Application Insights from last Debug session

Question

I'm encapsulating TelemetryClient functionality to a framework component for both client and server to use. In the process, trimming dependencies and replacing default behavior with my own.

My problem, however, is although telemetry shows up in debug output, it's not shown in the Application Insights Search window.

Note, the telemetry is picked up in Azure Portal.

How can I get data from debug session telemetry, without the full blown Web App to Add Application Insights Telemetry... workflow?

Steps to reproduce:

Create Azure resource, replace InstrumentationKey = "###YourKey###" in snippet below
Create .NET Framework ConsoleApp
Add Microsoft.ApplicationInsights nuget package

Program.cs

using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights;
using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Extensibility;

namespace ConsoleApp
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Track.AddEvent("Debugging");
            System.Console.WriteLine("Search Insights");
            System.Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }

    public static class Track
    {
        private static readonly TelemetryClient TelemetryClient;

        static Track()
        {
            TelemetryConfiguration config = TelemetryConfiguration.CreateDefault();
            config.InstrumentationKey = "###YourKey###";
            TelemetryClient = new TelemetryClient(config);
        }

        public static void AddEvent(string eventName)
        {
            TelemetryClient.TrackEvent(eventName);
        }
    }
}

Taking data from Azure Resource.

I see you have a ReadLine() in there, but does calling Flush() on the telemetry client before the program exits make a difference? — Brendan Green
@Brendan I did a flush before the Console calls, but no luck. — Funk

Funk Funk · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-21T14:40:20

Don't know what caused it, but you can get around by manually adding ApplicationInsights.config.

Workflow:

Right click project: Add new item...
Choose: Application Configuration File
Name: ApplicationInsights.config

Running the solution again made the event count appear next to the light bulb.

Go to Application Insights Search window
Check All
Update

Data from Debug session telemetry shown accordingly.

Funny thing, if you now remove the config file, the events will still show up in the Application Insights Search window, although the count next to the light bulb disappears again.

Application Insights from last Debug session

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