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1 | 1 | # Azure Monitor Ingestion client library for Python |
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3 | | -The Azure Monitor Ingestion client library is used to send custom logs to [Azure Monitor][azure_monitor_overview]. |
| 3 | +The Azure Monitor Ingestion client library is used to send custom logs to [Azure Monitor][azure_monitor_overview] using the [Logs Ingestion API][ingestion_overview]. |
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5 | 5 | This library allows you to send data from virtually any source to supported built-in tables or to custom tables that you create in Log Analytics workspace. You can even extend the schema of built-in tables with custom columns. |
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76 | 76 | The DCR must understand the structure of the input data and the structure of the target table. If the two don't match, it can use a transformation to convert the source data to match the target table. You may also use the transform to filter source data and perform any other calculations or conversions. |
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78 | | -For more details, refer to [Data collection rules in Azure Monitor](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/data-collection-rule-overview). |
| 78 | +For more details, see [Data collection rules in Azure Monitor][data_collection_rule]. For information on how to retrieve a DCR ID, see [this tutorial][data_collection_rule_tutorial]. |
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80 | 80 | ### Log Analytics workspace tables |
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196 | 196 | [changelog]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/CHANGELOG.md |
197 | 197 | [data_collection_endpoint]: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/data-collection-endpoint-overview |
198 | 198 | [data_collection_rule]: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/data-collection-rule-overview |
| 199 | +[data_collection_rule_tutorial]: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/tutorial-logs-ingestion-portal#collect-information-from-the-dcr |
| 200 | +[ingestion_overview]: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/logs/logs-ingestion-api-overview |
199 | 201 | [package]: https://aka.ms/azsdk-python-monitor-ingestion-pypi |
200 | 202 | [pip]: https://pypi.org/project/pip/ |
201 | 203 | [python_logging]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html |
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