docs-v2/content/flux/v0.x/stdlib/universe/skew.md

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skew() function	The `skew()` function outputs the skew of non-null records as a float.	/influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/functions/transformations/aggregates/skew /influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/functions/built-in/transformations/aggregates/skew/ /influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/built-in/transformations/aggregates/skew/ /influxdb/cloud/reference/flux/stdlib/built-in/transformations/aggregates/skew/	flux_0_x_ref name parent skew universe	102	/flux/v0.x/stdlib/experimental/skew/	aggregates transformations	0.7.0

The skew() function outputs the skew of non-null records as a float. skew() is an aggregate function.

Output data type: Float

skew(column: "_value")

Parameters

column

The column on which to operate. Default is "_value".

tables

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

Examples

{{% flux/sample-example-intro %}}

import "sampledata"

sampledata.int()
    |> skew()

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Input data

{{% flux/sample "int" %}}

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Output data

tag	_value
t1	-0.22375476930534782

tag	_value
t2	-0.01972080701262574
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