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schema.fieldsAsCols() function

schema.fieldsAsCols() is a special application of pivot() that pivots input data on _field and _time columns to align fields within each input table that have the same timestamp.

Function type signature
(<-tables: stream[A]) => stream[B] where A: Record, B: Record

For more information, see Function type signatures.

Parameters

tables

Input data. Default is piped-forward data (<-).

Examples

Pivot InfluxDB fields into columns

import "influxdata/influxdb/schema"

data
    |> schema.fieldsAsCols()

View example input and output

Not supported in the Flux REPL

schema functions can retrieve schema information when executed within the context of InfluxDB, but not from the Flux REPL.


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