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KQL Examples for Real Time Intelligence

This directory contains practical KQL query examples organized by use case. These examples demonstrate real-world scenarios and best practices for Real Time Intelligence applications.

📁 Directory Structure

🔧 Performance Monitoring

• performance/ - Performance monitoring and optimization queries
  • request-analysis.kql - Request performance analysis and bottleneck detection
  • performance-counters.kql - Comprehensive system performance monitoring
  • dependency-tracking.kql - Dependency analysis and failure tracking

📊 Monitoring & Alerting

• monitoring/ - Health monitoring and alerting queries
  • health-checks.kql - Service health monitoring and availability tracking
  • alerting-queries.kql - Automated alert conditions and incident detection
  • dashboard-queries.kql - Dashboard metrics and real-time visualizations

💼 Business Analytics

• business/ - Business intelligence and analytics queries
  • user-analytics.kql - User behavior analysis and engagement metrics
  • revenue-analytics.kql - Revenue tracking and commerce analytics

🔒 Security & Compliance

• security/ - Security monitoring and compliance queries
  • threat-hunting.kql - Threat detection and security monitoring
  • audit-compliance.kql - Compliance reporting and audit trails

📋 Complete File Structure

examples/
├── performance/
│   ├── request-analysis.kql
│   ├── performance-counters.kql
│   └── dependency-tracking.kql
├── monitoring/
│   ├── health-checks.kql
│   ├── alerting-queries.kql
│   └── dashboard-queries.kql
├── business/
│   ├── user-analytics.kql
│   └── revenue-analytics.kql
└── security/
    ├── threat-hunting.kql
    └── audit-compliance.kql

Each example file includes:

• Query purpose and description
• Sample data context
• The KQL query with comments
• Expected output format
• Performance considerations
• Variations and alternatives

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