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

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tail() function	The `tail()` function limits each output table to the last `n` records.	v2_0_ref name parent tail built-in-transformations	401	/v2.0/reference/flux/functions/built-in/transformations/limit/

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

Function type: Filter

tail(
  n:10,
  offset: 0
)

Parameters

n

The maximum number of records to output.

Data type: Integer

offset

The number of records to skip at the end of a table table before limiting to n. Defaults to 0.

Data type: Integer

Examples

Output the last ten records in each table

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