# Influxdb problem

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/influxdb-problem/161292>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 18, 2018, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/influxdb-problem/161292 "2018-12-18T09:36:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![abu.sayeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@abu.sayeed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abu.sayeed)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/influxdb-problem/161292/1 "2018-12-18T09:36:28Z")

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[2018-12-18T15:21:10,775][WARN][logstash.outputs.influxdb] Non recoverable exception while writing to InfluxDB {:exception=\>#\<InfluxDB::Error: {"error":"unable to parse 'winevent\_log computer\_name="[windows-user1.example.com](http://windows-user1.example.com)",source\_name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",log\_name="Security",hostname="windows-user1",SubjectUserName="SYSTEM",keywords=["Audit Success"],level="Information",SubjectDomainName="NT AUTHORITY" 1545124867': invalid boolean\nunable to parse 'winevent\_log computer\_name="[windows-user1.example.com](http://windows-user1.example.com)",IpAddress="-",log\_name="Security",SubjectUserName="windows-user1$",level="Information",RestrictedAdminMode="-",TargetOutboundDomainName="-",AuthenticationPackageName="Negotiate",TargetUserName="SYSTEM",source\_name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",hostname="windows-user1",keywords=["Audit Success"],SubjectDomainName="example",version=2i,WorkstationName="-",LogonType="5",TargetOutboundUserName="-" 1545124867': invalid boolean"}

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**Author:** ![AquaX](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aquax/32/92006_2.png) [@AquaX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AquaX)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/influxdb-problem/161292/2 "2019-01-03T15:40:37Z")

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Looks like Influx is expecting a boolean type but you're sending it a string. Check that you influxdb schema matches the datatypes that you are sending in for that field.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/influxdb-problem/161292/3 "2019-01-31T15:40:40Z")

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