Flux
Querying Data in InfluxDB Using Flux and SQL
With the release of InfluxDB’s new storage engine for InfluxDB Cloud, InfluxDB Cloud now supports SQL. This is because the updated InfluxDB uses the Apache Arrow DataFusion project as a key building block for its query execution engine. DataFusion’s sophisticated query...
When to Use Flux vs Python
If you’re new to InfluxDB you might wonder, “Why does InfluxDB have its own query and scripting language (aka Flux)?” You might also be thinking, “InfluxDB has client libraries. Why and when should I use the Python client library and when...
InfluxDB Cloud Features New Query Experience
If seeing is believing, then the new UI for the InfluxDB query experience is sure to convert you. We are working on a new query/script editor and want you to try it out. Feel free to share your feedback with us...
The Best Query Language to Use with InfluxDB
People often ask us, “What is the best query language to use with InfluxDB?” The answer to this question has evolved a bit over the years – and the current answer might surprise you. The early days InfluxDB’s first query language...
Flux: The Key to Edge Data Replication with InfluxDB
This article was originally published in The New Stack and is reposted here with permission. EDR enables developers to use the full capabilities of InfluxDB at the edge. Developers also can use that same data in the cloud for different purposes....
TL;DR InfluxDB Tech Tips: Joins
If you’re an InfluxDB user you’ve almost certainly used the join() function. The join() function performs an inner join of two table streams. It’s most commonly used to perform math across measurements. However, now it is deprecated in favor of the...
Automated Stock Trading Model Using InfluxDB
This article was written by Tyler Nguyen in collaboration with Alex Wang, Andrew Depke, Weston Tuescher, and Neema Sadry. Every year, the go-getter folks over at InfluxDB organize a friendly hackathon between all the interns. It’s an event where all of...
Product Update – Task Management at Scale and Invokable Scripts from the Tasks API
Thanks to Vinay Kumar for being a key contributor to this article. We love to write and ship code to help developers bring their ideas and projects to life. That’s why we’re constantly working on improving our product to meet developers...
Outer Joins in Flux
Joins are a common transformation in any query language, and as part of the effort to make Flux an increasingly valuable tool for our users, the engineers on InfluxData’s query team created, and continue to maintain, two separate join functions. And...
TL;DR InfluxDB Tech Tips: Migrating to InfluxDB Cloud
If you’re an InfluxDB user you might be considering migrating your workload to InfluxDB Cloud. You probably want to free yourself from the responsibilities associated with managing and serving your OSS account. Perhaps you are finding that you simply cannot scale...