Can express very complex conditions → Built-in functions for aggregations → SUM(), COUNT(), AVG() JSON/SSV: → Easy for scripts to parse → Easy to chain commands by pipe
SELECT * FROM replicas WHERE topic = 'topic-name' # Topic/partitions which its leader is assigned to broker 1 SELECT topic, partition FROM replicas WHERE broker_id = 1 AND is_leader # Topic partitions that has an out-of-sync replica SELECT DISTINCT topic, partition FROM replicas WHERE NOT is_in_sync