Request unit, the measure in which Azure Cosmos DB throughput is expressed. Analytical queries through Synapse Link use none of the transactional store's RUs.
Also called request unit, RUs.
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- Index transformation
The online rebuild Cosmos DB performs in place once an indexing policy is modified, drawing on spare RUs and giving way to CRUD operations.
- UDF
Custom logic written in JavaScript and registered with a Cosmos DB container, callable only from queries. Calling one raises the request unit charge.