Documentation forServer & Application Monitor
Monitoring your applications and environment is a key capability of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted (formerly Hybrid Cloud Observability) and is available in the Essentials edition. Server & Application Monitor (SAM) is also available in a standalone module.

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics API poller template

Use this SAM API poller template to monitor Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly SQL Data Warehouse) performance and statistics counters, including utilization.

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Prerequisites

  • Use the following parameters to specify the API endpoint in the request URL:

    • ${SUBSCRIPTION_ID}
    • ${USERGROUP_ID}
    • ${SERVER_ID}
    • ${DATAWAREHOUSE_ID}

    Use the following example to help locate values in Azure:

  • Configure OAuth 2.0 Azure credentials with the following values:

    • Scope: https://management.azure.com/.default
    • Access Token URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{TENANTID}/oauth2/v2.0/token

    Although "(optional)" appears next to the Scope field in the UI, this value is required for API pollers based on this template.

  • The SQL Server has access control to the Application with at least the Reader role.

Notes

  • Default thresholds are not set for this template.
  • Here is a request example: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/${SUBSCRIPTION_ID}/resourceGroups/${USERGROUP_ID}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/${SERVER_ID}/databases/${DATAWAREHOUSE_ID}/providers/microsoft.insights/metrics?interval=PT1H&metricnames=dwu_consumption_percent,dwu_limit,dwu_used&aggregation=Maximum&api-version=2019-07-01

Available metrics

Data warehouse units (DWU) utilization

The maximum percentage of database warehouse units used for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the polling frequency.

Unit: Percent

Data warehouse units (DWU) limit

The maximum database warehouse limit in units for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the polling frequency.

Unit: Count

Data warehouse units (DWU) used

The maximum database throughput units per minute used for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the polling frequency.

Unit: Count