value parser: doc & string handling

2016-05-02 12:17:20 -06:00
parent 46f4be88a6
commit f2b0ea6722
2 changed files with 22 additions and 10 deletions
--- a/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+++ b/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
@@ -156,7 +156,12 @@ as the parsed metric.
 #### Value Configuration:

 You **must** tell Telegraf what type of metric to collect by using the
-`data_type` configuration option.
+`data_type` configuration option. Available options are:
+
+1. integer
+2. float or long
+3. string
+4. boolean

 **Note:** It is also recommended that you set `name_override` to a measurement
 name that makes sense for your metric, otherwise it will just be set to the