Workspace that holds only Prometheus metrics; log data belongs in a Log Analytics workspace instead.
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Terms in this definition
- Workspace
Teams in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric collaborate in this folder-style container, which groups items such as reports, semantic models and lakehouses, controls who can access them and is assigned a capacity.
- Log Analytics workspace
Where Azure Monitor keeps log data for querying with KQL. Microsoft Sentinel, VM insights and workspace-based Application Insights all depend on one.
Related terms
- PromQL
Prometheus metrics are queried with it. Azure Monitor's managed Prometheus service keeps them in an Azure Monitor workspace for 18 months, and KQL can't be used on them.