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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 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

## 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'