---
title: Telegraf Documentation
description: Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from Trig
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/trig/
estimated_tokens: 594
product: Telegraf
version: v1
---

-   Telegraf v0.3.0+

# Trig Input Plugin

This plugin is for demonstration purposes and inserts sine and cosine values as metrics.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v0.3.0 **Tags:** testing **OS support:** all

## Global configuration options

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details.

## Configuration

```toml
# Inserts sine and cosine waves for demonstration purposes
[[inputs.trig]]
  ## Set the amplitude
  amplitude = 10.0
```

## Metrics

-   trig
    -   fields:
        -   cosine (float)
        -   sine (float)

## Example Output

```text
trig,host=MBP15-SWANG.local cosine=10,sine=0 1632338680000000000
trig,host=MBP15-SWANG.local sine=5.877852522924732,cosine=8.090169943749473 1632338690000000000
trig,host=MBP15-SWANG.local sine=9.510565162951535,cosine=3.0901699437494745 1632338700000000000
```

#### Related

-   [Configure plugins](/telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/)
-   [Trig Plugin Source](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.38.4/plugins/inputs/trig/README.md)