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title: Build with Tiger Data | Tiger Data Docs
description: Task-oriented guides organized by what you want to get done
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## Start here

Tips

**New to Tiger Data?** Begin with [Your first hypertable](/docs/build/how-to/your-first-hypertable/index.md), then try a [guided project](/docs/build/examples/index.md) like analyzing transport and geospatial data.

**Building for production?** Jump straight to [Write and query data](/docs/build/data-management/index.md) and then explore [jobs and policies](/docs/build/data-management/about-automation/index.md) or [storage tiering](/docs/build/data-management/storage/manage-storage/index.md).

## I want to…

Choose a goal below to find the right guide.

[Write and query data](/docs/build/data-management/index.md)

[Create hypertables, insert and query time-series data, and use time buckets](/docs/build/data-management/index.md)

[Automate with jobs and policies](/docs/build/data-management/about-automation/index.md)

[Schedule background jobs and configure data retention policies](/docs/build/data-management/about-automation/index.md)

[Spread data across storage tiers](/docs/build/data-management/storage/manage-storage/index.md)

[Move cold data to cheaper storage with tiered storage](/docs/build/data-management/storage/manage-storage/index.md)

[Use hyperfunctions for analytics](/docs/build/data-management/hyperfunctions/index.md)

[Set up counter aggregation, gapfilling, percentiles, and time-weighted averages](/docs/build/data-management/hyperfunctions/index.md)

[Keep pre-computed aggregations up to date](/docs/build/continuous-aggregates/create-a-continuous-aggregate/index.md)

[Create and manage continuous aggregates for dashboards and reporting](/docs/build/continuous-aggregates/create-a-continuous-aggregate/index.md)

[Optimize storage and query speed](/docs/build/columnar-storage/setup-hypercore/index.md)

[Set up hypercore, the hybrid row-columnar storage engine](/docs/build/columnar-storage/setup-hypercore/index.md)

[Make queries and schemas faster](/docs/build/performance-optimization/index.md)

[Tune indexes, schema design, constraints, and hypertable performance](/docs/build/performance-optimization/index.md)

## Get hands on

Looking for tutorials, real-life guided projects, or code examples? Everything you need is in the **[Guided projects](/docs/build/examples/index.md)**.

## Something not working?

Head to [Troubleshooting](/docs/build/tips-and-tricks/index.md) for common issues organized by capability.