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title: Common data processing tasks
description: InfluxDB Tasks process data on specified schedules. This collection of articles walks through common use cases for InfluxDB tasks.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/process-data/common-tasks/
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product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
version: cloud
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/process-data/common-tasks/
date: '2020-11-11T09:52:14-07:00'
lastmod: '2020-11-11T09:52:14-07:00'
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The following articles walk through common task use cases.

### [Downsample data with InfluxDB](/influxdb/cloud/process-data/common-tasks/downsample-data/)

How to create a task that downsamples data much like continuous queries in previous versions of InfluxDB.

### [Downsample data with Python and Quix Streams](/influxdb/cloud/process-data/common-tasks/downsample-data-quix/)

Use Quix Streams to create a Python service that downsamples data stored in InfluxDB.

> [!Note]
> This list will continue to grow.
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[tasks](/influxdb/cloud/tags/tasks/)