KPI / metric row
Put a few numbers on the board so one of them is clearly the problem.
Related: Table exhibit (status colors) · Bridge / waterfall
When to use
Use when the decision needs a scoreboard. Do not use twelve KPIs. Do not use this as a dashboard screenshot.
Guidelines
Four tiles. Title names which metric is the issue. Units on the tile.
Example
Harbor Wave 0
Scan rate is fine; dock dwell is the metric that still kills same-day.
98%
Scan success
4.1h
Dock dwell
12%
Mis-slot
81%
Same-day fill
Midwest DC · trailing 4 weeks · fictional
Four metrics, title calls dock dwell. Steal the “one guilty metric” title.
Rules
- Three to five KPIs.
- Title names the metric that matters, not “Dashboard.”
- Each tile has a value and a label; units are visible.
- Time window is on the source line.
User recipe
Pick family: Consulting exhibit first.
Insert objects:
- Text: title naming the guilty metric, kicker, source line with time window
- Metric card: one per KPI (3–5 cards)
Assemble:
- Each metric card shows value + label + unit
- Title calls out which metric is the problem
- Source line states the time window
Anti-patterns
- Gauge charts.
- Ten tiles with no so-what.