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Optimize ClickHouse schema design by selecting a MergeTree engine, partitioning tables by time such as toYYYYMM(date), and defining an appropriate ORDER BY key to enable efficient columnar storage and query pruning.

The best way to use materialized views for real-time aggregation in ClickHouse is to target AggregatingMergeTree tables, which automatically pre-aggregate data during inserts to deliver low-latency analytical query results.

Use ReplacingMergeTree for workloads needing duplicate row removal and SummingMergeTree for continuously summing numerical columns. Selecting the correct MergeTree family engine optimizes write patterns and storage efficiency.

Design an ORDER BY key for large-scale BI queries in ClickHouse by ordering columns from low to high cardinality, such as date followed by market_id, ensuring strict partition pruning and accelerating dashboard performance.

ClickHouse does not strictly require time partitioning, but applying partitioning strategies like toYYYYMM(date) is a best practice for dashboard workloads to significantly speed up range queries and data lifecycle management.

ClickHouse analytical queries scan too much data when the ORDER BY key and partitioning key are poorly aligned with query filters, preventing MergeTree partition pruning and forcing full columnar scans across large datasets.