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JanAnders45
Mar 20, 2025Copper Contributor
Lookup data from the last == ingestion_time()
Howdy! In "Analytics rule wizard - Create a new Scheduled rule" under Query scheduling you have to fill out "Lookup data from the last" What time field is Sentinel looking at when determ...
ITProfessor
Mar 23, 2025Brass Contributor
Hello!
When you specify "Lookup data from the last X hours/days", Sentinel applies the filter on TimeGenerated, meaning it looks for logs where
TimeGenerated >= ago(X hours/days etc)
This ensures that the rule evaluates events based on when they actually occurred, not when they were ingested.
JanAnders45
Mar 26, 2025Copper Contributor
Thanks for the reply! This is interesting. Are you sure about this? Im finding some of the TimeGenerated to be unreliable and all over the place. For example events having TimeGenerated after they are ingested (time paradox)
- ITProfessorMar 26, 2025Brass Contributor
Microsoft product unreliable? No way :D
A little bit more information in the link below;
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sentinel/ingestion-delay