# Data storage and defined time checking
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/data-storage-and-defined-time-checking/9561
**Category:** General
**Created:** [29 March 2019 07:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/data-storage-and-defined-time-checking/9561 "2019-03-29T07:08:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@JokinSegu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JokinSegu)
#### Post date: [29 March 2019 07:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/data-storage-and-defined-time-checking/9561/1 "2019-03-29T07:08:04Z")
Can I storage in Node-Red the values that I have been receiving and then, when I want see them depending the hour that I want to check?
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### Author:  [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [29 March 2019 07:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/data-storage-and-defined-time-checking/9561/2 "2019-03-29T07:29:36Z")
There are many different database nodes available for Node-RED that you could use in a flow.You could then store the values in a database to achieve your requirements
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### Author:  [@JokinSegu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JokinSegu)
#### Post date: [29 March 2019 08:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/data-storage-and-defined-time-checking/9561/3 "2019-03-29T08:31:17Z")
And if I want to see which value was taking 2 hours can I see it clearly?
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### Author:  [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [29 March 2019 08:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/data-storage-and-defined-time-checking/9561/4 "2019-03-29T08:36:06Z")
What you store in a database is entirely up to you, but if you stored the time then yes, you could send a query to the database to get back the data you wished.
The benefit of using a database is you can also access that outside of Node-RED as well.
There are lots of tutorials online that will explain how to get this working with Node-RED such as this one [https://diyprojects.io/node-red-tutorial-saving-mysensors-measurements-on-influxdb/#.XJ3Yuy-ca\_g](https://diyprojects.io/node-red-tutorial-saving-mysensors-measurements-on-influxdb/#.XJ3Yuy-ca_g)
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [29 March 2019 09:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/data-storage-and-defined-time-checking/9561/5 "2019-03-29T09:58:54Z")
> [@JokinSegu](#):
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> And if I want to see which value was taking 2 hours can I see it clearly?
If you want to work with time series data - e.g. tell me average power consumption per hour over the last 7 days - InfluxDB is an excellent choice and widely used by members of this community.
If you don't need that level of complexity for your time based queries, a SQL database would be fine.