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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.
influx transpile [InfluxQL query] [flags]
{{% note %}} The InfluxQL query must be valid and contain both a database and measurement. See the InfluxQL documentation for more information. {{% /note %}}
| Flag | Description | |
|---|---|---|
-h | --help | Help for the transpile command |
--now | RFC3339Nano timestamp to use as now() time (default is current UTC time) |
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## 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'