docs-v2/content/v2.0/reference/flux/functions/built-in/transformations/limit.md

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limit() function	The `limit()` function limits each output table to the first `n` records.	/v2.0/reference/flux/functions/transformations/limit	v2_0_ref name parent limit built-in-transformations	401	/v2.0/reference/flux/functions/built-in/transformations/tail/ https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/latest/query_language/data_exploration/#the-limit-and-slimit-clauses, InfluxQL LIMIT

The limit() function limits each output table to the first n records. The function produces one output table for each input table. Each output table contains the first n records after the offset. If the input table has less than offset + n records, limit() outputs all records after the offset.

Function type: Filter

limit(
  n:10,
  offset: 0
)

Parameters

n

The maximum number of records to output.

Data type: Integer

offset

The number of records to skip per table before limiting to n. Defaults to 0.

Data type: Integer

Examples

Output the first ten records in each table

from(bucket:"example-bucket")
  |> range(start:-1h)
  |> limit(n:10)