How to create a Sparkline

Step 1: Open Configuration

Dashboard extension

Click on the container that has SuperTables running. This will display an arrow that you can click to open a menu. Upon opening the menu, click the 'Configure...' option to open the configuration panel for SuperTables.

Opening configuration panel in Dashboard

Viz extension

To open the configuration panel, simply click 'Format extension' in the Marks pane.

Opening the configuration panel in Viz extensions

Step 2: Navigate to the Data tab

Data Tab

Step 3: Creating a Sparkline

Expand the 'Sparklines' panel and click on "Make a sparkline" to open the Sparkline configuration panel.

Create a Sparkline

Step 4: Configuring the Sparkline

To configure a Sparkline, give it a suitable display name then select the type of Sparkline you want to display in the cell, the aggregation type you want to aggregate the measure value by, the x-axis and the y-axis.

Configuring a Sparkline

If you choose a field of type to be one of the axis then a Date Filter panel will be displayed:

Date filter panel

Note: When you choose a field of type Date on one of the axis it is recommended to use the Date Filter function. The guide about Date Filtering can be found in Sparkline Date Filtering

Step 5: Click 'Apply' to save and create the Sparkline

Displaying the Sparkline

Note: The Sparkline will only be rendered when a different field is added to the row group. It will not render when grouping is done using one of the fields already configured for the Y or X axis.

General tips

• When using a Sparkline it is recommended to increase the Row height to clearly display the Sparkline as shown in the screenshot in Step 5: Click 'Apply' to save and create the Sparkline
• When using a field of type Date, it is recommended to enable the Date filter configurator to configure what dates can be used in the axis. This results in the Sparkline looking neater especially when using the Line and Area Sparkline types.