''' Pivots a key's value to be the key for another key. In this example it pivots the value of key `sensor` to be the key of the value in key `value` Input: temperature sensor=001A0,value=111.48 Output: temperature 001A0=111.48 ''' def apply(metric): metric.fields[str(metric.fields['sensor'])] = metric.fields['value'] metric.fields.pop('value',None) metric.fields.pop('sensor',None) return metric