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title: Data Formats
slug: reference/data-formats
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createdAt: 2025-09-26T14:00:14.378Z
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The payload formats a collector can read, independent of the protocol it reads them over.

1. [JSON Settings](docId\:Wzx5O0pO00YfahZxqiXzw) covers reading values from JSON, and which collectors support it.
2. [Sparkplug B Settings](docId\:ey5TGFrnf4egfqZemBzXO) covers the MQTT Sparkplug B collector.