Bulleted lists

Use a bulleted list, sometimes called an unordered list, for a list in which the list item order isn't important, such as a list of options.

You can choose whether you want to alphabetize or apply a different order to bulleted list items.

Qualities of bulleted lists

Bulleted lists must have the following qualities:

• A complete lead-in sentence punctuated by a colon
• More than one list item
• Up to two levels
• Parallel sentence construction
• One sentence or idea for each list item
• End punctuation if the list items are complete sentences
• No end punctuation if the list items are characters, words, or phrases

For more guidance on using lists, see Best practices for writing with lists.

Example

The following example of a bulleted list contains a complete lead-in sentence. Each item in the list uses parallel construction and doesn't contain more than one phrase.

You can create the following types of Search Processing Language (SPL) commands:

• Eventing commands
• Generating commands
• Reporting commands
• Streaming commands