Add explanation for "Flow_Type": "Bluefield"

[bgawale]

Would be good to highlight what does below configuration signify or point to the direction where additional reference for this can be found. "Flow_Type": "Bluefield"

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• ID: 4bc462b2-cc7f-7209-fac7-9796d3f714be
• Version Independent ID: 723b1388-1661-1ffc-c44f-3b6de246f23c
• Content: Create a new Azure Monitor Application Insights workspace-based resource - Azure Monitor
• Content Source: articles/azure-monitor/app/create-workspace-resource.md
• Service: azure-monitor
• Sub-service: application-insights
• GitHub Login: @AaronMaxwell
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[VikasPullagura-MSFT]

@bgawale Thanks for the feedback! I have assigned the issue to content author to check and update the document as appropriate.

[VikasPullagura-MSFT]

@AaronMaxwell Can you please check and add your comments on this doc update request as applicable.

[AaronMaxwell]

@trask Would you please confirm this is still accurate?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52448944/what-is-the-flow-type-attribute-in-microsofts-azure-arm-template-for-applicat

"Flow_Type and Request_Source Do not have any effect in the current version, and they might be deprecated in future versions of App Insights API"

If so, I'll add a note to the article.

[trask]

hey @AaronMaxwell, this is not a component I'm familiar with

[AaronMaxwell]

Component properties are fully documented on another page and we'll add a link to it.

https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/templates/microsoft.insights/components

• Flow_Type - Used to show whether it was red field/green field/etc.
• Request_Source - Used to determine what tool created the resource.

Even though these component properties are not used, they may not be optional. Further investigation into this topic is ongoing.

[bgawale]

Thanks, good to have this link updated in the source documentation for the reference?

[AaronMaxwell]

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs-pr/pull/204831

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[bgawale]

link results in page not found?

[MarkLeMerise]

I have been working on building up a Bicep script which includes this resource and am still very confused about how to set this value. The docs seems to imply we should just use "Bluefield", but when I create App Insights resources by hand in the Azure portal and then look at the "JSON View", I see this value set as "Redfield". Another comment in this thread implies the existence of even more values (e.g. "Greenfield"), but still this doesn't seem to answer the question of what effect this value has on the resource. I discovered that I can deploy with null as a value and that seems to work fine as well (at least no errors are present).

There is even more confusion because of the SO answer claiming this field (and Request_Source) have no effect and could be deprecated. However, I don't see any official doc or source confirming that claim.

All this being said, it would be nice to have some more documentation/context to dispel the "magic value" nature of this field.