Convert field to tag

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Hello,

I wish ask you if there are any way to convert fields to tags on existing measurement with many points.

Regards
Ariel

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@acanepalumile You will need to rewrite the data. I would suggest trying a SELECT ... INTO query. Does that help?

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Hi @jackzampolin, thank you very much for your answer!

I have already used select … into, but the field that I need to convert to tag is still a field. Basically, I have a measurement with this fields:

SALA: tag
sector: field
…

and I need that the field “sector” convert to tag for use it as a filter in templating. This measurement has many points inside.

Please, can you give me further informtation about how does it works. How does the select into convert a field into tag?

Regards
Ariel

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Be sure to use GROUP BY to identify the tags.

For example:

select * into B from A

all tags will be converted to fields.

select * into B from A group by T

and T will be a tag in B, not a field.

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Hello Frank,

Thank you very much for your answer.

Regards
Ariel

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I tried using this approach, but still my fields remain fields in the new measurement. Any ideas why?

select * into B from A group by T

My command:
select * into water_level from level group by location,level

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I have failed with select into. Now I’m out of ideas! Pissed off!