Policies overview

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Applies to: ✅ Azure Data Explorer

The following table provides an overview of the policies for managing your environment:

Policy Description
Auto delete policy Sets an expiry date for the table. The table is automatically deleted at this expiry time.
Cache policy Defines how to prioritize resources. Allows customers to differentiate between hot data cache and cold data cache.
Callout policy Manages the authorized domains for external calls.
Capacity policy Controls the compute resources of data management operations.
Encoding policy Defines how data is encoded, compressed, and indexed.
Extent tags retention policy Controls the mechanism that automatically removes extent tags from tables.
Ingestion batching policy Groups multiple data ingestion requests into batches for more efficient processing.
Ingestion time policy Adds a hidden datetime column to the table that records the time of ingestion.
ManagedIdentity policy Controls which managed identities can be used for what purposes.
Merge policy Defines rules for merging data from different extents into a single extent.
Mirroring policy Allows you to manage your mirroring policy and mirroring policy operations.
Partitioning policy Defines rules for partitioning extents for a specific table or a materialized view.
Retention policy Controls the mechanism that automatically removes data from tables or materialized views.
Restricted view access policy Adds an extra layer of permission requirements for principals to access and view the table.
Row level security policy Defines rules for access to rows in a table based on group membership or execution context.
Row order policy Maintains a specific order for rows within an extent.
Sandbox policy Controls the usage and behavior of sandboxes, which are isolated environments for query execution.
Sharding policy Defines rules for how extents are created.
Streaming ingestion policy Configurations for streaming data ingestion.
Update policy Allows for data to be appended to a target table upon adding data to a source table.
Query weak consistency policy Controls the level of consistency for query results.