This is archived documentation for InfluxData product versions that are no longer maintained. For newer documentation, see the latest InfluxData documentation.
This section introduces InfluxQL, InfluxDB’s SQL-like query language for interacting with data in InfluxDB.
InfluxQL Tutorial
The first seven documents in this section provide a tutorial-style introduction to InfluxQL. Feel free to download the dataset provided in Sample Data and follow along with the documentation.
Data Exploration
Covers the query language basics for InfluxQL, including the
SELECT statement,
GROUP BY clauses,
INTO clauses, and more.
See Data Exploration to learn about
time syntax and
regular expressions in
queries.
Schema Exploration
Covers queries that are useful for viewing and exploring your
schema.
See Schema Exploration for syntax explanations and examples of InfluxQL’s SHOW
queries.
Database Management
Covers InfluxQL for managing databases and retention policies in InfluxDB. See Database Management for creating and dropping databases and retention policies as well as deleting and dropping data.
Functions
Covers all InfluxQL functions.
Continuous Queries
Covers the
basic syntax
,
advanced syntax
,
and
common use cases
for
Continuous Queries.
This page also describes how to
SHOW and
DROP
Continuous Queries.
Mathematical Operators
Covers the use of mathematical operators in InfluxQL.
Authentication and Authorization
Covers how to set up authentication and how to authenticate requests in InfluxDB. This page also describes the different user types and the InfluxQL for managing database users.
InfluxQL Reference
The reference documentation for InfluxQL.