Editor’s Note: The following is an article written for and published in DZone’s 2024 Trend Report, Database Systems: Modernization for Data-Driven Architectures.

Time series data has become an essential part of data collection in various fields due to its ability to capture trends, patterns, and anomalies. Through continuous or periodic observation, organizations are able to track how key metrics are changing over time. This simple abstraction powers a broad range of use cases.