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title: schema.fieldsAsCols() function
description: >
  `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.
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`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

```js
(<-tables: stream[A]) => stream[B] where A: Record, B: Record
```

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## Parameters

### tables

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




## Examples

### Pivot InfluxDB fields into columns

```js
import "influxdata/influxdb/schema"

data
    |> schema.fieldsAsCols()

```

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#### Input data

| _time                | *_measurement | *loc    | *_field | _value  |
| -------------------- | ------------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| 2021-01-01T12:00:00Z | m             | Seattle | hum     | 89.2    |
| 2021-01-02T12:00:00Z | m             | Seattle | hum     | 90.5    |
| 2021-01-03T12:00:00Z | m             | Seattle | hum     | 81.0    |

| _time                | *_measurement | *loc    | *_field | _value  |
| -------------------- | ------------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| 2021-01-01T12:00:00Z | m             | Seattle | temp    | 73.1    |
| 2021-01-02T12:00:00Z | m             | Seattle | temp    | 68.2    |
| 2021-01-03T12:00:00Z | m             | Seattle | temp    | 61.4    |


#### Output data

| _time                | *_measurement | *loc    | hum  | temp  |
| -------------------- | ------------- | ------- | ---- | ----- |
| 2021-01-01T12:00:00Z | m             | Seattle | 89.2 | 73.1  |
| 2021-01-02T12:00:00Z | m             | Seattle | 90.5 | 68.2  |
| 2021-01-03T12:00:00Z | m             | Seattle | 81.0 | 61.4  |

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