Microsoft Azure Metrics Advisor REST API

Microsoft Azure Metrics Advisor REST API

Create a new data feed

Create a new data feed

Select the testing console in the region where you created your resource:

Open API testing console

Request URL

Request headers

string
Media type of the body sent to the API.
string
Subscription key which provides access to this API. Found in your Cognitive Services accounts.

Request body

parameters to create a data feed

{
  "dataSourceParameter": {
    "connectionString": "Server=PlaceholderSqlServer,1433;Initial Catalog=PlaceholderDatabase;User ID=PlaceholderUserName;Password=PlaceholderPassword;",
    "query": "select * from your_table where timestamp = @StartTime"
  },
  "dataFeedName": "Sample - cost/revenue - city/category",
  "dataFeedDescription": "This is a sample data feed.",
  "granularityName": "Daily",
  "metrics": [
    {
      "metricName": "cost",
      "metricDisplayName": "cost"
    },
    {
      "metricName": "revenue",
      "metricDisplayName": "revenue"
    }
  ],
  "dimension": [
    {
      "dimensionName": "category",
      "dimensionDisplayName": "category"
    },
    {
      "dimensionName": "city",
      "dimensionDisplayName": "city"
    }
  ],
  "timestampColumn": "timestamp",
  "dataStartFrom": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "dataSourceType": "SqlServer",
  "startOffsetInSeconds": 86400,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "minRetryIntervalInSeconds": 3600,
  "stopRetryAfterInSeconds": 604800,
  "needRollup": "NeedRollup",
  "rollUpMethod": "Sum",
  "allUpIdentification": "__SUM__",
  "fillMissingPointType": "SmartFilling",
  "viewMode": "Private",
  "authenticationType": "Basic"
}
{
  "required": [
    "dataFeedName",
    "dataSourceType",
    "dataStartFrom",
    "granularityName",
    "metrics"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "dataSourceType": {
      "description": "data source type",
      "enum": [
        "AzureApplicationInsights",
        "AzureBlob",
        "AzureCosmosDB",
        "AzureDataExplorer",
        "AzureDataLakeStorageGen2",
        "AzureEventHubs",
        "AzureLogAnalytics",
        "AzureTable",
        "InfluxDB",
        "MongoDB",
        "MySql",
        "PostgreSql",
        "SqlServer"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "x-ms-enum": {
        "name": "DataSourceType",
        "modelAsString": true
      }
    },
    "dataFeedId": {
      "format": "uuid",
      "description": "data feed unique id",
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true
    },
    "dataFeedName": {
      "description": "data feed name",
      "type": "string",
      "example": "dummy data feed name"
    },
    "dataFeedDescription": {
      "description": "data feed description",
      "default": "",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "granularityName": {
      "description": "granularity of the time series",
      "enum": [
        "Yearly",
        "Monthly",
        "Weekly",
        "Daily",
        "Hourly",
        "Minutely",
        "Secondly",
        "Custom"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "x-ms-enum": {
        "name": "Granularity",
        "modelAsString": true
      }
    },
    "granularityAmount": {
      "format": "int32",
      "description": "if granularity is custom,it is required.",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "metrics": {
      "description": "measure list",
      "uniqueItems": true,
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "required": [
          "metricName"
        ],
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "metricId": {
            "format": "uuid",
            "description": "metric id",
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "metricName": {
            "description": "metric name",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "metricDisplayName": {
            "description": "metric display name",
            "pattern": "[.a-zA-Z0-9_-]+",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "metricDescription": {
            "description": "metric description",
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "dimension": {
      "description": "dimension list",
      "uniqueItems": true,
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "required": [
          "dimensionName"
        ],
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "dimensionName": {
            "description": "dimension name",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "dimensionDisplayName": {
            "description": "dimension display name",
            "pattern": "[.a-zA-Z0-9_-]+",
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "timestampColumn": {
      "description": "user-defined timestamp column. if timestampColumn is null, start time of every time slice will be used as default value.",
      "default": "",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "dataStartFrom": {
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "ingestion start time",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "startOffsetInSeconds": {
      "format": "int64",
      "description": "the time that the beginning of data ingestion task will delay for every data slice according to this offset.",
      "default": 0,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "maxConcurrency": {
      "format": "int32",
      "description": "the max concurrency of data ingestion queries against user data source. 0 means no limitation.",
      "default": -1,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "minRetryIntervalInSeconds": {
      "format": "int64",
      "description": "the min retry interval for failed data ingestion tasks.",
      "default": -1,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "stopRetryAfterInSeconds": {
      "format": "int64",
      "description": "stop retry data ingestion after the data slice first schedule time in seconds.",
      "default": -1,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "needRollup": {
      "description": "mark if the data feed need rollup",
      "default": "NoRollup",
      "enum": [
        "NoRollup",
        "NeedRollup",
        "AlreadyRollup"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "x-ms-enum": {
        "name": "NeedRollupEnum",
        "modelAsString": true
      }
    },
    "rollUpMethod": {
      "description": "roll up method",
      "default": "None",
      "enum": [
        "None",
        "Sum",
        "Max",
        "Min",
        "Avg",
        "Count"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "x-ms-enum": {
        "name": "RollUpMethod",
        "modelAsString": true
      }
    },
    "rollUpColumns": {
      "description": "roll up columns",
      "uniqueItems": true,
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "allUpIdentification": {
      "description": "the identification value for the row of calculated all-up value.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "fillMissingPointType": {
      "description": "the type of fill missing point for anomaly detection",
      "default": "SmartFilling",
      "enum": [
        "SmartFilling",
        "PreviousValue",
        "CustomValue",
        "NoFilling"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "x-ms-enum": {
        "name": "FillMissingPointType",
        "modelAsString": true
      }
    },
    "fillMissingPointValue": {
      "format": "double",
      "description": "the value of fill missing point for anomaly detection",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "viewMode": {
      "description": "data feed access mode, default is Private",
      "default": "Private",
      "enum": [
        "Private",
        "Public"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "x-ms-enum": {
        "name": "ViewMode",
        "modelAsString": true
      }
    },
    "admins": {
      "description": "data feed administrator",
      "uniqueItems": true,
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "viewers": {
      "description": "data feed viewer",
      "uniqueItems": true,
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "isAdmin": {
      "description": "the query user is one of data feed administrator or not",
      "type": "boolean",
      "readOnly": true
    },
    "creator": {
      "description": "data feed creator",
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true
    },
    "status": {
      "description": "data feed status",
      "enum": [
        "Active",
        "Paused"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "x-ms-enum": {
        "name": "EntityStatus",
        "modelAsString": true
      }
    },
    "createdTime": {
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "data feed created time",
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true
    },
    "actionLinkTemplate": {
      "description": "action link for alert",
      "default": "",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "authenticationType": {
      "description": "authentication type for corresponding data source",
      "default": "Basic",
      "enum": [
        "Basic",
        "ManagedIdentity",
        "AzureSQLConnectionString",
        "DataLakeGen2SharedKey",
        "ServicePrincipal",
        "ServicePrincipalInKV"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "x-ms-enum": {
        "name": "AuthenticationTypeEnum",
        "modelAsString": true
      }
    },
    "credentialId": {
      "description": "The credential entity id",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "discriminator": "dataSourceType",
  "example": {
    "dataSourceParameter": {
      "connectionString": "Server=PlaceholderSqlServer,1433;Initial Catalog=PlaceholderDatabase;User ID=PlaceholderUserName;Password=PlaceholderPassword;",
      "query": "select * from your_table where timestamp = @StartTime"
    },
    "dataFeedName": "Sample - cost/revenue - city/category",
    "dataFeedDescription": "This is a sample data feed.",
    "granularityName": "Daily",
    "metrics": [
      {
        "metricName": "cost",
        "metricDisplayName": "cost"
      },
      {
        "metricName": "revenue",
        "metricDisplayName": "revenue"
      }
    ],
    "dimension": [
      {
        "dimensionName": "category",
        "dimensionDisplayName": "category"
      },
      {
        "dimensionName": "city",
        "dimensionDisplayName": "city"
      }
    ],
    "timestampColumn": "timestamp",
    "dataStartFrom": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "dataSourceType": "SqlServer",
    "startOffsetInSeconds": 86400,
    "maxConcurrency": 5,
    "minRetryIntervalInSeconds": 3600,
    "stopRetryAfterInSeconds": 604800,
    "needRollup": "NeedRollup",
    "rollUpMethod": "Sum",
    "allUpIdentification": "__SUM__",
    "fillMissingPointType": "SmartFilling",
    "viewMode": "Private",
    "authenticationType": "Basic"
  }
}

Response 201

Success

Response 500

Client error or server error (4xx or 5xx)

{
  "message": "string",
  "code": "string"
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "message": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "code": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

Code samples

@ECHO OFF

curl -v -X POST "https://switzerlandwest.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/metricsadvisor/v1.0/dataFeeds"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: {subscription key}"

--data-ascii "{body}" 

using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;

namespace CSHttpClientSample
{
    static class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            MakeRequest();
            Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to exit...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
        
        static async void MakeRequest()
        {
            var client = new HttpClient();
            var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);

            // Request headers
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");

            var uri = "https://switzerlandwest.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/metricsadvisor/v1.0/dataFeeds?" + queryString;

            HttpResponseMessage response;

            // Request body
            byte[] byteData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("{body}");

            using (var content = new ByteArrayContent(byteData))
            {
               content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("< your content type, i.e. application/json >");
               response = await client.PostAsync(uri, content);
            }

        }
    }
}	
// // This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public class JavaSample 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();

        try
        {
            URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://switzerlandwest.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/metricsadvisor/v1.0/dataFeeds");


            URI uri = builder.build();
            HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
            request.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
            request.setHeader("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");


            // Request body
            StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("{body}");
            request.setEntity(reqEntity);

            HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

            if (entity != null) 
            {
                System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>JSSample</title>
    <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {
        var params = {
            // Request parameters
        };
      
        $.ajax({
            url: "https://switzerlandwest.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/metricsadvisor/v1.0/dataFeeds?" + $.param(params),
            beforeSend: function(xhrObj){
                // Request headers
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key","{subscription key}");
            },
            type: "POST",
            // Request body
            data: "{body}",
        })
        .done(function(data) {
            alert("success");
        })
        .fail(function() {
            alert("error");
        });
    });
</script>
</body>
</html>

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
    
    NSString* path = @"https://switzerlandwest.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/metricsadvisor/v1.0/dataFeeds";
    NSArray* array = @[
                         // Request parameters
                         @"entities=true",
                      ];
    
    NSString* string = [array componentsJoinedByString:@"&"];
    path = [path stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", string];

    NSLog(@"%@", path);

    NSMutableURLRequest* _request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
    [_request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
    // Request headers
    [_request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
    [_request setValue:@"{subscription key}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key"];
    // Request body
    [_request setHTTPBody:[@"{body}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    
    NSURLResponse *response = nil;
    NSError *error = nil;
    NSData* _connectionData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:_request returningResponse:&response error:&error];

    if (nil != error)
    {
        NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
    }
    else
    {
        NSError* error = nil;
        NSMutableDictionary* json = nil;
        NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:_connectionData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", dataString);
        
        if (nil != _connectionData)
        {
            json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:_connectionData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
        }
        
        if (error || !json)
        {
            NSLog(@"Could not parse loaded json with error:%@", error);
        }
        
        NSLog(@"%@", json);
        _connectionData = nil;
    }
    
    [pool drain];

    return 0;
}

<?php
// This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';

$request = new Http_Request2('https://switzerlandwest.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/metricsadvisor/v1.0/dataFeeds');
$url = $request->getUrl();

$headers = array(
    // Request headers
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key' => '{subscription key}',
);

$request->setHeader($headers);

$parameters = array(
    // Request parameters
);

$url->setQueryVariables($parameters);

$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);

// Request body
$request->setBody("{body}");

try
{
    $response = $request->send();
    echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
    echo $ex;
}

?>
########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
}

params = urllib.urlencode({
})

try:
    conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('switzerlandwest.api.cognitive.microsoft.com')
    conn.request("POST", "/metricsadvisor/v1.0/dataFeeds?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
}

params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
})

try:
    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('switzerlandwest.api.cognitive.microsoft.com')
    conn.request("POST", "/metricsadvisor/v1.0/dataFeeds?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################
require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://switzerlandwest.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/metricsadvisor/v1.0/dataFeeds')


request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
# Request headers
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
# Request headers
request['Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key'] = '{subscription key}'
# Request body
request.body = "{body}"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    http.request(request)
end

puts response.body