How to add a daily cap to Azure Log Analytics workspace


Description

The daily cap restricts the size of data that a Log Analytics workspace can collect in a day. When the daily cap is reached, data collection stops. To continue data collection, you can:

How to add a daily cap to Azure log analytics workspace

To add a daily cap to Azure log analytics workspace, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the desired instance of Log Analytics in the deployment resource group.
  2. Go to the Usage and estimated costs tab.
  3. Review the usage to confirm the desired cap will be sufficient.
  4. Near the top of the window, select Daily cap.
  5. Set to ON and enter the desired daily cap:
    • The daily cap must be set to a minimum of 0.023 GB/day.
  6. Click OK to save.