---
title: tickscript.compute() function
description: >
  The `tickscript.compute()` function is an alias for `tickscript.select()` that
  changes a column's name and optionally applies an aggregate or selector function
  to values in the column.
menu:
  influxdb_cloud_ref:
    name: tickscript.compute
    parent: TICKscript
weight: 302
related:
  - /influxdb/cloud/reference/flux/stdlib/contrib/tickscript/select/
  - /{{< latest "kapacitor" >}}/nodes/query_node/
---

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