# Send logs (not logs as metrics) to BigQuery using Telegraf

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/send-logs-not-logs-as-metrics-to-bigquery-using-telegraf/16812>\
**Category:** Systems\
**Tags:** telegraf\
**Created:** [November 18, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/send-logs-not-logs-as-metrics-to-bigquery-using-telegraf/16812 "2020-11-18T17:39:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Casey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Casey](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Casey)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/send-logs-not-logs-as-metrics-to-bigquery-using-telegraf/16812/1 "2020-11-18T17:39:32Z")

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Hi,  
We would like to use Telegraf as the agent to exclusively handle sending system performance metrics into our TSDB and also use it to send logs to our cloud log appliance in JSON format, similar to other log collection tools.  
Does Telegraf support collecting and sending logs (not logs as metrics) in JSON (or others) format?

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Anaisdg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/anaisdg/32/6401_2.png) [@Anaisdg](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Anaisdg)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/send-logs-not-logs-as-metrics-to-bigquery-using-telegraf/16812/2 "2020-11-24T20:46:12Z")

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Hello @Casey,  
You can use the execd processor plugin to shape data in anyway that you see fit.

Here are some resources for you to get started:

> **[JSON input data format | Telegraf 1.24 Documentation](https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1.15/data_formats/input/json/)**
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> Use the JSON input data format to parse \[JSON\]\[json\] objects, or an array of objects, into Telegraf metric fields.

> **[JSON output data format | Telegraf 1.24 Documentation](https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1.15/data_formats/output/json/#configuration)**
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> Telegraf’s json output data format converts metrics into JSON documents.

> **[Plugin directory | Telegraf 1.24 Documentation](https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1.15/plugins/#execd)**
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> Telegraf is a plugin-driven agent that collects, processes, aggregates, and writes metrics. It supports four categories of plugins including input, output, aggregator, and processor. View and search all available Telegraf plugins.

After you review, please let me know if you need additional help! 🙂