InfluxDB is a time series database. The official documentation provides all necessary information for using this special kind of database.

The key concepts section explains the basic terms

• database
• measurement
• timestamp
• series
• point
• field
  • field key
  • field value
  • field set
• tag
  • tag key
  • tag value
  • tag set
• retention policy

For relational database users:

tags are like key attributes inducing index creation. The only attribute type for tags is string. Fields are not indexed but can be of four different types: float, integer, string, Boolean.

• https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.7/query_language/data_download/

create_and_fill_NOAA_water_db.sh

# rb: 2019-07-09
# BASH shell script, 
# copied from https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.7/query_language/data_download/
 
# open influx
influx -precision rfc3339 -execute

https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.7/query_language/data_exploration/

show databases

use NOAA_water_database

show measurements

SELECT COUNT("water_level") FROM h2o_feet

SELECT * FROM h2o_feet LIMIT 5

show series

show tag keys

show field keys



create database bla

use bla

show measurements

drop database bla