Data Exports - Create Or Update

Service:: Log Analytics

API Version:: 2026-03-01

Create or update a data export.

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/{workspaceName}/dataExports/{dataExportName}?api-version=2026-03-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
dataExportName	path	True	string	The data export rule name.
resourceGroupName	path	True	string minLength: 1 maxLength: 90	The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.
subscriptionId	path	True	string (uuid)	The ID of the target subscription. The value must be an UUID.
workspaceName	path	True	string minLength: 4 maxLength: 63 pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9-]+[A-Za-z0-9]$	The name of the workspace.
api-version	query	True	string minLength: 1	The API version to use for this operation.

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
properties.destination.resourceId	True	string	The destination resource ID. This can be copied from the Properties entry of the destination resource in Azure.
properties.tableNames	True	string[]	An array of tables to export, for example: [“Heartbeat, SecurityEvent”].
properties.createdDate		string	The latest data export rule modification time.
properties.dataExportId		string	The data export rule ID.
properties.destination.metaData.eventHubName		string	Optional. Allows to define an Event Hub name. Not applicable when destination is Storage Account.
properties.enable		boolean	Active when enabled.
properties.lastModifiedDate		string	Date and time when the export was last modified.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	DataExport	Resource 'DataExport' update operation succeeded
201 Created	DataExport	Resource 'DataExport' create operation succeeded
Other Status Codes	ErrorResponse	An unexpected error response.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

DataExportCreate

Sample request

HTTP

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/RgTest1/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/DeWnTest1234/dataExports/export1?api-version=2026-03-01

{
  "properties": {
    "destination": {
      "resourceId": "/subscriptions/192b9f85-a39a-4276-b96d-d5cd351703f9/resourceGroups/OIAutoRest1234/providers/Microsoft.EventHub/namespaces/test"
    },
    "tableNames": [
      "Heartbeat"
    ]
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "name": "export1",
  "type": "Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/export",
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/RgTest1/providers/microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces/DeWnTest1234/export/export1",
  "properties": {
    "createdDate": "Sun, 12 Jan 2020 12:51:10 GMT",
    "dataExportId": "d5233afc-7829-4b89-c594-08d7975e19a5",
    "destination": {
      "type": "EventHub",
      "resourceId": "/subscriptions/192b9f85-a39a-4276-b96d-d5cd351703f9/resourceGroups/OIAutoRest1234/providers/Microsoft.EventHub/namespaces/test"
    },
    "enable": true,
    "lastModifiedDate": "Sun, 12 Jan 2020 12:51:10 GMT",
    "tableNames": [
      "Heartbeat"
    ]
  }
}

Status code:: 201

{
  "name": "export1",
  "type": "Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/export",
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/RgTest1/providers/microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces/DeWnTest1234/export/export1",
  "properties": {
    "createdDate": "Sun, 12 Jan 2020 12:51:10 GMT",
    "dataExportId": "d5233afc-7829-4b89-c594-08d7975e19a5",
    "destination": {
      "type": "EventHub",
      "resourceId": "/subscriptions/192b9f85-a39a-4276-b96d-d5cd351703f9/resourceGroups/OIAutoRest1234/providers/Microsoft.EventHub/namespaces/test"
    },
    "enable": true,
    "lastModifiedDate": "Sun, 12 Jan 2020 12:51:10 GMT",
    "tableNames": [
      "Heartbeat"
    ]
  }
}

Definitions

Name	Description
createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
DataExport	The top level data export resource container.
ErrorAdditionalInfo	The resource management error additional info.
ErrorDetail	The error detail.
ErrorResponse	Error response
systemData	Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.
Type	The type of the destination resource

createdByType

Enumeration

The type of identity that created the resource.

Value	Description
User
Application
ManagedIdentity
Key

DataExport

Object

The top level data export resource container.

Name	Type	Description
id	string (arm-id)	Fully qualified resource ID for the resource. E.g. "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/{resourceProviderNamespace}/{resourceType}/{resourceName}"
name	string	The name of the resource
properties.createdDate	string	The latest data export rule modification time.
properties.dataExportId	string	The data export rule ID.
properties.destination.metaData.eventHubName	string	Optional. Allows to define an Event Hub name. Not applicable when destination is Storage Account.
properties.destination.resourceId	string	The destination resource ID. This can be copied from the Properties entry of the destination resource in Azure.
properties.destination.type	Type	The type of the destination resource
properties.enable	boolean	Active when enabled.
properties.lastModifiedDate	string	Date and time when the export was last modified.
properties.tableNames	string[]	An array of tables to export, for example: [“Heartbeat, SecurityEvent”].
systemData	systemData	Azure Resource Manager metadata containing createdBy and modifiedBy information.
type	string	The type of the resource. E.g. "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines" or "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts"

ErrorAdditionalInfo

Object

The resource management error additional info.

Name	Type	Description
info	object	The additional info.
type	string	The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

Object

The error detail.

Name	Type	Description
additionalInfo	ErrorAdditionalInfo[]	The error additional info.
code	string	The error code.
details	ErrorDetail[]	The error details.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The error target.

ErrorResponse

Object

Error response

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorDetail	The error object.

systemData

Object

Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

Name	Type	Description
createdAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource creation (UTC).
createdBy	string	The identity that created the resource.
createdByType	createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
lastModifiedAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource last modification (UTC)
lastModifiedBy	string	The identity that last modified the resource.
lastModifiedByType	createdByType	The type of identity that last modified the resource.

Type

Enumeration

The type of the destination resource

Value	Description
StorageAccount	StorageAccount
EventHub	EventHub