az monitor app-insights workbook create | Can't create workbook with serialized-data, too long for CLI

[chkinney]

Describe the bug

We are unable to create a pre-populated workbook using the Azure CLI due to the serialized data for the workbook being too long for the CLI tool.

The command returns an error status and the following output:

The command line is too long.

This error might originate from the shell itself. This command is being executed from Windows 11.

The input we are passing in, minified, is more than 28000 characters long and is a fairly large workbook. It is being passed in via the --serialized-data CLI parameter.

Related command

az monitor app-insights workbook create \
  --resource-name $uuid \
  --resource-group $rg \
  --kind shared \
  --category workbook \
  --display-name test \
  --source-id '/subscriptions/.../resourceGroups/.../providers/Microsoft.Insights/components/...' \
  --serialized-data $data

Errors

The command line is too long.

Issue script & Debug output

The command line is too long.

There is no other output. It's possible this error originates from the shell itself.

Expected behavior

I think passing in this much data via the CLI is expected to result in an error. Instead, I would expect to be able to pass in the serialized data through some other means, such as via stdin or a file.

Environment Summary

azure-cli 2.68.0

core 2.68.0
telemetry 1.1.0

Extensions:
application-insights 1.2.2
bastion 1.1.0

Dependencies:
msal 1.31.1
azure-mgmt-resource 23.1.1

Python location 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\python.exe'
Extensions directory 'C:\Users\redacted.azure\cliextensions'

Python (Windows) 3.12.8 (tags/v3.12.8:2dc476b, Dec 3 2024, 19:30:04) [MSC v.1942 64 bit (AMD64)]

Legal docs and information: aka.ms/AzureCliLegal

Your CLI is up-to-date.

Additional context

Adding a --serialized-data-file argument or accepting a special value to pipe in the serialized data via stdin would likely resolve this issue.

[yonzhan]

Thank you for opening this issue, we will look into it.