# Creating a time correlation analysis

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

## Before you begin

A database connection is created in the Profiling perspective.

## About this task

In the example below, you want to create time correlation analysis to compute the minimal and maximal birth dates for each listed country in the selected nominal column. Two columns are used for the analysis: birth date and country.

Information noteNote: The time correlation analysis is possible only on database columns. You can not use this analysis on file connections.

### In this section

* [Defining the time correlation analysis](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/defining-time-correlation-analysis)
* [Selecting the columns for the time correlation analysis and setting analysis parameters](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/selecting-columns-for-time-correlation-analysis-and-setting-analysis-parameters)