What I work on: Azure Monitor Workbooks

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:05:16 +0000

The last time i posted a “what i work on” was almost exactly 2 years ago. And you know what? I’m working on the same thing: workbooks! but Workbooks has changed a ton since that last post.

Two years later…so much has changed!

Wait, first things first: what is "workbooks"?

A workbook is a canvas. The author can put all kinds of things in it that query data from various Azure data sources, present that data in interesting ways, arrange the layout to their liking, and configure how users can interact with them.

What I work on: Application Insights Workbooks

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:40:37 +0000

Recently, I’ve been working on Usage features for Application Insights in the Azure Portal. Our new usage features are still in preview mode, and include Users, Sessions, Events and Retention tools. A person would normally use them to look at how users use their websites or app, what they click on, how often they come back, etc.

Users Tool

The users/sessions/events tools are very similar, showing you charts and grids and such about how users are using your website or app. You can filter and slice and dice and split, and save them and share them and pin them to dashboards and everything. (when you save them and pin them to the dashboard, they’ll show you a count matching your filters, so it’s possible to make a bunch of tiles on a dashboard that are like daily/weekly/monthly users of subsets of your site/app)

Work on John's Random Review

What I work on: Azure Monitor Workbooks

Two years later…so much has changed!

Wait, first things first: what is "workbooks"?

What I work on: Application Insights Workbooks

Users Tool