Sorry, come to this rather late. However, I provided a detailed view on how to record home environment data in InfluxDB in this previous thread:
Need more detailed information on influxdb - General - Node-RED Forum
Including an explanation of the terminology and examples of measurements, tags and fields. Also examples of continuous queries and retention policies in order to keep the data sizes under control.
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