Skip string fields in stackdriver output (#5384)

2019-02-05 18:22:42 -08:00
parent f54da4d748
commit d4ab5da34f
2 changed files with 13 additions and 9 deletions
--- a/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/README.md
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ Metrics are grouped by the `namespace` variable and metric key - eg: `custom.goo
  # The namespace for the metric descriptor
  namespace = "telegraf"
 ```
+
+### Restrictions
+
+Stackdriver does not support string values in custom metrics, any string
+fields will not be written.