Is it possible to set up event sampling?

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Yes, it is possible to set up event sampling in Mixpanel. This feature is called Query Time Sampling and allows you to query a subset of users, which can significantly reduce the time it takes for a report to load results. Here are the key details about event sampling in Mixpanel: 1. Availability: Query Time Sampling is available for enterprise customers with over 5 million Monthly Tracked Users (MTUs) or over 2 billion monthly events.2. Supported Reports: This feature can be used in Insights, Funnels, Retention, and Flows reports.3. How to Enable/Disable: You can toggle sampling on or off by clicking the lightning bolt icon in the upper right corner of the query builder in supported reports.4. Sampling Rate: When enabled, Mixpanel selects a uniformly random sample of 10% of the total user population for analysis.5. Data Integrity: Mixpanel does not drop events at ingestion. Instead, sampling occurs at query time, preserving all data and allowing you to toggle sampling on and off as needed.6. Result Presentation: Mixpanel up-samples the data for certain functions (like totals and uniques) to approximate results seen without sampling. An annotation is added to reports indicating that sampling was used.7. Saved Reports: When you save a report that uses query time sampling, a version without sampling is saved to ensure high fidelity for Boards and saved reports.For more detailed information on Query Time Sampling, you can refer to the Mixpanel documentation on Advanced Features.

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