Document workaround for truncated powershell output (#6910)

influxdata · Jan 16, 2020 · d7b3f1f · d7b3f1f
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@@ -50,8 +50,16 @@ It can be paired with the following configuration and will be run at the `interv
 
 ### Common Issues:
 
-#### Q: My script works when I run it by hand, but not when Telegraf is running as a service.
+#### My script works when I run it by hand, but not when Telegraf is running as a service.
 
 This may be related to the Telegraf service running as a different user.  The
 official packages run Telegraf as the `telegraf` user and group on Linux
 systems.
+
+#### With a PowerShell on Windows, the output of the script appears to be truncated.
+
+You may need to set a variable in your script to increase the numer of columns
+available for output:
+```
+$host.UI.RawUI.BufferSize = new-object System.Management.Automation.Host.Size(1024,50)
+```