Configuring a Log Analytics workspace for Synapse SQL pools
A Log Analytics workspace is an Azure service that’s used to store the diagnostic logs of several Azure services in a single place. With a Log Analytics workspace, you can store the performance metric data of a Synapse SQL pool, such as how much DWU was used, I/O usage, queued queries, query-level consumption details, and more. In this recipe, we will configure a Log Analytics workspace for a Synapse SQL pool.
Getting ready
To get started, log in to https://portal.azure.com using your Azure credentials:
- Create a Synapse Analytics workspace, as explained in the Provisioning an Azure Synapse Analytics workspace recipe of Chapter 8, Processing Data Using Azure Synapse Analytics.
- Create a dedicated Synapse SQL pool database, as explained in steps 1 to 3 in the How to do it… section of the Loading data into a dedicated SQL pool using PolyBase and T-SQL recipe of Chapter 10, Building the Serving...