FusionCharts for Flex > Creating Widgets > Spark Charts > Overview

Spark charts are "context-oriented, simplistically-designed, word-sized graphics" charts. It embeds in-line with context to words, numbers, or images. The typical chart is basically designed to show as much data as possible and is set off from the flow of text. Spark charts are intended to be succinct, memorable, and located where they are discussed. The "in-line with text" of chart means that they are about the same height as the surrounding text. Also, spark charts can be intensively used in space-efficient executive dashboards to show a lot of KPIs in a single view.

FusionWidgets v3 offers offers three types of spark charts:

  • Spark lines
  • Spark columns
  • Spark Win/Loss chart

Shown below are images of each of them:

Spark Line Chart
 
Spark Column Chart
 
Spark Win/Loss Chart
 
Salient Features:
  • Trend-lines and trend-zones in spark line & spark column
  • Ability to draw Win, Loss & Draw in spark Win/Loss chart
  • Support for pre-defined palettes and custom single color palettes
  • Option to color open, close, high/low plot in different colors
  • Ability to show/hide open, close, high/low value
  • Ability to show/hide open, close, high/low anchors
  • Ability to highlight period length by showing colored background blocks. Customizable period length
  • In win/loss chart, support to color scoreless games with a different color