ClickHouse/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/time-series-functions.md

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# Time Series Functions

Below functions are used for series data analysis.

## seriesOutliersDetectTukey

Detects outliers in series data using [Tukey Fences](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlier#Tukey%27s_fences).

**Syntax**

``` sql
seriesOutliersDetectTukey(series);
seriesOutliersDetectTukey(series, min_percentile, max_percentile, K);
```

**Arguments**

- `series` - An array of numeric values.
- `min_percentile` - The minimum percentile to be used to calculate inter-quantile range [(IQR)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interquartile_range). The value must be in range [0.02,0.98]. The default is 0.25.
- `max_percentile` - The maximum percentile to be used to calculate inter-quantile range (IQR). The value must be in range [0.02,0.98]. The default is 0.75.
- `K` - Non-negative constant value to detect mild or stronger outliers. The default value is 1.5.

At least four data points are required in `series` to detect outliers.

**Returned value**

- Returns an array of the same length as the input array where each value represents score of possible anomaly of corresponding element in the series. A non-zero score indicates a possible anomaly. [Array](../data-types/array.md).

**Examples**

Query:

``` sql
SELECT seriesOutliersDetectTukey([-3, 2, 15, 3, 5, 6, 4, 5, 12, 45, 12, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6]) AS print_0;
```

Result:

``` text
┌───────────print_0─────────────────┐
│[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,0] │
└───────────────────────────────────┘
```

Query:

``` sql
SELECT seriesOutliersDetectTukey([-3, 2, 15, 3, 5, 6, 4.50, 5, 12, 45, 12, 3.40, 3, 4, 5, 6], 0.2, 0.8, 1.5) AS print_0;
```

Result:

``` text
┌─print_0──────────────────────────────┐
│ [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19.5,0,0,0,0,0,0] │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
```

## seriesPeriodDetectFFT

Finds the period of the given series data data using FFT
FFT - [Fast Fourier transform](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Fourier_transform)

**Syntax**

``` sql
seriesPeriodDetectFFT(series);
```

**Arguments**

- `series` - An array of numeric values

**Returned value**

- A real value equal to the period of series data. NaN when number of data points are less than four. [Float64](../data-types/float.md).

**Examples**

Query:

``` sql
SELECT seriesPeriodDetectFFT([1, 4, 6, 1, 4, 6, 1, 4, 6, 1, 4, 6, 1, 4, 6, 1, 4, 6, 1, 4, 6]) AS print_0;
```

Result:

``` text
┌───────────print_0──────┐
│                      3 │
└────────────────────────┘
```

``` sql
SELECT seriesPeriodDetectFFT(arrayMap(x -> abs((x % 6) - 3), range(1000))) AS print_0;
```

Result:

``` text
┌─print_0─┐
│       6 │
└─────────┘
```

## seriesDecomposeSTL

Decomposes a series data using STL [(Seasonal-Trend Decomposition Procedure Based on Loess)](https://www.wessa.net/download/stl.pdf) into a season, a trend and a residual component. 

**Syntax**

``` sql
seriesDecomposeSTL(series, period);
```

**Arguments**

- `series` - An array of numeric values
- `period` - A positive integer

The number of data points in `series` should be at least twice the value of `period`.

**Returned value**

- An array of four arrays where the first array include seasonal components, the second array - trend,
the third array - residue component, and the fourth array - baseline(seasonal + trend) component. [Array](../data-types/array.md).

**Examples**

Query:

``` sql
SELECT seriesDecomposeSTL([10.1, 20.45, 40.34, 10.1, 20.45, 40.34, 10.1, 20.45, 40.34, 10.1, 20.45, 40.34, 10.1, 20.45, 40.34, 10.1, 20.45, 40.34, 10.1, 20.45, 40.34, 10.1, 20.45, 40.34], 3) AS print_0;
```

Result:

``` text
┌───────────print_0──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ [[
        -13.529999, -3.1799996, 16.71,      -13.53,     -3.1799996, 16.71,      -13.53,     -3.1799996,
        16.71,      -13.530001, -3.18,      16.710001,  -13.530001, -3.1800003, 16.710001,  -13.530001,
        -3.1800003, 16.710001,  -13.530001, -3.1799994, 16.71,      -13.529999, -3.1799994, 16.709997
    ],
    [
        23.63,     23.63,     23.630003, 23.630001, 23.630001, 23.630001, 23.630001, 23.630001,
        23.630001, 23.630001, 23.630001, 23.63,     23.630001, 23.630001, 23.63,     23.630001,
        23.630001, 23.63,     23.630001, 23.630001, 23.630001, 23.630001, 23.630001, 23.630003
    ],
    [
        0, 0.0000019073486, -0.0000019073486, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -0.0000019073486, 0,
        0
    ],
    [
        10.1, 20.449999, 40.340004, 10.100001, 20.45, 40.34, 10.100001, 20.45, 40.34, 10.1, 20.45, 40.34,
        10.1, 20.45, 40.34, 10.1, 20.45, 40.34, 10.1, 20.45, 40.34, 10.100002, 20.45, 40.34
    ]]                                                                                                                   │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```