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title: Insights Data Collection Rule
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# Insights Data Collection Rule

This table represents the insights_data_collection_rule resource from Microsoft Azure.

```
azure.insights_data_collection_rule
```

## Fields

| Title                       | ID   | Type       | Data Type                                                                                                                                                     | Description |
| --------------------------- | ---- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| _key                        | core | string     |
| data_collection_endpoint_id | core | string     | The resource ID of the data collection endpoint that this rule can be used with.                                                                              |
| data_flows                  | core | json       | The specification of data flows.                                                                                                                              |
| data_sources                | core | json       | The specification of data sources. This property is optional and can be omitted if the rule is meant to be used via direct calls to the provisioned endpoint. |
| description                 | core | string     | Description of the data collection rule.                                                                                                                      |
| destinations                | core | json       | The specification of destinations.                                                                                                                            |
| etag                        | core | string     | Resource entity tag (ETag).                                                                                                                                   |
| id                          | core | string     | Fully qualified ID of the resource.                                                                                                                           |
| identity                    | core | json       | Managed service identity of the resource.                                                                                                                     |
| immutable_id                | core | string     | The immutable ID of this data collection rule. This property is READ-ONLY.                                                                                    |
| kind                        | core | string     | The kind of the resource.                                                                                                                                     |
| location                    | core | string     | The geo-location where the resource lives.                                                                                                                    |
| metadata                    | core | json       | Metadata about the resource                                                                                                                                   |
| name                        | core | string     | The name of the resource.                                                                                                                                     |
| provisioning_state          | core | string     | The resource provisioning state.                                                                                                                              |
| resource_group              | core | string     |
| subscription_id             | core | string     |
| subscription_name           | core | string     |
| system_data                 | core | json       | Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.                                                                                        |
| tags                        | core | hstore_csv |
| type                        | core | string     | The type of the resource.                                                                                                                                     |