Strange results from InfluxDB functions

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I’m using InfluxDB 1.1 (via Grafana).

Here is the data that I have selected in my current view (also comma separated at the bottom in case you want to copy it):

I get strange results from some InfluxDB queries (with “tag_id” as a templating variable in Grafana).

SELECT median("field1") FROM "measurement1" WHERE "tag_id" =~ /^$id$/ AND $timeFilter GROUP BY time($interval) fill(null)

A singlestat panel with this query shows 45.6 which is obviously not the median of field1. mean("field1") also gives the same wrong result (45.6).

However, the same query with sum("field1") yields the correct result (45.6). count("field1") is also correct (8).

Then I’d like to divide the sum of field1 by the sum of field2:

SELECT sum("field1")/sum("field2") FROM "measurement1" WHERE "tag_id" =~ /^$id$/ AND $timeFilter GROUP BY time($interval) fill(null)

This shows 6.53 in the singlestat panel. While the correct result is 0.8144 (= 45.6/55.9911).

Why is the result of median(), mean(), and sum()/sum() wrong here?

Table (comma separated):

timestamp,field1,field2
20.02.16 13:03,11.1,7.053333
12.04.16 07:04 4,7.178889
16.04.16 13:47 ,8.7,6.644167
21.04.16 15:58 ,7.75,7.283333
27.04.16 08:41 ,3.45,6.976667
02.05.16 07:55,1.9,7
11.05.16 09:52 ,3.9,7.062778
17.05.16 14:05 ,4.8,6.791944

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I found the solution. The problem was GROUP BY time($interval). I removed it and now it shows the correct values, independent of the value I choose for the stat field in Grafana (e.g., total or current).

Raw queries are:
SELECT sum("field1")/sum("field2") FROM "measurement1" WHERE "tag_id" =~ /^2339$/ AND time > 1455783857s and time < 1463780679s fill(null)
and
SELECT median("field1") FROM "measurement1" WHERE "tag_id" =~ /^2339$/ AND time > 1455783857s and time < 1463780679s fill(null)

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