When you create a Twitter streaming data object, you specify the query parameter that the Data Integration Service uses to search for real-time data.

The sample hose type does not require a query parameter. A sample hose type returns a random sample of Twitter statuses.

The filter hose type requires a mandatory parameter. You can use Twitter search operators such as count, track, and location with the mandatory parameter. The operators are defined in the Streaming API Twitter documentation.

The following table describes the mandatory parameter for Filter hose type:

Hose Type	Mandatory Parameter	Description
Filter	TOPICS	Search keyword. Specify up to 144 comma-separated keywords for the tweets you want to extract. For example, you specify the following query parameter to extract the tweets that contain the keywords: TOPICS=Lenovo,Harley Davidson,BMW,Opel