Managing resources

Overview

Resources must be associated with a Business Application before they can be managed and monitored in Turbo360. You can associate resources when creating a Business Application or later by editing an existing one.

Turbo360 classifies resources into two groups during association:

• Resources (Management & Monitoring): feature-rich resource types that support both management and monitoring operations.
• All Resources: recently added resource types, some of which support monitoring operations.

Business value

Associating resources with a Business Application gives you centralised visibility and control over your Azure services. You can apply monitoring rules, view dashboards, configure service maps, and run automated tasks across all associated resources from a single context.

Required permissions

A Reader role cannot change the friendly name of a resource. All other resource management operations require a Contributor or Owner role.

How it works

Each resource associated with a Business Application can optionally be assigned a friendly name. This name is displayed across Turbo360 features, including Monitoring, Service Maps, Dashboards, and Automated Tasks, in place of the original Azure resource name.

When you hover over a resource that has a friendly name, a tooltip shows both the original resource name and the friendly name. Friendly names should be unique within a Business Application to avoid confusion.

Adding a resource to a Business Application increases the licensing count by one. Adding the same resource to another Business Application where it already exists does not increase the licensing count again. The count decreases only when the resource is removed from all Business Applications it belongs to.

Steps

Add resources

1. Open the Business Application and go to the Resources section.
2. Click Add > Resources.
3. Select a Service Principal from the list to associate resources from it, or add a new Service Principal.
4. Click Next.
5. Select the Azure resources by clicking their resource types. For parent resource types, child resources are pre-loaded automatically. Use the Associate all the child resources of the selected resources checkbox to select multiple child resources at once.
6. Click Next to review the association summary.
7. Click Add to complete the resource association.

Remove resources

1. In the Resources section of the Business Application, select the resources to remove.
2. Click Remove.

Set a friendly name

1. In the Resources section or the All Resources section of the Business Application, locate the resource.
2. Click the Friendly Name icon next to the resource.
3. Enter a friendly name and save.

The friendly name appears in all major Turbo360 features for that resource. Hovering over the resource shows a tooltip with both the original name and the friendly name.

Manage Azure tags

Tags are name/value pairs that let you categorise Azure resources and consolidate billing across resources and resource groups. You can assign tags to resources associated with a Business Application.

1. In the Resources section of the Business Application, select the resource.
2. Click Tags.
3. Enter a tag name and value.
4. Click Add tag to add additional tags.
5. Click Save to assign the tags.

The assigned tags appear in the Azure tags blade / Tags Column after a manual or auto-refresh.

Troubleshooting

1. Friendly name not visible in resource selection when creating a Business Application.
   Cause: Friendly names are not surfaced in the resource selection step during Business Application creation.
   Fix: This is by design. The friendly name becomes visible after the Business Application is created and the resource is associated.

2. Licensing count does not decrease after removing a resource.
   Cause: The resource is still associated with one or more other Business Applications.
   Fix: Remove the resource from all Business Applications for the licensing count to decrease.

3. Tags not appearing after assignment.
   Cause: The tag data has not yet been refreshed.
   Fix: Trigger a manual refresh or wait for the next auto-refresh cycle.

4. Resource type not available during association.
   Cause: The resource type may be listed under All Resources rather than Resources (Management & Monitoring).
   Fix: Check the All Resources tab during the association step. Refer to the Supported Azure resources article for the full list of supported types.

5. Unable to change a friendly name.
   Cause: The user account has a Reader role.
   Fix: Request a Contributor or Owner role assignment to modify friendly names.

FAQs

1. Can the same resource be in multiple Business Applications?
   Yes. The same Azure resource can be associated with more than one Business Application. Adding it to an additional Business Application does not increase the licensing count again.

2. Does changing a friendly name affect the Azure resource name?
   No. A friendly name is a display label within Turbo360 only. The original Azure resource name is unchanged and remains visible in the tooltip when you hover over the resource.

3. Can I remove a resource from a Business Application without deleting it from Azure?
   Yes. Removing a resource from a Business Application only disassociates it from Turbo360 monitoring. The resource continues to exist in Azure and can be re-added at any time.

4. Do Azure tags set in Turbo360 appear in the Azure portal?
   Yes. Tags assigned through Turbo360 are written to the Azure resource and will appear in the Azure portal after the next refresh cycle.

5. What is the difference between Resources (Management & Monitoring) and All Resources?
   Resources (Management & Monitoring) are feature-rich resource types with full support for management operations, monitoring, dashboards, and automated tasks. All Resources covers recently added resource types where only some Turbo360 features may be available.

Related articles

• Supported Azure resources
• Automated resource association
• Managing Business Applications
• Business Application dashboard
• Monitoring a Business Application