# Visualization builder - Table - Trends option

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-builder-table-trends-option/141295>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 24, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-builder-table-trends-option/141295 "2018-07-24T06:13:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![NerdSec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nerdsec/32/22056_2.png) [@NerdSec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NerdSec)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-builder-table-trends-option/141295/1 "2018-07-24T06:13:21Z")

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Hi Guys,

Just wanted to understand how does the "Show Trends" option works in the Visualization Builder.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/4/64e4c8a0998e697025e8a3c67fff76ec8568ada4.png)

Currently on selecting this option, I get only downward trend lines. How is this being calculated?

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/e/0eedf9338bccd72c311ff0ea27d436cba60d4b78.png)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-builder-table-trends-option/141295/2 "2018-07-24T21:32:56Z")

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We do a linear regression on the data for the given time period and look at the overall slope.

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**Author:** ![NerdSec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nerdsec/32/22056_2.png) [@NerdSec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NerdSec)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-builder-table-trends-option/141295/3 "2018-07-25T00:55:08Z")

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Oh! I thought it was more like the trend line feature. Anyway, thanks. 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-builder-table-trends-option/141295/4 "2018-08-22T00:55:12Z")

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