From 74ef60b5233296adcb8fd6a9d76bd8eb6fefca40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Anderson <scott@influxdata.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:27:59 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ignore columns in csv data, resolves #1122

---
 content/v2.0/write-data/csv.md | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/v2.0/write-data/csv.md b/content/v2.0/write-data/csv.md
index 9d0f2e51a..1bb061980 100644
--- a/content/v2.0/write-data/csv.md
+++ b/content/v2.0/write-data/csv.md
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ date,sighted,loc
 {{% flex-content %}}
 ##### Resulting line protocol
 ```
-birds,loc=Boise sighted=12 1577836800000000000
-birds,loc=Boise sighted=78 1590969600000000000
-birds,loc=Seattle sighted=54 1577836800000000000
-birds,loc=Seattle sighted=112 1590969600000000000
-birds,loc=Detroit sighted=9 1577836800000000000
-birds,loc=Detroit sighted=135 1590969600000000000
+birds,loc=Boise sighted=12i 1577836800000000000
+birds,loc=Boise sighted=78i 1590969600000000000
+birds,loc=Seattle sighted=54i 1577836800000000000
+birds,loc=Seattle sighted=112i 1590969600000000000
+birds,loc=Detroit sighted=9i 1577836800000000000
+birds,loc=Detroit sighted=135i 1590969600000000000
 ```
 {{% /flex-content %}}
 {{< /flex >}}
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ date,sighted,loc
 
 ##### Resulting line protocol
 ```
-birds,loc=Boise sighted=12 1577836800000000000
-birds,loc=Boise sighted=78 1590969600000000000
-birds,loc=Seattle sighted=54 1577836800000000000
-birds,loc=Seattle sighted=112 1590969600000000000
-birds,loc=Detroit sighted=9 1577836800000000000
-birds,loc=Detroit sighted=135 1590969600000000000
+birds,loc=Boise sighted=12i 1577836800000000000
+birds,loc=Boise sighted=78i 1590969600000000000
+birds,loc=Seattle sighted=54i 1577836800000000000
+birds,loc=Seattle sighted=112i 1590969600000000000
+birds,loc=Detroit sighted=9i 1577836800000000000
+birds,loc=Detroit sighted=135i 1590969600000000000
 ```
 
 ## Skip annotation headers
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ Skipped rows are ignored and are not written to InfluxDB.
 
 - [Define constants](#define-constants)
 - [Annotation shorthand](#annotation-shorthand)
+- [Ignore columns](#ignore-columns)
 - [Use alternate numeric formats](#use-alternate-numeric-formats)
 - [Use alternate boolean format](#use-alternate-boolean-format)
 - [Use different timestamp formats](#use-different-timestamp-formats)
@@ -326,10 +327,39 @@ example,18,2020-01-04T00:00:00Z
 {{% flex-content %}}
 ##### Resulting line protocol
 ```
-example count=1 1577836800000000000
-example count=4 1577923200000000000
-example count=0 1578009600000000000
-example count=18 1578096000000000000
+example count=1i 1577836800000000000
+example count=4i 1577923200000000000
+example count=0i 1578009600000000000
+example count=18i 1578096000000000000
+```
+{{% /flex-content %}}
+{{< /flex >}}
+
+---
+
+### Ignore columns
+Use the Extended annotated CSV [`#datatype ignored` annotation](/v2.0/reference/syntax/annotated-csv/extended/#ignored)
+to ignore columns when writing CSV data to InfluxDB.
+
+{{< flex >}}
+{{% flex-content %}}
+##### CSV data with ignored column
+```
+#datatype measurement,long,time,ignored
+m,count,time,foo
+example,1,2020-01-01T00:00:00Z,bar
+example,4,2020-01-02T00:00:00Z,bar
+example,,2020-01-03T00:00:00Z,baz
+example,18,2020-01-04T00:00:00Z,baz
+```
+{{% /flex-content %}}
+{{% flex-content %}}
+##### Resulting line protocol
+```
+m count=1i 1577836800000000000
+m count=4i 1577923200000000000
+m count=9i 1578009600000000000
+m count=18i 1578096000000000000
 ```
 {{% /flex-content %}}
 {{< /flex >}}

From b92b1b3b96c2e64e3b196ea8cb46fe6eb5e7a6e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Anderson <sanderson@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:43:59 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update content/v2.0/write-data/csv.md

Co-authored-by: Russ Savage <russorat@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 content/v2.0/write-data/csv.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/content/v2.0/write-data/csv.md b/content/v2.0/write-data/csv.md
index 1bb061980..6116a58e4 100644
--- a/content/v2.0/write-data/csv.md
+++ b/content/v2.0/write-data/csv.md
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ to ignore columns when writing CSV data to InfluxDB.
 m,count,time,foo
 example,1,2020-01-01T00:00:00Z,bar
 example,4,2020-01-02T00:00:00Z,bar
-example,,2020-01-03T00:00:00Z,baz
+example,9,2020-01-03T00:00:00Z,baz
 example,18,2020-01-04T00:00:00Z,baz
 ```
 {{% /flex-content %}}