# Site Feedback

**URL:** https://community.influxdata.com/c/site-feedback/3.md

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## [Future integration with influxDB 3.0](https://community.influxdata.com/t/future-integration-with-influxdb-3-0/32003)

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**Author:** [@nowy](https://community.influxdata.com/u/nowy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/future-integration-with-influxdb-3-0/32003 "2023-11-12T08:47:56Z")

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I’m currently working on a project to generate client data. This client data is connected to a raw influxdb bucket. I initially had the idea to use tasking and notebooks to perform a data analysis, and grafana for the da…

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## [Is it just me or the top right of the community site bar just doesn't work](https://community.influxdata.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-the-top-right-of-the-community-site-bar-just-doesnt-work/24190)

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**Author:** [@ferik](https://community.influxdata.com/u/ferik)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-the-top-right-of-the-community-site-bar-just-doesnt-work/24190 "2022-03-10T16:12:16Z")

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I had to fake needing to reply to find a way to log in. And after logging in, I can’t access my profile or the hamburger menu. Tried that on Mac Chrome and Mac Safari.

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## [Activation Elements (Digital Values)](https://community.influxdata.com/t/activation-elements-digital-values/17327)

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**Author:** [@jber](https://community.influxdata.com/u/jber)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/activation-elements-digital-values/17327 "2020-12-28T19:26:49Z")

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I need to register with “0” and “1”, when an item is deactivated and activated respectively. Then with those records in the database, I must count the number of activations in a period of the query. The problem is wh…

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## [Had to use ublock on the home page](https://community.influxdata.com/t/had-to-use-ublock-on-the-home-page/16189)

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**Author:** [@f1outsourcing](https://community.influxdata.com/u/f1outsourcing)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/had-to-use-ublock-on-the-home-page/16189 "2020-10-09T15:46:56Z")

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I am not sure what others are doing, but I am not having just one window open and putting it full screen. So it is annoying that half of your browser window is displaying not useful info, and have to resort to something …

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## [Dear Mods Don't Close Threads Automatically](https://community.influxdata.com/t/dear-mods-dont-close-threads-automatically/15912)

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**Author:** [@Mert](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Mert)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/dear-mods-dont-close-threads-automatically/15912 "2020-09-16T16:27:05Z")

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Why threads are closed automatically when I select a post as a solution. I need to write back to my thread. Can you open this please?

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## [Wrong download link for Chronograf linux amd 64](https://community.influxdata.com/t/wrong-download-link-for-chronograf-linux-amd-64/14356)

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**Author:** [@Dhana\_Krishnasamy](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Dhana_Krishnasamy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/wrong-download-link-for-chronograf-linux-amd-64/14356 "2020-05-15T11:03:47Z")

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The link is wrongly pointing to ARM

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## [Request for modification](https://community.influxdata.com/t/request-for-modification/13348)

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**Author:** [@cybang](https://community.influxdata.com/u/cybang)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/request-for-modification/13348 "2020-03-09T00:23:19Z")

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\[ Downloads \] There was an error when I did copy & paste without thinking. :joy: It’s a minor thing, but I want you to modify it for users like me. :slightly\_smiling\_face:

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## [Unfriendly image upload on portal](https://community.influxdata.com/t/unfriendly-image-upload-on-portal/13040)

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**Author:** [@fhrr](https://community.influxdata.com/u/fhrr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/unfriendly-image-upload-on-portal/13040 "2020-02-15T11:28:55Z")

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Spent an hour preparing a bug report. Uploaded 8 images. When wanted to post - this message came. Why does it come only when you publish topic, not when you upload 2nd picture !!!.

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## [Download links not working](https://community.influxdata.com/t/download-links-not-working/12987)

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**Author:** [@adityal2810](https://community.influxdata.com/u/adityal2810)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/download-links-not-working/12987 "2020-02-12T17:00:31Z")

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Hey, I tried to download kapacitor but it seems none of the download links actually work. I think this issue is prevalent among other modules of the influx ecosystem.

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## [Can't finish Discobot advanced tutorial since pol is blocked](https://community.influxdata.com/t/cant-finish-discobot-advanced-tutorial-since-pol-is-blocked/12699)

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**Author:** [@BrutalBirdie](https://community.influxdata.com/u/BrutalBirdie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/cant-finish-discobot-advanced-tutorial-since-pol-is-blocked/12699 "2020-01-27T09:13:51Z")

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Hello there :wave: I just joined and started the tutorial provided by the @discobot. The first “normal” tutorial has no problem. But if you start the “advanced tutorial” you can NEVER finish it :rofl: Quote from @disc…

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## [PublicSlack 'Join Slack' Button Not Working](https://community.influxdata.com/t/publicslack-join-slack-button-not-working/11933)

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**Author:** [@Optrix](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Optrix)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/publicslack-join-slack-button-not-working/11933 "2019-11-15T17:29:40Z")

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I’ve tried the “Join Slack” button on this site, but it doesn’t appear to be working - the PublicSlack website is currently down.

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## [Documentation corruption](https://community.influxdata.com/t/documentation-corruption/11731)

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**Author:** [@DG12](https://community.influxdata.com/u/DG12)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/documentation-corruption/11731 "2019-10-28T20:34:00Z")

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Seems to be corrupted! Near the end of the page there is an example for “Write a point with special characters” there are several characters which display as images INSERT "Measurement\\ with ++++++ and\\ emojis whe…

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## [Influxdb oss restore process not working](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-oss-restore-process-not-working/10130)

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**Author:** [@Amol\_Agare](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Amol_Agare)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-oss-restore-process-not-working/10130 "2019-06-14T06:36:45Z")

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I have taken backup from one influxdb oss instance using instructions in this page- It works well and data gets written as per CLI success status. But I am not able to locate the data in particular DB that I restored…

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## [How is it that my post was marked as spam?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-is-it-that-my-post-was-marked-as-spam/8427)

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**Author:** [@x-yuri](https://community.influxdata.com/u/x-yuri)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-is-it-that-my-post-was-marked-as-spam/8427 "2019-02-05T11:29:40Z")

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And how do I resolve such cases? Could it possibly be because of me trying to add a link (to documentation) from the original post to my later reply? UPD Oh, and this one:

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## [What form/button on the right?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/what-form-button-on-the-right/7455)

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**Author:** [@f1outsourcing](https://community.influxdata.com/u/f1outsourcing)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/what-form-button-on-the-right/7455 "2018-11-16T18:38:20Z")

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## [\[Closed\]Scam InfluxDB Book on Amazon](https://community.influxdata.com/t/closed-scam-influxdb-book-on-amazon/6253)

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**Author:** [@sidstuart](https://community.influxdata.com/u/sidstuart)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/closed-scam-influxdb-book-on-amazon/6253 "2018-08-20T18:53:00Z")

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Just ran across a book titled “InfluxDB” on Amazon. It’s an astonishing scam. (The author has published ~70 books this year.) I thought someone at InfluxData would like to know about it.

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## [Https://www.influxdata.com/\_resources/ gives high load in firefox](https://community.influxdata.com/t/https-www-influxdata-com-resources-gives-high-load-in-firefox/5528)

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**Author:** [@f1outsourcing](https://community.influxdata.com/u/f1outsourcing)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 10:04am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/https-www-influxdata-com-resources-gives-high-load-in-firefox/5528 "2018-07-20T10:04:56Z")

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InfluxData Resources | Case Study, Webinars, Technical Papers, Videos gives high load in firefox, eg my laptop fan goes on. Remember that if you are making a site, people nowadays use adblocker/socialmedia blocker plugin…

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## [\[Ops\] Stale cloudfront cache for Influxdata repo?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/ops-stale-cloudfront-cache-for-influxdata-repo/3646)

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**Author:** [@ninadsp](https://community.influxdata.com/u/ninadsp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/ops-stale-cloudfront-cache-for-influxdata-repo/3646 "2018-01-20T12:30:02Z")

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I just tried to set up a couple of VMs in Azure’s East US 2 region, and attempting to install telegraf failed with an HTTP 404. The version being installed by apt-get is 1.5.0-1, while the currently available packages on…

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## [Influxdb writing data query](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-writing-data-query/3156)

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**Author:** [@Shreya](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Shreya)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-writing-data-query/3156 "2017-11-20T17:51:34Z")

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I am accessing influxdb(http://localhost:8083/) from Windows. I want to insert my data from a text file with line protocol. The format of text file is : ‘ice,category=Arctic value=12.72 199001’ …

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## [Docker Images on https://hub.docker.com/r/library/influxdb/ not Master?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/docker-images-on-https-hub-docker-com-r-library-influxdb-not-master/2266)

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**Author:** [@rdxmb](https://community.influxdata.com/u/rdxmb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/docker-images-on-https-hub-docker-com-r-library-influxdb-not-master/2266 "2017-09-14T14:00:39Z")

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Just wondering why the links and images on Docker are not based on the master on GitHub - influxdata/influxdata-docker: Official docker images for the influxdata stack. When (in which cycles) will this be built?

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## [Page banner should mention "community"](https://community.influxdata.com/t/page-banner-should-mention-community/2357)

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**Author:** [@dave.bender](https://community.influxdata.com/u/dave.bender)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/page-banner-should-mention-community/2357 "2017-09-13T15:50:06Z")

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When I first started using the community.influxdata.com site, I (mistakenly) concluded that the banner with the text influxdata in the page banner linked to the main Influx site, not the community site. Changing the log…

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## [Where is the "new user tutorial"?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/where-is-the-new-user-tutorial/2356)

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**Author:** [@dave.bender](https://community.influxdata.com/u/dave.bender)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/where-is-the-new-user-tutorial/2356 "2017-09-13T15:46:42Z")

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The site offers a badge for completing the new user tutorial, which I’d like to go through, but I’m not finding it, either on community.influxdata.com or the main influx site. Wherever it is, it would be good if the bad…

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## [\[UX\] Document versioning: from Google to InflluxData documentation](https://community.influxdata.com/t/ux-document-versioning-from-google-to-inflluxdata-documentation/2034)

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**Author:** [@kmonsoor](https://community.influxdata.com/u/kmonsoor)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/ux-document-versioning-from-google-to-inflluxdata-documentation/2034 "2017-08-14T15:36:37Z")

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hello, as I am using InfluxDB (also, Telegraf) for implementing a monitoring stack for our internal use, IMO this is quite an annoying thing for us, users. What is it ? When looking up on Google like influxdb show meas…

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## [Thread automatically hidden as spam?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/thread-automatically-hidden-as-spam/1716)

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**Author:** [@jwf](https://community.influxdata.com/u/jwf)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/thread-automatically-hidden-as-spam/1716 "2017-08-10T22:51:36Z")

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Hello, I had recently posted this thread here… …and it was fine until yesterday, when I posted a new thread, and then all at once, @system messaged me that all of my posts in that thread were flagged as spam by the c…

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## [New users unable to post links to documentation](https://community.influxdata.com/t/new-users-unable-to-post-links-to-documentation/1691)

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**Author:** [@jwf](https://community.influxdata.com/u/jwf)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/new-users-unable-to-post-links-to-documentation/1691 "2017-07-19T23:52:24Z")

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Hello, I just posted a new thread a couple of minutes ago that had one link to some of the official InfluxData documentation (specifically to the JoinNode page). However, when I tried posting the thread, the UI alerted …

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## [Using the community site](https://community.influxdata.com/t/using-the-community-site/729)

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**Author:** [@Rhys\_Kirk\_TGG](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Rhys_Kirk_TGG)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/using-the-community-site/729 "2017-04-26T18:37:36Z")

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Some feedback on the community site given that I am a regular on quite a few technical sites. The Categories are useful but it feels like there should be specific forum sections added. Rather than having a "Store" cate…

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## [Great work with community.influxdata.com](https://community.influxdata.com/t/great-work-with-community-influxdata-com/465)

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**Author:** [@jefferyanderson](https://community.influxdata.com/u/jefferyanderson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/great-work-with-community-influxdata-com/465 "2017-04-03T22:45:37Z")

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This is really slick, I like what you guys have setup here. Is this Questions-based Community based on an open source tool?

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## [About the Site Feedback category](https://community.influxdata.com/t/about-the-site-feedback-category/2)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.influxdata.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/about-the-site-feedback-category/2 "2017-01-23T22:58:28Z")

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Discussion about this site, its organization, how it works, and how we can improve it.
