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title: influx transpile
description: >
  The `influx transpile` command transpiles an InfluxQL query to Flux source code.
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related:
  - /influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials, influx CLI—Provide required authentication credentials
  - /influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/#flag-patterns-and-conventions, influx CLI—Flag patterns and conventions
metadata: [influx CLI 2.0.0 – 2.0.5]
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  content: |
    ### Removed in InfluxDB OSS 2.0.5
    The `influx transpile` command was removed in **InfluxDB 2.0.5**.
    [Use InfluxQL to query InfluxDB](/influxdb/v2/query-data/influxql/).
    For information about manually converting InfluxQL queries to Flux, see:

    - [Get started with Flux](/flux/v0/get-started/)
    - [Query data with Flux](/influxdb/v2/query-data/flux/)
    - [Migrate continuous queries to Flux tasks](/influxdb/v2/upgrade/v1-to-v2/migrate-cqs/)
---

The `influx transpile` command transpiles an InfluxQL query to Flux source code.
The transpiled query assumes the bucket name is `<database>/<retention policy>`
and includes absolute time ranges using the provided `--now` time.

## Usage
```
influx transpile [InfluxQL query] [flags]
```

{{% note %}}
The InfluxQL query must be valid and contain both a database and measurement.
See the [InfluxQL documentation](/influxdb/v1/query_language/) for more information.
{{% /note %}}

## Flags
| Flag |          | Description                                                                |
|:---- |:---      |:-----------                                                                |
| `-h` | `--help` | Help for the `transpile` command                                           |
|      | `--now`  | RFC3339Nano timestamp to use as `now()` time (default is current UTC time) |

## Examples

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##### Transpile InfluxQL queries to Flux
```sh
## Transpile an InfluxQL query that specifies the database,
## retention policy, and measurement.
influx transpile 'SELECT example-field FROM db.rp.measurement'

## Transpile InfluxQL query using default retention policy
influx transpile 'SELECT example-field FROM db..measurement'
```