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iox.from() function

iox.from() is experimental and subject to change at any time.

iox.from() reads from the selected bucket and measurement in an IOx storage node.

This function creates a source that reads data from IOx. Output data is “pivoted” on the time column and includes columns for each returned tag and field per time value.

Function type signature
(bucket: string, measurement: string) => stream[{A with _time: time}] where A: Record

For more information, see Function type signatures.

Parameters

bucket

(Required) IOx bucket to read data from.

measurement

(Required) Measurement to read data from.

Examples

Use Flux to query data from IOx

import "experimental/iox"

iox.from(bucket: "example-bucket", measurement: "example-measurement")
    |> range(start: -1d)
    |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field == "example-field")

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