Time-Series Modeling in InfluxDB Cheat Sheet

Buckets, Flux queries, and downsampling

Last Updated: November 21, 2025

Focus Areas

Focus
Use dedicated buckets per retention policy and measurement
Schedule Flux tasks to downsample or enrich data

Commands & Queries

influx bucket create -n telemetry -r 7d
Create bucket
influx query 'from(bucket:"telemetry") |> range(start: -1h)'
Run Flux query
influx task create -n downsample -q 'from(...) |> aggregateWindow(...)'
Schedule downsample

Summary

Use retention policies, downsample raw metrics, and craft Flux routines.

💡 Pro Tip: Downsample raw telemetry into aggregated buckets before dashboards.
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