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sparkbar

Introduced in: v21.11.0 The function plots a frequency histogram for values x and the repetition rate y of these values over the interval [min_x, max_x]. Repetitions for all x falling into the same bucket are averaged, so data should be pre-aggregated. Negative repetitions are ignored. If no interval is specified, then the minimum x is used as the interval start, and the maximum x — as the interval end. Otherwise, values outside the interval are ignored. Syntax
sparkbar(buckets[, min_x, max_x])(x, y)
Aliases: sparkBar Parameters Arguments Returned value Returns the frequency histogram. String Examples Without interval specification
Query
CREATE TABLE spark_bar_data (`value` Int64, `event_date` Date) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY event_date;

INSERT INTO spark_bar_data VALUES (1,'2020-01-01'), (3,'2020-01-02'), (4,'2020-01-02'), (-3,'2020-01-02'), (5,'2020-01-03'), (2,'2020-01-04'), (3,'2020-01-05'), (7,'2020-01-06'), (6,'2020-01-07'), (8,'2020-01-08'), (2,'2020-01-11');

SELECT sparkbar(9)(event_date, cnt) FROM (SELECT sum(value) AS cnt, event_date FROM spark_bar_data GROUP BY event_date);
Response
┌─sparkbar(9)(event_date, cnt)─┐
│ ▂▅▂▃▆█  ▂                    │
└──────────────────────────────┘
With interval specification
Query
SELECT sparkbar(9, toDate('2020-01-01'), toDate('2020-01-10'))(event_date, cnt) FROM (SELECT sum(value) AS cnt, event_date FROM spark_bar_data GROUP BY event_date);
Response
┌─sparkbar(9, toDate('2020-01-01'), toDate('2020-01-10'))(event_date, cnt)─┐
│ ▂▅▂▃▇▆█                                                                  │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Last modified on June 8, 2026