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Single-value / big-number card
Highlights one current or aggregate metric as a prominent number.
- Indicator
- Magnitude
- Status
What it answers
What is the headline value?
- Shape
- Large numeric label
- What it shows
- Current or aggregate magnitude.
Example
The question
How many active customers do we have today?
Active customers, 30th September 2026
Illustrative data. It belongs to no company.
When to use it
Use it when
Highlighting one important aggregate.
Avoid it when
When context, distribution or trend is essential but absent.
How to read it
Read the number together with metric, unit and period.
Note
Include unit and applicable period.
The data you need
- Layout
- Single-record summary
- Fields
- Metric: text; Value: number; Unit and Period: text/date
- One row is
- One named metric for a defined period. What is the grain?
- Rules
- State whether value is latest, total, average or another aggregate.
- Optional
- Optional source and refresh time.
- Preparation
- Confirm the metric definition, reporting period, target and favourable direction. Calculate rates or progress before applying transparent status rules.
- Units
- State each metric's unit. Achievement or completion needs its goal/baseline denominator; status colours and ordinal ratings are not numeric units.
Worked example
Revenue 120000 SEK for January displays 120000 SEK. It is a monthly total, not a daily rate.
| Metric | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 120000 | SEK | 2026-01 |