-line with the following features:

  • Expand a result by selecting the dropdown arrow at the left of each result
  • Where applicable, expand details for results that are in JSON or array format by selecting the dropdown arrow at the left of applicable result row for added readability
  • Open the side pane to see a record's details (concurrent with expanded rows)

You can also right-click on any result value in a row so that you can use it to:

  • Add more filters to the existing query
  • Copy the value for use in further investigation
  • Update the query to extend a JSON field to a new column

For Microsoft Defender XDR data, you can take further action by selecting the checkboxes to the left of each result row. Select Link to incident to link the selected results to an incident (read Link query results to an incident) or Take actions to open the Take actions wizard (read Take action on advanced hunting query results).