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Configuration

This section explains each of the properties in the configuration blade. 
General
Property
Description
Collection
This associates the Agent to a specific Collection (default to that of the current Data Stream).
Polling Interval (seconds)
A timespan to specify how often should the Agent check for new data/changes or update its cache.
Refer to Collections and Stream Hosts to understand more about Collections.
Authentication
Property
Description
Use Variables
Tick to select saved variables for the Client Id, Secret Key, Tenant Id, and Cluster URL properties; or enter the text manually.
Client Id
The Id of the Azure App Registration used to connect to the Azure Data Explorer instance.
Client Secret
The Secret of the Azure App Registration used to connect to the Azure Data Explorer instance.
Tenant Id
The Id of the tenant to which the Client belongs.
Cluster
Property
Description
Cluster Url
The Host Name used to create, start, edit, list, terminate, and delete clusters - in the format https://{clusterName}.{location}.kusto.windows.net

You can find the URL on the Azure Portal blade for the Data Explorer Cluster under the "URI" property. 
Database
Once the Authentication and Cluster properties are entered, the Agent attempts to open a connection with the database server. If successful, the Database dropdown is populated with a list of available databases.
Property
Description
Database
The name of the database to connect to.
Once selected, the Table property is populated with the list of available tables and materialized views in the database.
Specify ADX Query?
Tick to query using a KQL statement, or select a table (default).
Table
The name of the table or materialized view to connect to (applies when Specify ADX Query is not ticked).
ADX Query
Query Azure Data Explorer (ADX) through a KQL statement (applies when Specify ADX Query is ticked). This is useful when querying data by joining multiple tables.

Refer to Identifier Quoting when your query includes identifiers that are the same as keywords or contain special characters.
Columns To Return
The columns which the Agent should return. If no columns are specified, the Agent will return all the columns from the table.
Special Characters in Identifier Names
These special characters are supported: (_) Underscore, (-) Dash, (.) Period and ( ) Space.

The following special characters in ADX Query are not supported and will result in errors:
(*) Asterisk (Request is invalid and cannot be executed.)
(\) Backslash and (\\) Double Backslash (Parse error. No Values will be displayed.)
(.) Period (No Values will be displayed.)
Refer to Azure Data Explorer's Identifier Naming Rules for more information when creating your entity.
Timestamp
Property
Description
Column
The column used to detecting new rows. Ideally, the selected column should have a unique, incrementing value for each new row.
Endpoints
Name
Description
Output
The read events will be made available to this endpoint with attributes matching those specified in the Columns To Return property.
Error
Errors encountered during the execution of this Agent will be published on this Endpoint.

Property	Description
Collection	This associates the Agent to a specific Collection (default to that of the current Data Stream).
Polling Interval (seconds)	A timespan to specify how often should the Agent check for new data/changes or update its cache.

Property	Description
Use Variables	Tick to select saved variables for the Client Id, Secret Key, Tenant Id, and Cluster URL properties; or enter the text manually.
Client Id	The Id of the Azure App Registration used to connect to the Azure Data Explorer instance.
Client Secret	The Secret of the Azure App Registration used to connect to the Azure Data Explorer instance.
Tenant Id	The Id of the tenant to which the Client belongs.

Property	Description
Cluster Url	The Host Name used to create, start, edit, list, terminate, and delete clusters - in the format https://{clusterName}.{location}.kusto.windows.net You can find the URL on the Azure Portal blade for the Data Explorer Cluster under the "URI" property.

Property	Description
Database	The name of the database to connect to. Once selected, the Table property is populated with the list of available tables and materialized views in the database.
Specify ADX Query?	Tick to query using a KQL statement, or select a table (default).
Table	The name of the table or materialized view to connect to (applies when Specify ADX Query is not ticked).
ADX Query	Query Azure Data Explorer (ADX) through a KQL statement (applies when Specify ADX Query is ticked). This is useful when querying data by joining multiple tables. Refer to Identifier Quoting when your query includes identifiers that are the same as keywords or contain special characters.
Columns To Return	The columns which the Agent should return. If no columns are specified, the Agent will return all the columns from the table.

Property	Description
Column	The column used to detecting new rows. Ideally, the selected column should have a unique, incrementing value for each new row.

Name	Description
Output	The read events will be made available to this endpoint with attributes matching those specified in the Columns To Return property.
Error	Errors encountered during the execution of this Agent will be published on this Endpoint.

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