sample() function
The sample()
function selects a subset of the records from the input table.
Function type: Selector
Output data type: Object
sample(n:5, pos: -1)
Parameters
n
Sample every Nth element.
Data type: Integer
pos
The position offset from the start of results where sampling begins.
pos
must be less than n
.
If pos
is less than 0, a random offset is used.
Defaults to -1
(random offset).
Data type: Integer
Examples
from(bucket:"example-bucket")
|> range(start:-1d)
|> filter(fn: (r) =>
r._measurement == "cpu" and
r._field == "usage_system"
)
|> sample(n: 5, pos: 1)
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