Application Map for Application Insights WIth Serilog not Working

Question

My original connection with A.I. would produce the correct maps(and live Metrics). Once I linked SeriLog I am getting the proper AI logs but the Application Map (also the live metrics) are not working. I haven't found any articles that mention if this is the expected outcome or if I've made a mistake in my config. is there any documentation or anything that discusses this issue?

Answer 1

Application Map depends on Dependency telemetry (e.g. http requests) to be logged in Application Insights. With Serilog sink, log is sent only as either Trace, Event or Exception. So, if you want the automatic dependency and requests telemetry, I would suggest to have that integration code at startup and leave the Serilog only for application level custom logs.

For example, an asp.net core application, AI integration would be like this. (there are reference for other type of applications also)