# Sparkline charts

A sparkline is typically used to show trends in a series of values over time, such as stock prices or website traffic. Inforiver provides line, area, baseline, columns, and win-loss sparkline charts. Some of the customization options are available - 

(a) Marker - for all points, min/max, first/last, none etc. 

(b) Scale bands - to display information about the overall distribution of values 

(c) Show column - choose whether to show the Min, Max, Avg, or Sum columns or All children 

(d) Axis config - add a reference axis such as median, average, mid value etc

{% embed url="<https://lumel.wistia.com/medias/vi8vnwa4tj>" %}

> ## **Related resources**
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> #### User guide
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> [Sparkline charts](https://docs.inforiver.com/working-with-inforiver/6.-working-with-charts/sparkline-charts)