Kusto panel with access to Clusters, Databases, Tables, etc
Getting Started
Please install VS Code Insiders (stable is not yet supported)
Install this extension
Launch VS Code with the following command line code-insiders --enable-proposed-api=donjayamanne.kusto
Create a file with extension *.knb (or use the command Create Kusto Notebook)
Use the command Configure Kusto Connection to configure the Kusto connection.
Works with Jupyter Notebooks as well (when using kqlmagic)
This extension augments Jupyter Notebooks with Kusto language features, when using the Jupyter extension.
The extension will automatically detect the cluster and database from cells containing the connection information kql AzureDataExplorer://code;cluster='help';database='Samples'.
Difference between Kusto Notebooks & Jupyter Notebooks (with kqlmagic)
Kusto Notebooks, there are no additional dependencies.
Authentication against Azure is handled by VS Code.
With Jupyter Notebooks, you'll need to install Python and the kqlmagic package.
You can use Python to further analyze the data.
Preview
This extension is still in preview and a very early build with a long way to go before it is ready for day to day use.
Limited to VS Code Insiders
Launch VS Code with the following command line code-insiders --enable-proposed-api=donjayamanne.kusto
Authentication
VS Code handles Azure Authentication (if required)
Roadmap
Support for more charts
Ability to lock cells (preserve the results and ensure its never lost)
