# InfluxDB usages

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-usages/6735>\
**Category:** Systems\
**Tags:** influxdb\
**Created:** [September 25, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-usages/6735 "2018-09-25T06:22:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Issac08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5daacb/32.png) [@Issac08](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Issac08)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-usages/6735/1 "2018-09-25T06:22:27Z")

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Hi All,

In what use cases influx db can be used ,it is only for time series ?

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**Author:** ![davidgs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/davidgs/32/6936_2.png) [@davidgs](https://community.influxdata.com/u/davidgs)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-usages/6735/2 "2018-09-25T19:41:24Z")

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InfluxDB is a time series database. It is, therefore, appropriate for time series data. It would **not** be appropriate for document storage, transactional data and the like.

dg