1、與傳統數據庫中的名詞作比較
| influxDB中的名詞 | 傳統數據庫中的概念 |
| database | 數據庫 |
| measurement | 數據庫中的表 |
| points | 表裏面的一行數據 |
2、InfluxDB中獨有的概念
1）Point
Point由時間戳（time）、數據（field）、標籤（tags）組成。數據庫
Point至關於傳統數據庫裏的一行數據，以下表所示：post
| Point屬性 | 傳統數據庫中的概念 |
| time | 每一個數據記錄時間，是數據庫中的主索引(會自動生成) |
| fields | 各類記錄值（沒有索引的屬性）也就是記錄的值：溫度， 溼度 |
| tags | 各類有索引的屬性：地區，海拔 |
2）series
全部在數據庫中的數據，都須要經過圖表來展現，而這個series表示這個表裏面的數據，能夠在圖表上畫成幾條線：經過tags排列組合算出來。spa
以下所示：code
>show series from cpu key cpu,cpu=cpu-total,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu-total,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu0,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu0,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu10,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu10,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu11,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu11,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu12,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu12,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu13,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu13,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu14,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu14,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu15,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu15,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu16,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu17,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu18,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu19,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu2,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu2,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu20,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu21,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu22,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu23,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu3,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu3,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu4,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu4,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu5,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu5,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu6,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu6,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu7,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu7,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu8,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu8,host=billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu9,host=ResourcePool-0246-billing07 cpu,cpu=cpu9,host=billing07