🧪 ADX for IoT Analytics (Hands-On Lab)

Azure Data Explorer can provide valuable insights into your IoT workloads. In the following lab, we look at thermostat IoT Devices that are in 3 different office buildings.

Prerequisites

• An Azure account with an active subscription. If you don't have access to an Azure subscription, you may be able to start with a free account.
• You must have the necessary privileges within your Azure subscription to create resources, perform role assignments, register resource providers (if required), etc.

⭐ Instructions for Lab Deployment

Open Azure Cloud Shell and run the following commands:

1. Login to Azure

   az login

2. If you have more than one subscription, select the appropriate one:

   az account set --subscription "<your-subscription>"

3. Get the latest version of the repository

   git clone https://github.com/Azure/ADXIoTAnalytics.git

4. Deploy solution

   cd ADXIoTAnalytics
   . ./deploy.sh

   

   ⚠️ You may see the following Error ⚠️

   Failed to connect to MSI. Please make sure MSI is configured correctly. Get Token request returned: <Response [400]>

   This error occurs because the IoT Central App doesn't yet exist. It now takes ~10 minutes to create, and our deployment script is not set to wait. To fix the error please follow these steps:

   • Open the new resource group ADXIoTAnalytics... that was created in your subscription > open eventhubpm... > scroll down and click iotdata > click Shared access policies > click ListenSend > click the paper stack to copy the Connection string-primary key.
   • Go back to the resource group > click iotcentralpm..., click the IoT Central Application URL
   • Wait & refresh the page for your app to appear under My Apps. Note, login to IoT Central with the same account of your subscription.
   • Open your IoT App, should be called Store Analytics, expand the menu on the left by clicking the hamburger icon > click Data Export > click Destinations > add a new destination, name it iotdata, type Azure Event Hubs > paste the Connection String > click Save.
   • Click Data Export again > add an export > name it Export, type: Telemetry, for Destionation choose iotdata, click Save.
   • Refresh the page till it appears Healthy, should take approximately 5 minutes.
   • Proceed with the rest of the lab.

5. After deploy script completes:

   • Go to Home > Azure Data Explorer Clusters > click on the newly deployed ADX cluster > copy the URI and open it in a new tab.

     

   • Alternatively, ADX Web-UI > click Add Cluster > enter your Connection URI > click Add.

     

6. Expand Database > select IoTAnalytics to set the Scope of the new script

7. Copy the KQL queries from sample.kql to get you started.

   

🤔 What will be deployed?

1. IoT Central Store Analytics Template

• 36 thermostat devices being created and simulated
• Setup Export to Event Hub of telemetry data

2. Event Hub

• Data exported from IoT Central
• ADX Data Connection to ingest data

3. Azure Digital Twins

• Office, Floors, and Thermostat twins
• Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle offices with 6 Floors in each
• 36 Thermostat twins created spread across the 3 offices with 2 on each floor

4. Azure Data Explorer

• StageIoTRaw table where data lands from Event Hub to get new data
• Thermastats table with update policy to transform raw data
• Historical data from January 2022 loaded into Thermostats table
• Two functions
  • GetDevicesbyOffice: query ADT by Office names to get all DeviceIds at the office
  • GetDevicesbyOfficeFloor: query ADT by Office and Floor to get all Devices on that floor

5. Storate Account

• adxscript Container to upload files configDB.KQL and Thermostat_January2022.csv

6. Event Grid System Topic

• BlobCreate for HistoricalData when Thermostat_January2022.csv is uploaded to automatically ingest to ADX database table Thermostats.

🏢 Lab Architecture

🧬 Files used in the solution

• asssets folder: contains the following files:

  • AutomationPresentation.gif: quick explanation of the solution
  • Connected_Devices.pbix : sample report to visualize the data

• config folder: contains the configDB.kql that includes the code required to create the Azure Data Explorer tables and functions

• dtconfig folder: contains the files necessary to configure the Azure Digital Twins service:

  • Floor.json
  • Office.json
  • Thermostat.json

• modules folder: contains the Azure Bicep necessary to deploy and configure the resource resources used in the solution:

  • adx.bicep: ADX Bicep deployment file
  • digitaltwin.bicep: Digital Twin Bicep deployment file
  • eventhub.bicep: Event Hub Bicep deployment file
  • iotcentral.bicep: IoT Central Bicep deployment file
  • storage.bicep: Storage Bicep deployment file. This account is used as temporary storage to download ADX database configuration scripts)

• deploy.sh: script to deploy the solution. The only one you need to run.

• main.bicep: main Bicep deployment file. It includes all the other Bicep deployment files (modules)

• README.md: This README file

🧙‍♂️ Authors

• Brad Watts (ADX - Senior Program Manager)
• Tonio Lora (Director Specialist GBB)
• Hiram Fleitas (Data & AI - Senior Cloud Solutions Architect - Engineering)

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