# Data mining types

Available in...

* Big Data Platform
* Cloud API Services Platform
* Cloud Big Data Platform
* Cloud Data Fabric
* Cloud Data Management Platform
* Data Fabric
* Data Management Platform
* Data Services Platform
* MDM Platform
* Real-Time Big Data Platform

When you create a column analysis in Talend Studio, you can see a Datamining Type box next to each of the columns you want to analyze. The selected type in the box represents the data mining type of the associated column.

![Drop-down list for the data mining type of an analyzed column in the Analyzed Columns section.](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/Resources/images/DataMining_Types.png)

These data mining types help Talend Studio to choose the appropriate metrics for the associated column since not all indicators (or metrics) can be computed on all data types.

Available data mining types are: Nominal, Interval, Unstructured Text and Other. The sections below describe these data mining types.

### In this section

* [Nominal](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-05/nominal)
* [Interval](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-05/interval)
* [Unstructured text](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-05/unstructured-text)
* [Other](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-05/other)