Build a Grafana time-series panel from an InfluxDB industrial sensor data source
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Steps
Go to Connections > Add new connection, search InfluxDB, add the data source, and set the query language (InfluxQL, SQL, or Flux) to match your InfluxDB version
On a dashboard, add a new panel and pick the InfluxDB data source; the query editor adapts to the selected language
For InfluxQL: set FROM to the measurement, add WHERE filters including $timeFilter, choose SELECT aggregation functions, and GROUP BY time/tag
For SQL (InfluxDB 3.x): write SQL directly using macros like $__timeFilter(time), $__timeFrom, and $__timeTo
For Flux (InfluxDB 1.8+/2.x): use from(bucket: v.defaultBucket) |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop) |> filter(...) |> aggregateWindow(...)
Set the panel visualization to Time series and FORMAT AS to 'time series' so results render as a line chart
Known gotchas
Raw-mode InfluxQL queries without $timeFilter and a GROUP BY time aggregation can return huge result sets and hang the browser
Flux is not the optimized query path against InfluxDB 3 — SQL is recommended for InfluxDB 3.x
Switching between editor modes can silently drop query parts that can't be converted
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