Copyindex in deploying dashboard resources Azure ARM - azure

Question

I am deploying a custom Azure Dashboard with a tile that makes use of a resource.
To call the resource I use following code
"[resourceId(parameters('analysisServiceResourceGroup'), '/Microsoft.AnalysisServices/servers', parameters('analysisServiceName'))]"
But in one of the tiles I need multiple resources so I tried something out to make a parameter file with following value
"analysisService": {
"value": [
{
"ResourceGroup": "RG",
"Name": "analysis1",
"Color": "#47BDF5"
},
{
"ResourceGroup": "RG",
"Name": "analysis2",
"Color": "#7E58FF"
},
{
"ResourceGroup": "RG",
"Name": "analysis3",
"Color": "#EB9371"
}
]
},
In my dashboard template i use following code to get the name and resource group.
"resourceId": "[resourceId(parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex()].ResourceGroup, '/Microsoft.AnalysisServices/servers', parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex()].Name)]"
The problem I got at the moment my copy object is not placed in the right place. I got this error
'The template function 'copyIndex' is not expected at this location. The function can only be used in a resource with copy specified. Please see https://aka.ms/arm-copy for usage details.'"
This says that my copy index block is not used in the right resource bracelet but I don't know where i can place this copy Index , tried to put this in every possible place where the copy index can access this but nothing works does anyone know what I do wrong or what I do wrong. It may be possible that copyindex doesn't work inside a dashboard resource.
Code
"12": {
"position": {
"x": 12,
"y": 9,
"colSpan": 6,
"rowSpan": 4
},
"metadata": {
"inputs": [
{
"name": "sharedTimeRange",
"isOptional": true
},
{
"name": "options",
"value": {
"charts": [
{
"metrics": [
{
"name": "CurrentUserSessions",
"resourceMetadata": {
"resourceId": "[resourceId(parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex()].ResourceGroup, '/Microsoft.AnalysisServices/servers', parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex()].Name)]"
},
"aggregationType": 1,
"copy": {
"name": "AnalysisServiceCopy",
"count": "[length(parameters('analysisService'))]"
},
}
],
"title": "Avg Current User Sessions for analysis1, analysis1, and analysis1",
"visualization": {
"chartType": 2,
"legend": {
"isVisible": true,
"position": 2,
"hideSubtitle": false
},
"axis": {
"x": {
"isVisible": true,
"axisType": 2,
"min": 1546508634047,
"max": 1546595034047
},
"y": {
"isVisible": true,
"axisType": 1
}
},
"timeBrushEnable": false
},
"itemDataModel": {
"id": "3464BA29-9AF2-4EAE-9CF4-A246059DDF46",
"chartHeight": 1,
"metrics": [
{
"id": {
"resourceDefinition": {
"id": "[resourceId(parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex()].ResourceGroup, '/Microsoft.AnalysisServices/servers', parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex()].Name)]"
},
"name": {
"id": "CurrentUserSessions",
"displayName": "Current User Sessions"
},
"namespace": {
"name": "microsoft.analysisservices/servers"
}
},
"metricAggregation": 4,
"color": "[parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex()].Color]"
,
"copy": {
"name": "AnalysisServiceCopy",
"count": "[length(parameters('analysisService'))]"
},
}
],
"priorPeriod": false,
"horizontalBars": true,
"showOther": false,
"aggregation": 1,
"palette": "multiColor",
"jsonDefinitionId": "59DCE403-7D8D-4E9F-9CDA-7AE7AC9D9220",
"version": {
"major": 1,
"minor": 0,
"build": 0
},
"filters": {
"filterType": 0,
"id": "C81486BB-3934-48C7-9251-A4EE633DB2BB",
"OperandFilters": [],
"LogicalOperator": 0
},
"yAxisOptions": {
"options": 1
},
"title": "Avg Current User Sessions for analysis1, analysis1, and analysis1",
"titleKind": "Auto",
"visualization": {
"chartType": 2,
"legend": {
"isVisible": true,
"position": 2,
"hideSubtitle": false
},
"axis": {
"x": {
"isVisible": true,
"axisType": 2,
"min": 1546508634047,
"max": 1546595034047
},
"y": {
"isVisible": true,
"axisType": 1
}
},
"timeBrushEnable": false
}
}
}
],
"v2charts": true,
"version": 1
},
"isOptional": true
}
],
"type": "Extension/HubsExtension/PartType/MonitorChartPart",
"settings": {
"content": {
"options": {
"charts": [
{
"metrics": [
{
"name": "CurrentUserSessions",
"resourceMetadata": {
"resourceId": "[resourceId(parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex()].ResourceGroup, '/Microsoft.AnalysisServices/servers', parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex()].Name)]"
},
"aggregationType": 1
,
"copy": {
"name": "AnalysisServiceCopy",
"count": "[length(parameters('analysisService'))]"
},
}
],
"title": "Avg Current User Sessions for analysis1, analysis1, and analysis1",
"visualization": {
"chartType": 2,
"legend": {
"isVisible": true,
"position": 2,
"hideSubtitle": false
},
"axis": {
"x": {
"isVisible": true,
"axisType": 2,
"min": 1546508634047,
"max": 1546595034047
},
"y": {
"isVisible": true,
"axisType": 1
}
},
"timeBrushEnable": false
},
"itemDataModel": {
"id": "3464BA29-9AF2-4EAE-9CF4-A246059DDF46",
"chartHeight": 1,
"metrics": [
{
"id": {
"resourceDefinition": {
"id": "[resourceId(parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex()].ResourceGroup, '/Microsoft.AnalysisServices/servers', parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex()].Name)]"
},
"name": {
"id": "CurrentUserSessions",
"displayName": "Current User Sessions"
},
"namespace": {
"name": "microsoft.analysisservices/servers"
}
},
"metricAggregation": 4,
"color": "[parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex()].Color]"
,
"copy": {
"name": "AnalysisServiceCopy",
"count": "[length(parameters('analysisService'))]"
},
}
],
"priorPeriod": false,
"horizontalBars": true,
"showOther": false,
"aggregation": 1,
"palette": "multiColor",
"jsonDefinitionId": "59DCE403-7D8D-4E9F-9CDA-7AE7AC9D9220",
"version": {
"major": 1,
"minor": 0,
"build": 0
},
"filters": {
"filterType": 0,
"id": "C81486BB-3934-48C7-9251-A4EE633DB2BB",
"OperandFilters": [],
"LogicalOperator": 0
},
"yAxisOptions": {
"options": 1
},
"title": "Avg Current User Sessions for analysis1, analysis1, and analysis1",
"titleKind": "Auto",
"visualization": {
"chartType": 2,
"legend": {
"isVisible": true,
"position": 2,
"hideSubtitle": false
},
"axis": {
"x": {
"isVisible": true,
"axisType": 2,
"min": 1546508634047,
"max": 1546595034047
},
"y": {
"isVisible": true,
"axisType": 1
}
},
"timeBrushEnable": false
}
},
"disablePinning": true
}
],
"v2charts": true,
"version": 1
}
}
}
}
},
"copy": {
"name": "AnalysisServiceCopy",
"count": "[length(parameters('analysisService'))]"
},

Answer 1

so, as a general rule, you can only use copy loop to create arrays, not object, so to construct you metrics array you would do something like this:
"charts": [
{
"copy": [
{
"name": "metrics",
"count": "[length(parameters('analysisService'))]",
"input": {
"name": "CurrentUserSessions",
"resourceMetadata": {
"resourceId": "[resourceId(parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex('metrics')].ResourceGroup, '/Microsoft.AnalysisServices/servers', parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex('metrics')].Name)]"
},
"aggregationType": 1
}
}
],
"title": "Avg Current User Sessions for analysis1, analysis1, and analysis1",
"visualization": { redacted for brievity },
"itemDataModel": { redacted for brievity },
"disablePinning": true
}
],
you would need to do this everywhere you need to construct an array. as a workaround (if they are identical) you can use the same construct to create a variable and use that variable:
"variables": {
"copy": [
{
"name": "metrics",
"count": "[length(parameters('analysisService'))]",
"input": {
"name": "CurrentUserSessions",
"resourceMetadata": {
"resourceId": "[resourceId(parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex('metrics')].ResourceGroup, '/Microsoft.AnalysisServices/servers', parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex('metrics')].Name)]"
},
"aggregationType": 1
}
}
],
}
the above will create a variable called "metrics" which you can use anywhere in the template like so:
"[variables('metrics')]"

Answer 2

#4c74356b41
I tried it like this , I directly get an green error line beneath copy that this varbiable never is used.
"variables": {
"copy": [
{
"name": "metrics",
"count": "[length(parameters('analysisService'))]",
"input": {
"name": "qpu_metric",
"resourceMetadata": {
"resourceId": "[resourceId(parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex('metrics')].ResourceGroup, 'Microsoft.AnalysisServices/servers', parameters('analysisService')[copyIndex('metrics')].Name)]"
},
"aggregationType": 1
}
}
]
},
In my code I call the variable like this
"charts": [
{
"metrics" : "[variables('metrics')]",
"title": "Avg QPU",
"visualization": {