Common variable queries

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB. InfluxDB v2.7 is the latest stable version. View this page in the v2.7 documentation.

List buckets

List all buckets in the current organization.

Flux functions: buckets(), rename(), keep()

buckets()
    |> rename(columns: {"name": "_value"})
    |> keep(columns: ["_value"])

List measurements

List all measurements in a specified bucket.

Flux package: InfluxDB schema
Flux functions: schema.measurements()

import "influxdata/influxdb/schema"
schema.measurements(bucket: "bucket-name")

List fields in a measurement

List all fields in a specified bucket and measurement.

Flux package: InfluxDB schema
Flux functions: schema.measurementTagValues()

import "influxdata/influxdb/schema"
schema.measurementTagValues(
    bucket: "bucket-name",
    measurement: "measurement-name",
    tag: "_field",
)

List unique tag values

List all unique tag values for a specific tag in a specified bucket. The example below lists all unique values of the host tag.

Flux package: InfluxDB schema
Flux functions: schema.tagValues()

import "influxdata/influxdb/schema"
schema.tagValues(bucket: "bucket-name", tag: "host")

List Docker containers

List all Docker containers when using the Docker Telegraf plugin.

Telegraf plugin: Docker
Flux package: InfluxDB schema
Flux functions: schema.tagValues()

import "influxdata/influxdb/schema"
schema.tagValues(bucket: "bucket-name", tag: "container_name")

List Kubernetes pods

List all Kubernetes pods when using the Kubernetes Telegraf plugin.

Telegraf plugin: Kubernetes
Flux package: InfluxDB schema
Flux functions: schema.measurementTagValues()

import "influxdata/influxdb/schema"
schema.measurementTagValues(
    bucket: "bucket-name",
    measurement: "kubernetes_pod_container",
    tag: "pod_name",
)

List Kubernetes nodes

List all Kubernetes nodes when using the Kubernetes Telegraf plugin.

Telegraf plugin: Kubernetes
Flux package: InfluxDB schema
Flux functions: schema.measurementTagValues()

import "influxdata/influxdb/schema"
schema.measurementTagValues(
    bucket: "bucket-name",
    measurement: "kubernetes_node",
    tag: "node_name",
)

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