# Patterns

Learn about common Materialize ingestion patterns.




> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://preview.materialize.com/materialize/40269/llms.txt).


The following section provides examples of implementing some common ingestion
patterns in Materialize:


## Pages in this section

- [Absorbing upstream schema changes](https://preview.materialize.com/materialize/40269/markdown-docs/ingest-data/patterns/upstream-schema-changes/index.md): Expose a schema-agnostic materialized view so that upstream schema changes never require downstream reconfiguration.