Forum Discussion
MicrosoftHow to programmatically generate a link to open an App Insights KQL query?
In the App Insights UI, I can generate a link to a query by clicking on Copy -> Copy Link to Query.
Is there some way to generate such a URL programmatically, If I know the query text and the App Insights endpoint?
joruales Maybe a bit late, but as you probably noticed, a URL generated from "Copy Link to Query" has the following format:
https://portal.azure.com/#@TENANT_ID/blade/Microsoft_Azure_Monitoring_Logs/LogsBlade/resourceId/%2Fsubscriptions%2FSUBSCRIPTION_ID%2FresourceGroups%2FRESOURCEGROUP%2Fproviders%2Fmicrosoft.insights%2Fcomponents%2FAPPINSIGHTSINSTANCENAME/source/LogsBlade.AnalyticsShareLinkToQuery/q/ENCODEDSTRING/timespan/TIMESPAN
The ENCODEDSTRING is your query zipped and URL encoded/escaped. You must use this approach when the query has more than 1600 characters. Otherwise, if your query has less than 1600 characters, you can replace the q parameter by a query parameter and the encoded string will simply be your query URL escaped. For instance:
https://portal.azure.com/#@TENANT_ID/blade/Microsoft_Azure_Monitoring_Logs/LogsBlade/resourceId/%2Fsubscriptions%2FSUBSCRIPTION_ID%2FresourceGroups%2FRESOURCEGROUP%2Fproviders%2Fmicrosoft.insights%2Fcomponents%2FAPPINSIGHTSINSTANCENAME/source/LogsBlade.AnalyticsShareLinkToQuery/query/availabilityResults%20%7C%20where%20duration%20%3E%20500%20%7C%20take%201/timespan/TIMESPAN
would open your App Insights instance with the following query:
availabilityResults| where duration > 500| take 1
12 Replies
joruales would be great to know a bit more on the intention of the custom URL to the query, but would recommend to use Azure Monitor workbooks https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/usage-workbooks
jorualesDave Rendón we have a tool that runs queries on App Insights DBs, and we would like to allow users to continue investigating by providing them a link that opens a starter query directly in app insights. I don't think that Azure Monitor workbooks fits this use case since we're not interested in a dashboard UI
- hspinto
joruales Maybe a bit late, but as you probably noticed, a URL generated from "Copy Link to Query" has the following format:
https://portal.azure.com/#@TENANT_ID/blade/Microsoft_Azure_Monitoring_Logs/LogsBlade/resourceId/%2Fsubscriptions%2FSUBSCRIPTION_ID%2FresourceGroups%2FRESOURCEGROUP%2Fproviders%2Fmicrosoft.insights%2Fcomponents%2FAPPINSIGHTSINSTANCENAME/source/LogsBlade.AnalyticsShareLinkToQuery/q/ENCODEDSTRING/timespan/TIMESPAN
The ENCODEDSTRING is your query zipped and URL encoded/escaped. You must use this approach when the query has more than 1600 characters. Otherwise, if your query has less than 1600 characters, you can replace the q parameter by a query parameter and the encoded string will simply be your query URL escaped. For instance:
https://portal.azure.com/#@TENANT_ID/blade/Microsoft_Azure_Monitoring_Logs/LogsBlade/resourceId/%2Fsubscriptions%2FSUBSCRIPTION_ID%2FresourceGroups%2FRESOURCEGROUP%2Fproviders%2Fmicrosoft.insights%2Fcomponents%2FAPPINSIGHTSINSTANCENAME/source/LogsBlade.AnalyticsShareLinkToQuery/query/availabilityResults%20%7C%20where%20duration%20%3E%20500%20%7C%20take%201/timespan/TIMESPAN
would open your App Insights instance with the following query:
availabilityResults| where duration > 500| take 1
