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Data Source - InfluxDB

InfluxDB

InfluxDB is an open-source time series database (TSDB) developed by the company InfluxData. It is written in the Go programming language for storage and retrieval of time series data in applications such as operations monitoring, application metrics, Internet of Things sensor data, and real-time analytics

To create a connection to the InfluxDB Data Source: Right-click on the Data Sources group, then click “InfluxDB”, and then select “InfluxDB”.

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To successfully retrieve data from an InfluxDB Historian data source, the following properties need to be configured.

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  • Name (String)
 Name to identify the data source.
  • Host (String)
 Location of the InfluxDB Historian. This can be a local server endpoint or a cloud-hosted endpoint address (URL). Must include the port InfluxDB is configured to run on.
  • Organization (String)
 An organization that has been created in InfluxDB. An organization is a workspace for a group of users created in Influx.
  • Bucket (String)
 The named bucket created in your organization where time-series data will be stored.
  • Username (String)
 The username that has access to your Organization and Bucket.
  • Password (String)
 The password of the user that has access to your Organization and Bucket.
  • Maximum Concurrent (Int)
 Maximum concurrent connections to connect to the InfluxDB Historian to retrieve data. The default is 100.