How to create a custom view of Azure monitors based on tags

How to create a custom view of Azure monitors based on tags

Categorize your Azure resource monitors based on tags, like the resource group, subscription, and location, either while adding or editing an Azure monitor.

While adding an Azure monitor

  1. On the Add Azure Monitor page, under Advanced Configuration, toggle the Auto create monitor groups field to Yes. 
  2. In the Group by Tags field, enter any of your Azure-native tags, your user-defined tags, or the following Site24x7-generated tags:
    1. resourceGroup
    2. serviceType
    3. subscription
    4. location
  3. Enter the appropriate value in the Value Regex field. 
  4. Click Discover Azure Resources.
Include tag while adding an Azure monitor

While editing an Azure monitor

  1. If you have an Azure monitor already set up, navigate to Cloud > Azure > Service View, click the hamburger icon in the top-left corner of the page, and select Edit.
  2. On the Edit Azure Monitor page, under Advanced Configuration, toggle the Auto create monitor groups field to Yes. 
  3. In the Group by Tags field, enter any of your Azure-native tags, your user-defined tags, or the following Site24x7-generated tags:
    1. resourceGroup
    2. serviceType
    3. subscription
    4. location
  4. Enter the appropriate value in the Value Regex field.
  5. Click Save.
Adding tags while editing an Azure monitor



For example, if you would like to view all the monitors under a resource group named Zylker:

Under Advanced Configuration, enter the following values:
Key: resourceGroup
Value Regex: Zylker

If you would like to associate the monitors with subgroups based on their location tags, enter the following values:
Key: location
Value Regex: .*

Where to view the created monitor groups

Azure monitor groups
  1. Click Home on the left pane, then click Monitor Groups.
  2. Click the Show Subgroups check box to see the NOC view of all the monitor groups. 
  3. Click the monitor group that is named <group name>:<your monitor group name>-System Generated. The list of all the monitors under the selected resource group will be shown.
Monitors under a particular resource group




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