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Configure Hub to use Log Analytics Workspace for Ingestion vs ADX

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Description

📝 Scenario

Configure Hub to use Log Analytics Workspace for Ingestion vs ADX. This would allow KQL and Dashboards to be used without deploying the required ADX infra. Grafana has a built in datasource for LAW and can leverage KQL to build advanced dashboards and reporting filters that can be shared much easier than PowerBI (and they look better too)

💎 Solution

Work out how we can move FOCUS cost exports to Log Analytics Workspace in custom table via FunctionApp. My thoughts would be to send to storage account as normal, wire up event trigger for when new blob is uploaded to fire our functionApp to feed that data into Log Analytics Workspace. This can easily be wrapped into existing deployment tool and/or IaC.

📋 Tasks

Required tasks
  • Review feasibility of this process.
Stretch goals
  • Include prebuilt Azure and Azure Managed Grafana Dashboards.

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Research direction

Start with the proposed storage-account blob trigger and FunctionApp path for FOCUS cost exports. Review whether the data can be sent to an Azure Log Analytics custom table and whether the flow fits existing deployment tooling or IaC. Consider the feasibility review complete when that approach is documented; prebuilt dashboards are a stretch goal.

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Assessment

Tech stack
azure, grafana
Domain
cloud, data-engineering, observability
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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