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influx transpile	The `influx transpile` command transpiles an InfluxQL query to Flux source code.	101	/influxdb/v2.0/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials, influx CLI—Provide required authentication credentials /influxdb/v2.0/reference/cli/influx/#flag-patterns-and-conventions, influx CLI—Flag patterns and conventions

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Removed in InfluxDB OSS 2.0.5

The influx transpile command was removed in InfluxDB 2.0.5. Use InfluxQL to query InfluxDB 2.0. For information about manually converting InfluxQL queries to Flux, see:

• [Get started with Flux](/{{< latest "flux" >}}/get-started/)
• Query data with Flux
• Migrate continuous queries to Flux tasks

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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](/{{< latest "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

## 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'