diff --git a/src/pyaro/timeseries/Data.py b/src/pyaro/timeseries/Data.py
index 68e5ea9..cfe28cb 100644
--- a/src/pyaro/timeseries/Data.py
+++ b/src/pyaro/timeseries/Data.py
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ def slice(self, index):  # -> Self: for 3.11
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         return self.slice(key)
 
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def __len__(self) -> int:
+        pass
+
     @property
     def variable(self) -> str:
         """Variable name for all the data