Documentation

Subqueries

A subquery is a query that is nested in the FROM clause of another query. Use a subquery to apply a query as a condition in the enclosing query. Subqueries offer functionality similar to nested functions and the SQL HAVING clause.

Note: InfluxQL does not support a HAVING clause.

Syntax

SELECT_clause FROM ( SELECT_statement ) [...]

InfluxDB performs the subquery first and the main query second.

The main query surrounds the subquery and requires at least the SELECT clause and the FROM clause. The main query supports all clauses listed in InfluxQL 2.x documentation.

The subquery appears in the main query’s FROM clause, and it requires surrounding parentheses. The subquery also supports all clauses listed in InfluxQL 2.x documentation.

InfluxQL supports multiple nested subqueries per main query. Sample syntax for multiple subqueries:

SELECT_clause FROM ( SELECT_clause FROM ( SELECT_statement ) [...] ) [...]

Note: #### Improve performance of time-bound subqueries To improve the performance of InfluxQL queries with time-bound subqueries, apply the WHERE time clause to the outer query instead of the inner query. For example, the following queries return the same results, but the query with time bounds on the outer query is more performant than the query with time bounds on the inner query:

SELECT inner_value AS value FROM (SELECT raw_value as inner_value)
WHERE time >= '2022-07-19T21:00:00Z'
AND time <= '2022-07-20T22:00:00Z'
Time bounds on the inner query
SELECT inner_value AS value FROM (
  SELECT raw_value as inner_value
  WHERE time >= '2022-07-19T21:00:00Z'
  AND time <= '2022-07-20T22:00:00Z'
)

Examples

Calculate the SUM() of several MAX() values

Calculate the MEAN() difference between two fields

Calculate several MEAN() values and place a condition on those mean values

Calculate the SUM() of several DERIVATIVE() values

Common issues with subqueries

Multiple statements in a subquery

InfluxQL supports multiple nested subqueries per main query:

SELECT_clause FROM ( SELECT_clause FROM ( SELECT_statement ) [...] ) [...]
                     ------------------   ----------------
                         Subquery 1          Subquery 2

InfluxQL does not support multiple SELECT statements per subquery:

SELECT_clause FROM (SELECT_statement; SELECT_statement) [...]

The system returns a parsing error if a subquery includes multiple SELECT statements.


Was this page helpful?

Thank you for your feedback!


The future of Flux

Flux is going into maintenance mode. You can continue using it as you currently are without any changes to your code.

Read more

InfluxDB v3 enhancements and InfluxDB Clustered is now generally available

New capabilities, including faster query performance and management tooling advance the InfluxDB v3 product line. InfluxDB Clustered is now generally available.

InfluxDB v3 performance and features

The InfluxDB v3 product line has seen significant enhancements in query performance and has made new management tooling available. These enhancements include an operational dashboard to monitor the health of your InfluxDB cluster, single sign-on (SSO) support in InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated, and new management APIs for tokens and databases.

Learn about the new v3 enhancements


InfluxDB Clustered general availability

InfluxDB Clustered is now generally available and gives you the power of InfluxDB v3 in your self-managed stack.

Talk to us about InfluxDB Clustered

InfluxDB Cloud powered by TSM