Using sparklines
Sparklines are typically small graphics, showing a horizontal line connecting several data points without labeling the values on its axes. The purpose of the sparkline is to show the movement of a trend over a certain period. Since its details are not available, the context of a sparkline must be clear to the dashboard user to interpret its meaning properly. This recipe will show you how to configure a sparkline.
Getting ready
Open a new Dashboard Design file and enter the data into the spreadsheet, as shown in the following screenshot:
How to do it...
- Drag a Sparkline Chart component into the canvas.
- Bind the By Range field to ...
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