Azure Monitor Dashboards

Azure Monitor Dashboards is a standalone, performant, real-time dashboarding platform which currently supports ADX and LA as data sources with more (Metrics, AI etc.) to be added in future. Long term goal for Azure Monitoring Dashboard is to be a one-stop solution for all the azure monitoring needs.

The following image depicts an Azure Monitor Dashboard.

The goal of this page is to quickly get you up and running with the Azure Monitor Dashboards by describing the steps necessary to create a dashboard.

Prerequisites

KQL

We assume that you have some familiarity with KQL (Kusto Query Language). If not, you can find a quick tutorial here.

Create a dashboard

In the navigation bar, select Dashboards and select New dashboard.
Select a dashboard name and Create.

Add data source

Add the required data sources for the dashboards.

Select Data sources menu item on the top bar. Select the + New data source button in the Data sources pane.
In the Create new data source pane:
1. Select the Data source type
  For Azure Data Explorer data source
  1. Enter the Cluster URI or partial name including region and select Connect.
  2. Select the Database from the drop-down list.
  3. Use the default or modify the Data source name, if needed.
  4. Select Apply.
  For Azure Monitor - Logs data source
  1. Select a Subscription from the drop-down list.
  2. Select a Resource group from the drop-down list.
  3. Select a Workspace from the drop-down list.
  4. Use the default or modify the Data source name, if needed.
  5. Select Apply.
  For Azure Monitor - Application Insights data source
  1. Select a Subscription from the drop-down list.
  2. Select a Resource group from the drop-down list.
  3. Select a Application from the drop-down list.
  4. Use the default or modify the Data source name, if needed.
  5. Select Apply.

Use Parameters

Parameters enable using dashboard filters. Parameters significantly improve dashboard rendering performance and enable you to use filter values as early as possible in the query. For more information about using parameters, see Use parameters in Azure Monitor dashboards.

Select Parameters on the top bar. Select the + New parameter button in the Parameters pane.
Enter values for all the mandatory fields and select Done.

Field	Description
Parameter display name	The name of the parameter shown on the dashboard or the edit card.
Parameter type	One of the following: Single selection: Only one value can be selected in the filter as input for the parameter. Multiple selection: One or more values can be selected in the filter as input(s) for the parameter. Time range: Allows creating additional parameters to filter the queries and dashboards based on time.Every dashboard has a time range picker by default.
Variable name	The name of the parameter to be used in the query.
Data type	The data type of the parameter values.
Pin as dashboard filter	Pin the parameter-based filter to the dashboard or unpin from the dashboard.
Source	The source of the parameter values: Fixed values: Manually introduced static filter values. Query: Dynamically introduced values using a KQL query.
Add a “Select all” value	Applicable only to single selection and multiple selection parameter types. Used to retrieve data for all the parameter values.

Add Query

Add Query uses Kusto query language snippets to retrieve data and render visuals. Each query can support a single visual.

Select Add Query from the dashboard canvas or the top menu bar.
In the Query pane,
1. Select the data source from the drop-down
2. Type the query, and select Run
3. Select + Add visual
In the Visual formatting pane, select Chart type to choose the type of visual.
Name the visual and select Apply changes to pin the visual to the dashboard.
You can resize the visual and Save changes to save the dashboard.

Organize the dashboards with pages

You can use pages to easily organize the tiles in your dashboards in multiple pages or combine multiple related dashboards into one.

Open the Pages pane from the left side and select Add page.
Select the Move tile option to place a tile on a specific page.
Pages can be rearranged easily by dragging them to the correct position.

Use the share menu to grant permissions to the dashboard, change a user's permission level, and share the dashboard link.

[!IMPORTANT] To access the dashboard, a dashboard viewer needs the following:

Dashboard link for access

Dashboard permissions

Access to the underlying database/workspace

Select the Share menu item in the top bar of the dashboard.
Select Manage permissions from the drop-down.

Grant permissions

To grant permissions to a user in the Dashboard permissions pane:

Write the user's name or email in Add new members box.
Select the Permission level as Can view or Can edit and then click Add.

Change a user permission level

To change a user permission level in the Dashboard permissions pane:

Use the search box or scroll the user list to find the user.
Change the Permission level as needed.

To share the dashboard link:

Select Share drop-down and then select Copy link Or
In the Dashboard permissions window, select Copy link.

Enable auto refresh

Select Edit in dashboard menu to switch to edit mode.
Select Auto refresh.
Toggle the option so auto refresh is Enabled.
Select values for Minimum time interval and Default refresh rate.
Select Apply and Save the dashboard.

[!NOTE]

Select the smallest minimum time interval to reduce unnecessary load on the cluster.

A dashboard viewer:

Can change the minimum time intervals for personal use only.

Can't select a value which is smaller than the Minimum time interval specified by the editor.

Next Steps

Support or Contact

If you run into trouble or have bugs/ feature requests, please reach out to us here: Azure Monitor Dashboard Support and we’ll help you sort it out.

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