On-demand document generation

Overview

Azure Documenter lets you generate a document from any existing configuration whenever you need an up-to-date Azure technical report on demand. Each configuration is set up with a specific document type — one of 17 available types covering cost, resource, access, compliance, sustainability, and licensing insights — and on-demand generation produces that document immediately using the subscriptions and publish settings already defined in the configuration.

Each configuration is tied to a specific document type, selected when the configuration was first created. On-demand generation always produces the document type set in the configuration — there is no document type selection at generation time.

When you trigger Generate document, a panel opens showing the document type, configured subscriptions, publish settings, and notification channels from the configuration. You can review these before proceeding, then either preview the document or generate it immediately.

Generation pulls the latest Azure resource and cost data for the configured subscriptions and produces a single technical document. Depending on the number of subscriptions and the document type, generation may take some time.

Prerequisites

At least one document configuration must already exist. On-demand generation is triggered from the Actions menu on the configuration in the Documentations tab.

Configuration

Use the following steps to generate a document on demand. Navigate to Azure Documenter and locate the configuration in the tree view.

1. Click the Actions menu next to the configuration.
2. Select Generate document. The Generate document panel opens.
   
3. Review the document type, configured subscriptions, publish settings, and notification channels shown in the panel. Confirm the details are correct before proceeding.
   

4. Click Preview document to review the document content and structure before generating, or click Generate to initiate document generation immediately.