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Early Access — SbQL and the Insights API are currently available to select organizations. Reach out to your Sessionboard account manager to get early access to this feature.
SbQL (Sessionboard Query Language) is a SQL-like query language purpose-built for querying Sessionboard event data. It provides a familiar syntax for selecting, filtering, joining, and aggregating data across sessions, speakers, contacts, and other event entities.

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Basic Syntax

SbQL follows standard SELECT-FROM-WHERE patterns: 
SELECT session.title, session.status
FROM sessions
WHERE session.status = 'accepted'

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Joins and Aggregations

Join entities to combine related data and use aggregate functions for analytics: 
SELECT speaker.full_name, COUNT(session.id) AS session_count
FROM speakers
JOIN sessions
GROUP BY speaker.full_name
ORDER BY session_count DESC

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Filtering with Conditions

Use standard comparison operators and logical connectives: 
SELECT session.title, session.start_date, track.name
FROM sessions
JOIN tracks
WHERE session.status = 'accepted'
  AND track.name = 'Keynotes'
ORDER BY session.start_date ASC

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Schema Discovery

Use the Insights schema endpoints to discover the entities and fields available for your organization:
  • Organization schema: GET /v1/insights/schema returns all available entities and their fields.
  • Event schema: GET /v1/insights/event/{eventId}/schema returns entities and fields scoped to a specific event.
The schema response includes entity names, field names, data types, and relationships between entities that you can use in JOIN clauses.

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Natural Language to SbQL

If you prefer to write queries in plain English, use the POST /v1/insights/ai/generate endpoint to convert natural language into SbQL. For example, sending “How many sessions are in each track?” will return a valid SbQL query that you can execute directly.