All config parameters for sensors are depicted in this file
sensor.go
with comments explaining things.
Important parameter is Tags - they can be used to generate dashboard with partial data provided.
For example, you have 3 databases monitored with 10+ sensors and they all have tag kind=database,
while few of them has tag unit=sales and other - unit=shipping. Consider your dashboard is working on
dashboard.example.org. So, dashboard with all databases will be available on
dashboard.example.org?kind=database, sales unit database dashboards - on
dashboard.example.org?kind=database&unit=sales and shipping ones - on
dashboard.example.org?kind=database&unit=shipping. So, applying query parameter you can filter sensors to ones
having ALL tags matching query.
Also important parameter is link - it can be, for example, hyperlink to Wiki/Confluence page with explanation which
procedures required to perform when, for example, reactor temperature is too high.
There are two parameters present - A and B - which can be used to apply linear transformation to sensor reading.
f(x) = A*x+B
For example, A=0.5555 B=-17.7778 allows converting sensor readings from Fahrenheit to Celsius degrees.
Parameter refresh_rate defines how often sensor should be refreshed, it accepts strings that
time#ParseDuration understands, so
5h, 1m, 10s are OK. Even 5m 2s is ok too!
Parameters minimum and maximum does nothing, but they can give a hint for operator to understand save range of values.