# Telegraf - ignoring measurement\_name **URL:** \ **Category:** Telegraf\ **Tags:** telegraf, json, parser\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-ignoring-measurement-name/26828 "2022-10-04T11:53:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mirino](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/mirino/32/11144_2.png) [@mirino](https://community.influxdata.com/u/mirino)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-ignoring-measurement-name/26828/1 "2022-10-04T11:53:49Z")
Hello Experts, I’m trying to change the measurement name, but I still can’t. I think that according to this manual I have everything OK. Don’t you know where the mistake could be? [How to Parse JSON with Telegraf](https://www.influxdata.com/blog/how-parse-json-telegraf-influxdb-cloud/) **telegraf.conf** ```auto [[inputs.mqtt_consumer]] servers = ["tcp://192.168.2.16:1883"] topics = [ "tele/+/STATE", ] data_format = "json_v2" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2]] measurement_name = "zigbee" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2.field]] path = "POWER" type = "string" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2.field]] path = "UptimeSec" type = "int" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2]] [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2.object]] path = "Wifi" included_keys = ["RSSI", "Signal"] ``` thank you for answer Mirino ---
**Author:** ![Giovanni\_Luisotto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/giovanni_luisotto/32/4017_2.png) [@Giovanni\_Luisotto](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Giovanni_Luisotto)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-ignoring-measurement-name/26828/2 "2022-10-04T12:30:42Z")
Seems right to me, the only question is which version of telegraf are you using? I’ll have to look into it. In the meanwhile you can use : [`name_override`](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/CONFIGURATION.md#input-plugins) - Override the base name of the measurement. (Default is the name of the input). put it at input level like this: ```auto [[inputs.mqtt_consumer]] name_override = "zigbee" servers = ["tcp://192.168.2.16:1883"] {...} ``` ---
**Author:** ![mirino](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/mirino/32/11144_2.png) [@mirino](https://community.influxdata.com/u/mirino)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-ignoring-measurement-name/26828/3 "2022-10-04T12:39:03Z")
```auto ubuntu@raspberry1:~$ /usr/bin/telegraf --version **Telegraf 1.24.1** (git: HEAD@bd7d53fb) ``` ---
**Author:** ![mirino](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/mirino/32/11144_2.png) [@mirino](https://community.influxdata.com/u/mirino)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-ignoring-measurement-name/26828/4 "2022-10-04T17:12:23Z")
I just updateted to version Telegraf **1.24.2** (git: HEAD@9550e7a5) but same problem. ---
**Author:** ![mirino](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/mirino/32/11144_2.png) [@mirino](https://community.influxdata.com/u/mirino)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-ignoring-measurement-name/26828/5 "2022-10-04T17:21:40Z")
name\_override = “zigbee” That option works OK but all parsing fields go to one measurement “zigbee” Now I will try to divide the fields “POWER” , “UptimeSec” → measurement “zigbee” “RSSI”, “Signal” → measurement\_name = “wifi” **but all fields go to one measurement “wifi” and ignoring “zigbee”** ```auto [[inputs.mqtt_consumer]] servers = ["tcp://192.168.2.16:1883"] topics = [ "tele/+/STATE", ] data_format = "json_v2" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2]] measurement_name = "zigbee" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2.field]] path = "POWER" type = "string" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2.field]] path = "UptimeSec" type = "int" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2]] measurement_name = "wifi" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2.object]] path = "Wifi" included_keys = ["RSSI", "Signal"] ``` ```auto ``` ---
**Author:** ![jpowers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/jpowers/32/8569_2.png) [@jpowers](https://community.influxdata.com/u/jpowers)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-ignoring-measurement-name/26828/6 "2022-10-04T20:43:35Z")
`measurement_name` cannot be redefined multiple times for a parser as you have above. Effectively what you want is to create 2 measurements. To do that means having the mqtt\_consumer read twice, one for each, or using the [starlark processor](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/processors/starlark) to split the one metric into a second (e.g. [example](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/multiple_metrics.star) showing the creating of a second metric). Another option is to have a single measurement with all this data: ```auto zigbee,POWER="",Signal="" "UptimeSec"=VAL,RSSI=VAL ``` Or something similar to that rather than breaking them apart. ---
**Author:** ![mirino](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/mirino/32/11144_2.png) [@mirino](https://community.influxdata.com/u/mirino)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-ignoring-measurement-name/26828/7 "2022-10-05T12:15:53Z")
@jpowers I chose the option number 1 and everything works 🙂 , thx But I would also be interested in possibility number 2.([example](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/multiple_metrics.star)) Could you write it down for me in Starlank language? ```auto [[inputs.mqtt_consumer]] servers = ["tcp://192.168.2.16:1883"] topics = [ "tele/+/STATE", ] data_format = "json_v2" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2]] measurement_name = "zigbee" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2.field]] path = "POWER" type = "string" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2.field]] path = "UptimeSec" type = "int" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer]] servers = ["tcp://192.168.2.16:1883"] topics = [ "tele/+/STATE", ] data_format = "json_v2" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2]] measurement_name = "wifi" [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.json_v2.object]] path = "Wifi" included_keys = ["RSSI", "Signal"] ``` ---
**Author:** ![Giovanni\_Luisotto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/giovanni_luisotto/32/4017_2.png) [@Giovanni\_Luisotto](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Giovanni_Luisotto)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-ignoring-measurement-name/26828/8 "2022-10-05T12:54:41Z")
You can also use standard processors to clone/split/edit your data, I’m thinking a mix of [metric filters](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/CONFIGURATION.md#metric-filtering) with the [processor.override](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/plugins/processors/override/README.md). You should be able to get the existing point (clone it?), drop fields and change the measurement name. A clone is probably needed 8as there are 2 separate branches) but it’s pretty easy anyway as we got [processor.clone] I’ve never used starlark so I’m not sure which way is easier ---
**Author:** ![jpowers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/jpowers/32/8569_2.png) [@jpowers](https://community.influxdata.com/u/jpowers)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-ignoring-measurement-name/26828/9 "2022-10-11T19:05:55Z")
@sspaink do you want to try to come up with a starlark script for this?