Data Sources - Get

Service:: Log Analytics

API Version:: 2025-07-01

Gets a datasource instance.

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/{workspaceName}/dataSources/{dataSourceName}?api-version=2025-07-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
dataSourceName	path	True	string	Name of the datasource
resourceGroupName	path	True	string minLength: 1 maxLength: 90	The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.
subscriptionId	path	True	string (uuid)	The ID of the target subscription. The value must be an UUID.
workspaceName	path	True	string minLength: 4 maxLength: 63 pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9-]+[A-Za-z0-9]$	The name of the workspace.
api-version	query	True	string minLength: 1	The API version to use for this operation.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	DataSource	Azure operation completed successfully.
Other Status Codes	ErrorResponse	An unexpected error response.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

DataSourcesGet

Sample request

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/OIAutoRest5123/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/AzTest9724/dataSources/AzTestDS774?api-version=2025-07-01


/**
 * Samples for DataSources Get.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/operationalinsights/resource-manager/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/OperationalInsights/stable/2025-
     * 07-01/examples/DataSourcesGet.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: DataSourcesGet.
     * 
     * @param manager Entry point to LogAnalyticsManager.
     */
    public static void dataSourcesGet(com.azure.resourcemanager.loganalytics.LogAnalyticsManager manager) {
        manager.dataSources().getWithResponse("OIAutoRest5123", "AzTest9724", "AzTestDS774",
            com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.loganalytics import LogAnalyticsManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-loganalytics
# USAGE
    python data_sources_get.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = LogAnalyticsManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-00000000000",
    )

    response = client.data_sources.get(
        resource_group_name="OIAutoRest5123",
        workspace_name="AzTest9724",
        data_source_name="AzTestDS774",
    )
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/operationalinsights/resource-manager/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/OperationalInsights/stable/2025-07-01/examples/DataSourcesGet.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

package armoperationalinsights_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/operationalinsights/armoperationalinsights/v2"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/53d56e4ec74156c450d1e51745a971d3f2031dd7/specification/operationalinsights/resource-manager/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/OperationalInsights/stable/2025-07-01/examples/DataSourcesGet.json
func ExampleDataSourcesClient_Get() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armoperationalinsights.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := clientFactory.NewDataSourcesClient().Get(ctx, "OIAutoRest5123", "AzTest9724", "AzTestDS774", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.DataSource = armoperationalinsights.DataSource{
	// 	Name: to.Ptr("AzTestDS774"),
	// 	Type: to.Ptr("Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/datasources"),
	// 	ID: to.Ptr("/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000005/resourceGroups/OIAutoRest5123/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/AzTest9724/datasources/AzTestDS774"),
	// 	Etag: to.Ptr("W/\"datetime'2017-10-01T08%3A01%3A21.2351243Z'\""),
	// 	Kind: to.Ptr(armoperationalinsights.DataSourceKindAzureActivityLog),
	// 	Properties: map[string]any{
	// 		"linkedResourceId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-00000000000/providers/microsoft.insights/eventtypes/management",
	// 	},
	// }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

const { OperationalInsightsManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-operationalinsights");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");
require("dotenv/config");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Gets a datasource instance.
 *
 * @summary Gets a datasource instance.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/operationalinsights/resource-manager/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/OperationalInsights/stable/2025-07-01/examples/DataSourcesGet.json
 */
async function dataSourcesGet() {
  const subscriptionId =
    process.env["OPERATIONALINSIGHTS_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "00000000-0000-0000-0000-00000000000";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["OPERATIONALINSIGHTS_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "OIAutoRest5123";
  const workspaceName = "AzTest9724";
  const dataSourceName = "AzTestDS774";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new OperationalInsightsManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.dataSources.get(resourceGroupName, workspaceName, dataSourceName);
  console.log(result);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "name": "AzTestDS774",
  "type": "Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/datasources",
  "etag": "W/\"datetime'2017-10-01T08%3A01%3A21.2351243Z'\"",
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000005/resourceGroups/OIAutoRest5123/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/AzTest9724/datasources/AzTestDS774",
  "kind": "AzureActivityLog",
  "properties": {
    "linkedResourceId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/providers/microsoft.insights/eventtypes/management"
  }
}

Definitions

Name	Description
createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
DataSource	Datasources under OMS Workspace.
DataSourceKind	The kind of the DataSource.
ErrorAdditionalInfo	The resource management error additional info.
ErrorDetail	The error detail.
ErrorResponse	Error response
systemData	Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

createdByType

Enumeration

The type of identity that created the resource.

Value	Description
User
Application
ManagedIdentity
Key

DataSource

Object

Datasources under OMS Workspace.

Name	Type	Description
etag	string	The ETag of the data source.
id	string (arm-id)	Fully qualified resource ID for the resource. E.g. "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/{resourceProviderNamespace}/{resourceType}/{resourceName}"
kind	DataSourceKind	The kind of the DataSource.
name	string	The name of the resource
properties		The data source properties in raw json format, each kind of data source have it's own schema.
systemData	systemData	Azure Resource Manager metadata containing createdBy and modifiedBy information.
tags	object	Resource tags.
type	string	The type of the resource. E.g. "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines" or "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts"

DataSourceKind

Enumeration

The kind of the DataSource.

Value	Description
WindowsEvent	WindowsEvent
WindowsPerformanceCounter	WindowsPerformanceCounter
IISLogs	IISLogs
LinuxSyslog	LinuxSyslog
LinuxSyslogCollection	LinuxSyslogCollection
LinuxPerformanceObject	LinuxPerformanceObject
LinuxPerformanceCollection	LinuxPerformanceCollection
CustomLog	CustomLog
CustomLogCollection	CustomLogCollection
AzureAuditLog	AzureAuditLog
AzureActivityLog	AzureActivityLog
GenericDataSource	GenericDataSource
ChangeTrackingCustomPath	ChangeTrackingCustomPath
ChangeTrackingPath	ChangeTrackingPath
ChangeTrackingServices	ChangeTrackingServices
ChangeTrackingDataTypeConfiguration	ChangeTrackingDataTypeConfiguration
ChangeTrackingDefaultRegistry	ChangeTrackingDefaultRegistry
ChangeTrackingRegistry	ChangeTrackingRegistry
ChangeTrackingLinuxPath	ChangeTrackingLinuxPath
LinuxChangeTrackingPath	LinuxChangeTrackingPath
ChangeTrackingContentLocation	ChangeTrackingContentLocation
WindowsTelemetry	WindowsTelemetry
Office365	Office365
SecurityWindowsBaselineConfiguration	SecurityWindowsBaselineConfiguration
SecurityCenterSecurityWindowsBaselineConfiguration	SecurityCenterSecurityWindowsBaselineConfiguration
SecurityEventCollectionConfiguration	SecurityEventCollectionConfiguration
SecurityInsightsSecurityEventCollectionConfiguration	SecurityInsightsSecurityEventCollectionConfiguration
ImportComputerGroup	ImportComputerGroup
NetworkMonitoring	NetworkMonitoring
Itsm	Itsm
DnsAnalytics	DnsAnalytics
ApplicationInsights	ApplicationInsights
SqlDataClassification	SqlDataClassification

ErrorAdditionalInfo

Object

The resource management error additional info.

Name	Type	Description
info	object	The additional info.
type	string	The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

Object

The error detail.

Name	Type	Description
additionalInfo	ErrorAdditionalInfo[]	The error additional info.
code	string	The error code.
details	ErrorDetail[]	The error details.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The error target.

ErrorResponse

Object

Error response

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorDetail	The error object.

systemData

Object

Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

Name	Type	Description
createdAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource creation (UTC).
createdBy	string	The identity that created the resource.
createdByType	createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
lastModifiedAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource last modification (UTC)
lastModifiedBy	string	The identity that last modified the resource.
lastModifiedByType	createdByType	The type of identity that last modified the resource.