SINK

All tql scripts must end with one of the sink functions.

The basic SINK function might be INSERT() which write the incoming records onto machbase-neo database. CHART() function can render various charts with incoming records. JSON() and CSV() encode incoming data into proper formats.

tql_sink

INSERT()

Syntax: INSERT( [bridge(),] columns..., table() [, tag()] )

INSERT() stores incoming records into specified database table by an ‘INSERT’ statement for each record.

  • bridge() bridge(’name’) optional.
  • columns string column list.
  • table() table(’name’) specify the destination table name.
  • tag() tag(’name’) optional, applicable only to tag tables.

Insert records into bridged database.

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INSERT(
    bridge("sqlite"),
    "company", "employee", "created_on", table("mem_example")
)

APPEND()

Syntax: APPEND( table() )

APPEND() stores incoming records into specified database table via the ‘append’ method of machbase-neo.

  • table() table(string) specify destination table
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FAKE(json({
    ["temperature", 1708582794, 12.34],
    ["temperature", 1708582795, 13.45]
}))
MAPVALUE(1, value(1)*1000000000 ) // convert epoch sec to nanosec
APPEND( table("example") )

CSV()

Syntax: CSV( [tz(), timeformat(), precision(), rownum(), heading(), delimiter(), nullValue() ] )

Makes the records of the result in CSV format. The values of the records become the fields of the CSV lines.

For example, if a record was {key: k, value:[v1,v2]}, it generates an CSV records as v1,v2.

  • tz tz(name) time zone, default is tz('UTC')
  • timeformat timeformat(string) specify the format how represents datetime fields, default is timeformat('ns')
  • rownum rownum(boolean) adds rownum column
  • precision precision(int) specify precision of float fields, precision(-1) means no restriction, precision(0) converts to integer
  • heading heading(boolean) add fields names as the first row
  • delimiter delimiter(string) specify fields separator other than the default comma(,).
  • nullValue() specify substitution string for the NULL value, default is nullValue('NULL'). Since v8.0.14
  • substituteNull substitute(string) specify substitution string for the NULL value, default is substituteNull('NULL'). (deprecated, replaced by nullValue())

JSON()

Syntax: JSON( [transpose(), tz(), timeformat(), precision(), rownum(), rowsFlatten(), rowsArray() ] )

Generates JSON results from the values of the records.

  • transpose transpose(boolean) transpose rows and columns, it is useful that specifying transpose(true) for the most of chart libraries.
  • tz tz(name) time zone, default is tz('UTC').
  • timeformat timeformat(string) specify the format how represents datetime fields, default is timeformat('ns').
  • rownum *rownum(boolean)` adds rownum column.
  • precision precision(int) specify precision of float fields, precision(-1) means no restriction, precision(0) converts to integer.
  • rowsFlatten rowsFlatten(boolean) reduces the array dimension of the rows field in the JSON object. If JSON() has transpose(true) and rowsFlatten(true) together, it ignores rowsFlatten(true) and only transpose(true) affects on the result. Since v8.0.12
  • rowsArray rowsArray(boolean) produces JSON that contains only array of object for each record. The rowsArray(true) has higher priority than transpose(true) and rowsFlatten(true). Since v8.0.12

MARKDOWN()

Generates a table in markdown format or HTML.

Syntax: MARKDOWN( [ options... ] )

  • tz(string) time zone, default is tz('UTC')
  • timeformat(string) specify the format how represents datetime fields, default is timeformat('ns')
  • html(boolean) produce result by HTML renderer, default false
  • rownum(boolean) show rownum column
  • precision precision(int) specify precision of float fields, precision(-1) means no restriction, precision(0) converts to integer.
  • brief(boolean) omit result rows, brief(true) is equivalent with briefCount(5)
  • briefCount(limit int) omit result rows if the records exceeds the given limit, no omission if limit is 0

DISCARD()

Syntax: DISCARD() Since v8.0.7

DISCARD() silently ignore all records as its name implies, so that no output generates.

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FAKE( json({
    [ 1, "hello" ],
    [ 2, "world" ]
}))
WHEN( value(0) == 2, do( value(0), strToUpper(value(1)), {
    ARGS()
    WHEN( true, doLog("OUTPUT:", value(0), value(1)) )
    DISCARD()
}))
CSV()

CHART()

Syntax: CHART() Since v8.0.8

Generates chart using Apache echarts.

Refer to CHART() examples for the various usages.

Deprecated

CHART_LINE()

DEPRECATED: use CHART() instead.

Syntax: CHART_LINE()

Generates a line chart in HTML format.

CHART_BAR()

DEPRECATED: use CHART() instead.

Syntax: CHART_BAR()

Generates a bar chart in HTML format.

CHART_SCATTER()

DEPRECATED: use CHART() instead.

Syntax: CHART_SCATTER()

Generates a scatter chart in HTML format.

CHART_LINE3D()

DEPRECATED: use CHART() instead.

Syntax: CHART_LINE3D()

Generates a 3D line chart in HTML format.

CHART_BAR3D()

DEPRECATED: use CHART() instead.

Syntax: CHART_BAR3D()

Generates a 3D bar chart in HTML format.

CHART_SCATTER3D()

DEPRECATED: use CHART() instead.

Syntax: CHART_SCATTER3D()

Generates a 3D scatter chart in HTML format.

title()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: title(label)

  • label string

subtitle()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: subtitle(label)

  • label string

xAxis(), yAxis(), zAxis()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: xAxis(idx, label [, type])

  • idx number index of column for the axis
  • label string label of the axis
  • type string type fo the axis, available: 'time' and 'value', default is 'value' if not specified.

zAxis() is effective only with 3D chart

dataZoom()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: dataZoom(type, minPercentage, maxPercentage)

  • type string “slider”, “inside”
  • minPercentage number 0 ~ 100
  • maxPercentage number 0 ~ 100

2D chart only

opacity()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: opacity(alpha)

  • alpha number 0.0 ~ 1.0

3D chart only

autoRotate()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: autoRotate( [speed] )

  • speed number degree/sec, default is 10

gridSize()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: gridSize( width, height, depth )

  • width number percentage (default: 100)
  • height number percentage (default: 100)
  • depth number percentage (default: 100)

3D chart only

seriesLabels()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: seriesLabels( label... )

  • label string

Specify the label text of each series.

toolbox

toolboxSaveAsImage()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: toolboxSaveAsImage(filename) Since v8.0.4

  • filename string filename with extension supporting (.png, .jpeg, .svg).

Show the toolbox button to save chart as an image file.

toolboxDataZoom()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: toolboxDataZoom() Since v8.0.4

Show the toolbox button for data zoom.

toolboxDataView()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: toolboxDataView() Since v8.0.4

Show the toolbox button for raw data viewer.

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FAKE( oscillator(freq(1.5, 1.0), freq(1.0, 0.7), range('now', '3s', '20ms')) )
CHART_LINE( 
    xAxis(0, "T", "time"),
    yAxis(1, "V", "value"),
    size('400px', '300px'),
    toolboxSaveAsImage('image.png'),
    toolboxDataZoom(),
    toolboxDataView()
)

visualMap()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: visualMap(min, max)

  • min number
  • max number

It calls visualMapColor() internally with pre-defined default colors.

visualMapColor()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: visualMapColor(min, max, colors...) Since v8.0.4

  • min number
  • max number
  • colors colors in array of string

Example)

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FAKE( oscillator(freq(1.5, 1.0), freq(1.0, 0.7), range('now', '3s', '20ms')) )
CHART_LINE( 
    size('400px', '300px'),
    xAxis(0, "T", "time"),
    yAxis(1, "V", "value"),
    visualMapColor(-2.0, 2.0, 
        "#a50026", "#d73027", "#f46d43", "#fdae61", "#e0f3f8", 
        "#abd9e9", "#74add1", "#4575b4", "#313695", "#313695", 
        "#4575b4", "#74add1", "#abd9e9", "#e0f3f8", "#fdae61",
        "#f46d43", "#d73027", "#a50026"
    )
)

markArea()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: markArea(coord0, coord1 [, label [, color [, opacity]]])

  • coord0 any : area beginning x-value
  • coord1 any : area ending x-value
  • label string : title
  • color string : color of area
  • opacity number : 0~1 of opacity

Example)

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FAKE( oscillator(freq(1.5, 1.0), range('now', '3s', '10ms')) )
CHART_SCATTER(
    size('400px', '300px'),
    xAxis(0, "T", "time"),
    yAxis(1, "V", "value"),
    markArea(time('now+1s'), time('now+2s'), 'Error', '#ff000033'),
    markArea(time('now+1.5s'), time('now+2.5s'), 'Marked', '#22ff0022')
 )

markXAxis()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: markXAxis(coord, label)

  • coord any : marked x-value
  • label string : title
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FAKE( oscillator(freq(1.5, 1.0), range('now', '3s', '10ms')) )
CHART_SCATTER(
    size('400px', '300px'),
    xAxis(0, "T", "time"),
    yAxis(1, "V", "value"),
    markXAxis(time('now+1.5s'), 'NOW')
)

markYAxis()

DEPRECATED: use chartOption() with CHART() instead.

Syntax: markYAxis(coord, label)

  • coord any : marked y-value
  • label string : title
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FAKE( oscillator(freq(1.5, 1.0), range('now', '3s', '10ms')) )
CHART_SCATTER(
    size('400px', '300px'),
    xAxis(0, "T", "time"),
    yAxis(1, "V", "value"),
    markYAxis(1.0, 'max'),
    markYAxis(-1.0, 'min')
)
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