title: How to create comments in Azure Log Analytics
body: <p>I'm trying to create comments in my Azure Log Analytics queries and I'm stumped.  Part of my challenge I think is treating this system as if it were SQL, which it is clearly not. using "--" for instance results in a syntax error</p>
  
  <pre><code>traces 
  | where severityLevel &gt; 1
  -- this is an example of a line comment
  | where message !contains "DiagnosticsLogger.GetMethod contains message 1"  
  | where message !contains "DiagnosticsLogger.GetMethod contains message 2"
  | summarize by timestamp, message, severityLevel
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Couldn't find anything for search term "Comment" either on the  <a href="https://docs.loganalytics.io" rel="noreferrer">https://docs.loganalytics.io</a> reference.</p>