Visualize App Insights backup data

Question

User-664094036 posted

Hello, I have configured Continues Export for App Insights data. This takes backup to Azure Storage Blob container.

Now this backup data is nothing but json files about events, page views etc.

Is there any tool using which I can have a visual of this backup? (Something similar to what App Insight offers in Azure Portal for 90 day data)

Thanks.

Answer 1

User541108374 posted

Hi,

I admit I didn't try it out myself yet but you can view it with Visual Studio, apparently also the free community edition: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/ExploringApplicationInsightsForDisconnectedOrConnectedDeepTelemetryInASPNETApps.aspx.

Grz, Kris.

Answer 2

User-664094036 posted

Thanks for the reply, however I already tried "Choose Telemetry Source" option from Visual Studio but it only allows to connect to "App Insight Source".

Answer 3

User283571144 posted

Hi dhavalu, 

>Is there any tool using which I can have a visual of this backup? (Something similar to what App Insight offers in Azure Portal for 90 day data)

According to your description, I suggest you could try to use PowerBi.

 Power BI is a suite of business analytics tools that help you analyze data and share insights. Rich dashboards are available on every device. You can combine data from many sources, including Analytics queries from Azure Application Insights.

If you want to keep your data for long periods, I suggest you could try to use Stream Analytics to process exported data from Application Insights.

More details about how to use it you could refer to below article.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-insights/app-insights-export-power-bi

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-insights/app-insights-export-stream-analytics