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# Trends

The **Trends** view can be found at the bottom of the Check Details and provides check run statistics.

## Analyzing Trends <a href="#trends-analyzingtrends" id="trends-analyzingtrends"></a>

The *Trends* view allows you to compare trends over time for a number of metrics.

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With trends, you get a view showing how the responses have been developing over time, as compared to a defined time period.

This allows you to detect developing variations in response times.

### Data Points <a href="#trends-datapoints" id="trends-datapoints"></a>

Pointing at a data point in the graph provides the check run date, name and response time.<br>

### Table <a href="#trends-table" id="trends-table"></a>

Data for previous runs are shown below the graph.

| **Row**            | **Description**                           |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------- |
| Samples            | The number of samples included.           |
| I                  | The number of checks with status Info.    |
| W                  | The number of checks with status Warning. |
| E                  | The number of checks with status Error.   |
| F                  | The number of checks with status Failure. |
| <p><br></p>        | <p><br></p>                               |
| Median             | Median response time.                     |
| Mean               | Average response time.                    |
| Min                | Minimum response time.                    |
| Max                | Maximum response time.                    |
| Standard Deviation | Standard deviation for response time.     |

On the right-hand side of the table, two columns show a comparison between average values and the most recent one.

| **Column** | **Description**                                    |
| ---------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| Average    | The average value for the period.                  |
| Diff       | Difference between the last value and the average. |

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