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Outer Joins in Flux
Joins are a common transformation in any query language, and as part of the effort to make Flux an increasingly valuable tool for our users, the engineers on InfluxData’s query team created, and continue to maintain, two separate join functions. And...
It’s BBQ Season! How Pit Bosses Use InfluxDB to Avoid the Stall
If you’re ever in Dallas or Kansas City (or really any foodie city) and feel like having a spirited debate, just ask who does BBQ best. Having lived in Texas for most of my life, I can confidently say Texans take...
Gotion Uses InfluxDB to Manage Battery Data for Electric Vehicles
As the world shifts to become greener and more sustainable, battery technology is of the utmost importance. Safe and efficient batteries drive environmentally friendly electric vehicles. Battery Management Systems (BMS) monitor batteries to give drivers information on battery status and mileage,...
Real-Time Energy Management with InfluxDB and eSoftLink IoT Platform
Smart energy IoT platforms are empowering consumers to track energy usage and even control spend based on their next bill’s forecast. Yet eSoftThings, a specialist in the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI), set out to push smart energy...
The Intern’s Guide to the InfluxDB Challenge
This article was written by Tyler Nguyen. Scroll down for his photo and bio. For the summer of 2022, I joined InfluxDB on their Developer Relations Team as one of their interns, eager to learn more about the expansive industry of...
TL;DR InfluxDB Tech Tips: Migrating to InfluxDB Cloud
If you’re an InfluxDB user you might be considering migrating your workload to InfluxDB Cloud. You probably want to free yourself from the responsibilities associated with managing and serving your OSS account. Perhaps you are finding that you simply cannot scale...
The 5 Ws (and 1H) of InfluxDB Edge Data Replication
As more businesses generate and process data at the edge, the need to share data from edge nodes to a centralized cloud location increases. Replicating data from the edge to the cloud ensures consistency across an entire application and creates an...
The Return of the InfluxDB V1 Shell
The community has spoken and the demand was clear: “BRING BACK THE INTERACTIVE SHELL USED IN 1.X” So it’s back… It works with InfluxDB V2… and has some improvements. The interactive shell allowed users to write data and interactively query data...
Time Series for Intelligent Sustainability
As the world continues to face unparalleled uncertainties due to climate change, using energy efficiently is more important than ever. Time series data plays a critical role in helping organizations operate in a greener and more sustainable way. In Finland, EnerKey...
TL;DR InfluxDB Client Libraries
InfluxDB is very powerful for working with time series data, but learning to use any new tool can be intimidating. The fear of a steep learning curve can delay or even prevent people from using new tools that would ultimately make...