Azure AI Playground: Search Endpoint Configuration

Question

Just starting out with AI so sorry if this is a noob question. After the initial Foundry setup, I added a 2nd Search Service to change the SKU to F0 for experimentation (since it's not possible to change it after creation). When I open the Chat playground, it still uses the original search.

What is the search service selection based on? Is there a setting in the playground or elsewhere in Foundry to select which search endpoint is used?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi @Green, Jim
apologize for any inconvenience caused on this.
No, there is no direct setting in the Azure AI Playground to manually select a different Azure AI Search endpoint. Working with the Azure AI Playground, the search service selection is chosen based on the configuration set during setup. If you previously added another search service and want to use it in the Chat playground, there is no option within the playground to toggle search endpoints.

1.To confirm that the new search service is being used, it is necessary to check the configuration settings in the Azure AI Foundry portal.
2. Make sure that the new search service is properly associated with your application and ensure any environment variables tied to the search service are updated.
3.If you need to switch to the new search service without redeploying your app, adjust the environment variables that control the data source to be used.
4. Ensure the AZURE_SEARCH_SERVICE and AZURE_SEARCH_INDEX variables point to the new search service.
references:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/quickstarts/get-started-playground