My team confirms the Graphite input type cannot currently be controlled: "The graphite input assumes float type, there is currently no way to cast it into an integer and the trailing "i" is not accepted as valid graphite format."
If you want to open a feature request: https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/new On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Sean Beckett <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know if it's possible to set data types during Graphite ingest. > > However, as of InfluxDB 1.0-beta1 it is possible to cast numeric types > when querying. Your numbers would still be written as floats, but you can > query them as integers. See > https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/6529 and > https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.0/query_language/data_exploration/#data-types-and-cast-operations-in-queries > for more. > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 10:17 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, I've been trying to send metrics to influxdb via the graphite >> listener but it converts them into floating numbers, I tried adding "i" to >> the number to force influxdb to treat it as an integer but this seems to >> only work on the line protocol. >> >> How can I make influxdb treat my integer as an integer? >> >> -- >> Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "InfluxDB" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/7dd74388-cc53-4c77-89c1-b81f607c992b%40googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Sean Beckett > Director of Support and Professional Services > InfluxDB > -- Sean Beckett Director of Support and Professional Services InfluxDB -- Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxDB" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/CALGqCvNLi-iki8EiUW-s53YPWF3pP_mdGtuxa4GTeVHg-XXt3g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
