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[Docs] Add details on why partitions improve query perf
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Partitioning is available for the [MergeTree](../../../engines/table-engines/mergetree-family/mergetree.md) family tables (including [replicated](../../../engines/table-engines/mergetree-family/replication.md) tables). [Materialized views](../../../engines/table-engines/special/materializedview.md#materializedview) based on MergeTree tables support partitioning, as well.
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A partition is a logical combination of records in a table by a specified criterion. You can set a partition by an arbitrary criterion, such as by month, by day, or by event type. Each partition is stored separately to simplify manipulations of this data. When accessing the data, ClickHouse uses the smallest subset of partitions possible.
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A partition is a logical combination of records in a table by a specified criterion. You can set a partition by an arbitrary criterion, such as by month, by day, or by event type. Each partition is stored separately to simplify manipulations of this data. When accessing the data, ClickHouse uses the smallest subset of partitions possible. Partitions improve performance for queries containing a partitioning key because ClickHouse will filter for that partition before selecting the parts and granules within the partition.
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The partition is specified in the `PARTITION BY expr` clause when [creating a table](../../../engines/table-engines/mergetree-family/mergetree.md#table_engine-mergetree-creating-a-table). The partition key can be any expression from the table columns. For example, to specify partitioning by month, use the expression `toYYYYMM(date_column)`:
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