Change Color on Metric Comparison Widget | Voters

Change Color on Metric Comparison Widget

Jami Morris

I'm creating a dashboard that includes client churn info. I'm using the Comparison Metric widgets but I'd like to change the color to red when the amount increased over the previous year and green when it decreased - can you please add this option?

May 23, 2024

Canny AI

Merged in a post:

Conditional Logic for Summary Card Appearance in Dashboards

Tommy Martin

I believe it’d be useful to have multiple “Styles” for a summary card, based on parameters or filters.
I’ve attached a screenshot illustrating an example. When the summary card value is zero, fill it with a single color. Otherwise, fill it with a different color.
I’m curious if others share my opinion on this.

March 22, 2025

Jon Darbyshire

Hey Tommy Martin, thanks for your feedback! I have a few more questions for you:

What specific parameters or filters would you like to use to determine the style of the summary card?
Are there any other conditions besides the value being zero that should trigger a style change?
How important is it for you to have the ability to customize these styles further?

Tommy Martin

Hey Jon Darbyshire,

Since these are number-based, whatever count/rollup feature the summary uses would be the parameter. Filters could be by less/great/equal to: >, >=, <, <=, =
Thinking more broadly about universal use cases, yes. Any revenue or number of sales/clients goals that are exceeded could warrant a change. I could even envision tracking sales conversions, with the card turning red if the showrate for the month falls below a specific percentage. Additionally, it could be filtered when the target goal percentage is achieved.
Would be a nice to have, but not needed. There are definitely other dashboard-related features I'd rather have instead of this. 🙌 Thanks Jon!

Colleen Deal

Another vote for this one! Case example could be a cold/flu virus data tracker. Increasing numbers should be red, not green.

Jon Darbyshire

Hiya Jami Morris, thanks for this post! I have a few more questions for you:

Could you clarify if you want the color change to be automatic based on the data or manually set by the user?
Do you want this color change feature to be applicable to all Comparison Metric widgets or only specific ones?
Would you like to have any other visual indicators apart from color change when the amount increases or decreases?

Jami Morris

Hi Jon Darbyshire,

Sorry for the delay - my responses are listed below. Thank you!

Set manually by the user
All Comparison Metric widgets
Not at the moment