Data types in Azure Operator Insights

A Data Product ingests data from one or more sources, digests and enriches this data, and presents this data to provide domain-specific insights and to support further data analysis.

A data type is used to refer to an individual data source. Data types can be from outside the Data Product, such as from a network element. Data types can also be created within the Data Product itself by aggregating or enriching information from other data types.

Data Product operators can choose the data retention period for each data type.

Data type contents

Each data type contains data from a specific source. The primary source for a data type might be a network element within the subject domain. Some data types are derived by aggregating or enriching information from other data types. For a description of the data types available in a given Data Product, refer to the documentation for that Data Product.

Data type settings

Data types are presented as child resources of the Data Product within the Azure portal as shown in the Data Types page. Relevant settings can be controlled independently for each individual data type.

Data Product operators can configure different data retention periods for each data type as shown in the Data Retention page. For example, data types containing personal data are typically configured with a shorter retention period to comply with privacy legislation.