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How to check tag of spans of opentelemetry in azure app insight


I am using aspnet core with opentelemetry. When I try to set tag in activityEvent. It appears in customdeminsion field in trace log in azure app insight. However. When I try to setTag in activity. I cannot find anywhere to see those tags. Where can I check them? Thanks a lot.


Solution

  • If you want to use in activity and not with activity event you can use something like below code in your code:

    You can use Console activity to send data without activity event:

    using System.Diagnostics;
    using Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter;
    using OpenTelemetry;
    using OpenTelemetry.Resources;
    using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
    
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            using var openTelemetry = Sdk.CreateTracerProviderBuilder()
                .SetResourceBuilder(ResourceBuilder.CreateDefault().AddService("MyService"))
                .AddSource("ConsoleApp")
                .AddAzureMonitorTraceExporter(azureExporterOptions =>
                {
                    azureExporterOptions.ConnectionString = "InstrumentationKey=344b8760-g6s-f72;IngestionEndpoint=https://eastus-8.in.applicationinsights.azure.com/;LiveEndpoint=https://eastus.livediagnostics.monitor.azure.com/;ApplicationId=a0fh8-8gd8-976f";
                })
                .Build();
            await Rith_func();
        }
    
        public static async Task Rith_func()
        {
            using var ri_src = new ActivitySource("ConsoleApp");
            using (var rith_act = ri_src.StartActivity("Rithwik_test_activity"))
            {
                rith_act?.SetTag("rith_tag", "rith_value");
                Console.WriteLine("Hello Rithwik Bojja, Activity is started !!");
                await Task.Delay(1000);
                Console.WriteLine("Hello Rithwik Bojja, Activity is ended !!");
            }
        }
    }
    

    Output:

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