Please, Order Your Data
Over the last five years, I've worked on various projects dealing with 'large' datasets in the analytics space. While I've fully embraced the benefits of ordering data, I've realized that many projects overlook this crucial aspect.
In this post, I'll summarize the benefits of ordering data in case I need to revisit them or if they prove helpful to others.
Let's start with a fictional dataset of cell tower events with values over time.