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title: Flux data scripting language
description: Flux is a functional data scripting language designed for querying, analyzing, and acting on time series data.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1/flux/
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product: InfluxDB OSS v1
version: v1
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1/flux/
date: '2025-01-13T07:21:11-07:00'
lastmod: '2025-01-13T07:21:11-07:00'
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This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS.[InfluxDB 3 Core](/influxdb3/core/) is the latest stable version.

Flux is a functional data scripting language designed for querying, analyzing, and acting on time series data.
It takes the power of [InfluxQL](/influxdb/v1/query_language/spec/) and the functionality of [TICKscript](/kapacitor/v1/reference/tick/introduction/) and combines them into a single, unified syntax.

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## Flux design principles

Flux is designed to be usable, readable, flexible, composable, testable, contributable, and shareable.
Its syntax is largely inspired by [2018’s most popular scripting language](https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018#technology),
JavaScript, and takes a functional approach to data exploration and processing.

The following example illustrates pulling data from a bucket (similar to an InfluxQL database) for the last five minutes,
filtering that data by the `cpu` measurement and the `cpu=cpu-total` tag, windowing the data in 1 minute intervals,
and calculating the average of each window:

```js
from(bucket:"telegraf/autogen")
  |> range(start:-1h)
  |> filter(fn:(r) =>
    r._measurement == "cpu" and
    r.cpu == "cpu-total"
  )
  |> aggregateWindow(every: 1m, fn: mean)
```

### [Query data with Flux](/influxdb/v1/flux/guides/)

Guides that walk through both common and complex queries and use cases for Flux.

### [Enable Flux](/influxdb/v1/flux/installation/)

Instructions for enabling Flux in your InfluxDB configuration.

### [Flux vs InfluxQL](/influxdb/v1/flux/flux-vs-influxql/)

### [Get started with Flux](/influxdb/v1/flux/get-started/)

Get started with Flux, InfluxData’s new functional data scripting language. This step-by-step guide will walk you through the basics and get you on your way.