Introducing: Time picker in Utility Insights Analytics | Azure Weblog

A time picker has been added to Analytics in Azure Utility Insights as a way to simply set a time vary to your queries.

A time picker has been added to Analytics in Azure Utility Insights as a way to simply set a time vary to your queries. The default vary is Final 24 hours, however you’ll be able to simply change that: Simply choose a special preset vary, or just add your personal “the place timestamp…” clause to the question (so in case your queries already embrace a time filter, they’ll work precisely as earlier than).
 

Why do we want a time picker?

With mountains of information at hand, Analytics customers typically wish to give attention to a selected timeframe. The brand new time picker permits you to zoom in and discover attention-grabbing occasions with out manually enhancing your question. With the approaching improve of the information retention interval to a full 90 days, making use of a time filter to slender down the variety of data returned will assist establish occasions’ root causes, in addition to examine their penalties. Time filters are additionally a great way to make your queries extra environment friendly and get sooner outcomes. That is why we’ve determined to introduce the brand new time picker, bringing time filtering to the entrance and making it as straightforward as doable.

What does the time picker do?

The time picker, positioned subsequent to the acquainted Go button, permits you to choose a time vary to use to your question, as an alternative of manually typing it time and again. The chosen time vary will apply to all of the queries within the present tab. The default vary is Final 24 hours, however you’ll be able to simply use a special vary –  merely choose any of the opposite presets – final 10 minutes, final hour, 2 or 7 days. After executing the question, you’ll be able to see the utilized time vary on the outcomes bar.

 
If not one of the presets matches your wants, choose customized time vary to discover ways to add your personal time filter to queries.

However wait, what about queries that already embrace a time filter?

No worries. Specifying an specific time filter in queries stays a really highly effective function. For these instances we added the Set in question mode, chosen mechanically for queries that embrace a time filter.

 

What’s subsequent?

That is in fact just the start. As extra customers get acquainted with the time picker, it can evolve to assist many extra use instances, resembling deciding on the earlier month (the entire calendar month previous the present one) and particular begin and finish date and time.

As at all times, be at liberty to ship us your questions or suggestions through the use of one of many following channels:
•  Suggest ideas and vote on our UserVoice page
•  Join the conversation in the Application Insights Community forum
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