# \[REST\] Strings as measurement data not possible?
**URL:** https://community.cumulocity.com/t/rest-strings-as-measurement-data-not-possible/3815
**Category:** Forum
**Tags:** cumulocity
**Created:** [March 24, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/rest-strings-as-measurement-data-not-possible/3815 "2020-03-24T10:52:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Andreas\_Dusel](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Andreas_Dusel)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/rest-strings-as-measurement-data-not-possible/3815/1 "2020-03-24T10:52:19Z")
Hi folks,
my goal is to transfer string measurement data.
Using REST to send such data I receive the following server response when trying to send strings:
“message”: “Only numbers are supported as measurement values”
Is this really a limitation of the platform?
In other words: Are strings only supported within events but not in measurements?
Thanks a lot
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### Author:  [@Andreas\_Dusel](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Andreas_Dusel)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/rest-strings-as-measurement-data-not-possible/3815/2 "2020-04-03T09:54:56Z")
I would be very happy if anyone could give a quick reply here.
I assume that there is someone out there, that knows if strings are supported as measurement data 😉
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### Author:  [@Andreas\_Dusel](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Andreas_Dusel)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/rest-strings-as-measurement-data-not-possible/3815/3 "2020-04-15T15:09:19Z")
This is still open ☹
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### Author:  [@m.stange](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/m.stange)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/rest-strings-as-measurement-data-not-possible/3815/4 "2020-04-16T14:31:22Z")
please can u add an example?
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### Author:  [@Michael\_Welsing](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Michael_Welsing)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/rest-strings-as-measurement-data-not-possible/3815/5 "2020-04-21T10:10:21Z")
Hi Andreas,
sorry for the late reply. It is true that a measurement can only be a numeric value.
best regards
Michael
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### Author:  [@Andreas\_Dusel](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Andreas_Dusel)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/rest-strings-as-measurement-data-not-possible/3815/6 "2020-04-21T10:15:40Z")
Ok, danke für die Info. Schade 🙂
Ist das irgendwie auf der Roadmap, dass das künftig kommt?
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### Author:  [@Michael\_Welsing](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Michael_Welsing)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/rest-strings-as-measurement-data-not-possible/3815/7 "2020-04-21T10:21:20Z")
Hi Andreas,
at the moment this is not on the roadmap.
best regards
Michael
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/rest-strings-as-measurement-data-not-possible/3815/8 "2021-04-02T15:44:24Z")