influxdata / influxdata/kapacitor

Ability to use a variable in groupBy's variadic argument

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Description

Hello

I want to use a variable in groupBy's argument. My tickscript looks like this:

query('...').groupBy(time(30s), 'tag1', 'tag2')

However, tag1, tag2 is dynamic and I want to use a variable here, something like:
var groups = ['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3']
query('...').groupBy(time(30s), *groups) --> pythonic syntax
OR
query('...').groupBy(time(30s) + groups)

or something else that lets me dynamically decide the grouping

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Research direction

Start with the groupBy entry point described in the issue and determine how its variadic arguments are currently represented. Clarify the supported syntax and expected behavior for dynamically chosen grouping tags, then define tests that demonstrate the requested variable-based grouping.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
data-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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