# Microsoft Azure AI Search Monitoring

- [Microsoft Azure AI Search - An Overview](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/azure-ai-search-monitoring-tools.html#azureaisearchoverview)
- [Creating a new Microsoft Azure AI Search Monitor](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/azure-ai-search-monitoring-tools.html#newmonitor)
- [Monitored Parameters](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/azure-ai-search-monitoring-tools.html#parameters)

## Microsoft Azure AI Search - An Overview

Azure AI Search (formerly Azure Cognitive Search) is a fully managed cloud search service that provides a rich query experience over private, heterogeneous content. Applications Manager's [Microsoft Azure AI Search monitoring](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/azure-ai-search-monitoring.html) lets you track search latency, query throughput, throttling ratios, indexer document processing, skill execution, and index storage consumption — all in one place.

## Creating a new Microsoft Azure AI Search Monitor

To learn how to create a new Microsoft Azure AI Search monitor, [click here](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/microsoft-azure.html#newmonitor).

## Monitored Parameters

Navigate to the **Category View** by clicking the **Monitors** tab. Hover over 'Child Monitors' under **Microsoft Azure** in the Cloud Apps table, and then select the **AI Search** monitor from the displayed tooltip. This action will display the bulk configuration view for Microsoft Azure AI Search in three tabs:

- **Availability** tab gives the availability history for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
- **Performance** tab gives the health status and events for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
- **List view** tab enables you to perform [bulk admin configurations](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/bulk-config.html).

Following are the list of metrics monitored in [Microsoft Azure AI Search Monitoring](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/azure-ai-search-monitoring.html) in their corresponding tabs:

- [Performance Overview](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/azure-ai-search-monitoring-tools.html#performanceoverview)
- [Configuration](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/azure-ai-search-monitoring-tools.html#configuration)

### Performance Overview

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| **SEARCH LATENCY** |  |
| Search Latency | The average of search latency for the Azure AI Search Service between the poll intervals (in s). |
| **SEARCH QUERIES** |  |
| Search Queries | The average of search queries per second for the Azure AI Search Service between the poll intervals (in queries/s). |
| **THROTTLED SEARCH QUERIES** |  |
| Throttled Search Queries | The average number of search queries that were throttled for the Azure AI Search Service between the poll intervals (in %). |
| **DOCUMENTS PROCESSED** |  |
| Documents Processed Rate | The total number of documents processed per minute by the Azure AI Search Service between the poll intervals (in documents/min). |
| Documents Processed | The total number of documents processed by the Azure AI Search Service between the poll intervals. |
| **SKILL EXECUTIONS** |  |
| Skill Execution Rate | The total number of skill executions performed per minute by the Azure AI Search Service between the poll intervals (in executions/min). |
| Skill Executions | The total number of skill executions performed by the Azure AI Search Service between the poll intervals. |
| **STORAGE USAGE** |  |
| Storage Usage | The average of storage usage by index for the Azure AI Search Service between the poll intervals (in MB). |
| Vector Storage Usage | The average of vector storage usage by index for the Azure AI Search Service between the poll intervals (in MB). |
| **COMPUTE UNITS CONSUMED** |  |
| Compute Units Consumed | The total number of compute units (mCUs) consumed by Azure AI Search Service operations between the poll intervals. |

### Configuration

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| **CONFIGURATION** |  |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the Azure resource group that contains the AI Search service. |
| Location | The Azure region where the AI Search service is deployed. |
| Provisioning State | The state of the last provisioning operation performed on the AI Search service. Possible values: succeeded, provisioning, failed. |
| Status | The current status of the AI Search service. Possible values: running, provisioning, deleting, degraded, disabled, error, stopped. |
| SKU Name | The SKU or pricing tier of the AI Search service. Possible values: free, basic, standard, standard2, standard3, storage_optimized_l1, storage_optimized_l2, serverless. |
| Creation Time | The timestamp when the AI Search service was created. |
| Local Authentication | Indicates whether API key authentication is Enabled/Disabled for the AI Search service. |
| Endpoint | The endpoint of the Azure AI Search service. |
| Hosting Mode | The hosting mode of the AI Search service. Possible values: Default, HighDensity. |
| Partitions | The number of partitions in the dedicated AI Search service. Valid values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12. |
| Public Network Access | Indicates whether the AI Search service is accessible through the public network. Possible values: Enabled, Disabled, SecuredByPerimeter. |
| Replicas | The number of replicas in the dedicated AI Search service. Valid range: 1—12 for Standard SKUs and 1—3 for the Basic SKU. |
| Semantic Search | Specifies the availability and billing plan for semantic search on the AI Search service. Possible values: disabled, free, standard. |