# Type conflict -- Telegraf MQTT input passes float, expects int **URL:** \ **Category:** Systems\ **Tags:** influxdb, telegraf, iot\ **Created:** [November 29, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/type-conflict-telegraf-mqtt-input-passes-float-expects-int/3239 "2017-11-29T07:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hasz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90db22/32.png) [@Hasz](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Hasz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/type-conflict-telegraf-mqtt-input-passes-float-expects-int/3239/1 "2017-11-29T07:11:45Z")
I have a device sending a single value thru a mosquitto server into telegraf. The data is a floating point value with 2 degrees, i.e, 24.25. However, when I pass a value into telegraf, I get this on the output: Field type conflict, dropping conflicted points: Response Error: Status Code [400], expected [204], [partial write: field type conflict: input field “value” on measurement “mqtt\_consumer” is type float, already exists as type integer dropped=2] My telegraf.conf looks like this [[inputs.mqtt\_consumer]] servers = [“localhost:1883”] qos = 0 connection\_timeout = "30s" topics = [ “device/#”, ] client\_id = "" data\_format = "value" data\_type = “float” The problem is, I have no idea where else it’s defined as a integer. The word “integer” isn’t even in my config doc. Is there some sort of default I need to change, or another configuration somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![daniel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/daniel/32/142_2.png) [@daniel](https://community.influxdata.com/u/daniel)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 7:29am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/type-conflict-telegraf-mqtt-input-passes-float-expects-int/3239/2 "2017-11-29T07:29:05Z")
This error is coming from InfluxDB, the field must have been stored with a different type previously.