{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/2280","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/2280/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/2280/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/2280/events","html_url":"https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/2280","id":68424799,"number":2280,"title":"OpenTSDB input does not create \"value\" column in 0.9rc24","user":{"login":"hmlth","id":11946481,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11946481?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/hmlth","html_url":"https://github.com/hmlth","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hmlth/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hmlth/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hmlth/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hmlth/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hmlth/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hmlth/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hmlth/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hmlth/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hmlth/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2015-04-14T16:08:31Z","updated_at":"2015-04-14T16:53:07Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I use the OpenTSDB input to try to push from riemann, it works well but the value field has the same name as the series. I tried to use Grafana 2, and it expects a value field, so I have to manually edit queries for each series. This also make queries across multiple series more difficult (I'm still not sure it's even possible):\r\n\r\n~~~\r\n curl -s -G 'http://localhost:8086/query' --data-urlencode \"db=opentsdb_database\" --data-urlencode \"q=SELECT * FROM RIEMANN_load1 LIMIT 1\" --data-urlencode \"pretty=true\" |less\r\n{\r\n    \"results\": [\r\n        {\r\n            \"series\": [\r\n                {\r\n                    \"name\": \"RIEMANN_load1\",\r\n                    \"columns\": [\r\n                        \"time\",\r\n                        \"RIEMANN_load1\"\r\n                    ],\r\n                    \"values\": [\r\n                        [\r\n                            \"2015-04-14T14:10:37Z\",\r\n                            1.59\r\n                        ]\r\n                    ]\r\n                }\r\n            ]\r\n        }\r\n    ]\r\n}\r\n\r\n~~~\r\n\r\nI would expect the colum `RIEMANN_load1` to be named  `value` in all series."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/comments/92976910","html_url":"https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/2280#issuecomment-92976910","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/2280","id":92976910,"user":{"login":"otoolep","id":536312,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/536312?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep","html_url":"https://github.com/otoolep","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-04-14T16:53:07Z","updated_at":"2015-04-14T16:53:07Z","body":"The name of the column is at the input module's discretion, but I agree, this doesn't look right. \r\n\r\n@tcolgate -- if you can make a change, I will review -- thanks."}}