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title: "Add a trend card KPI widget"
description: "You can add to a dashboard a trend card KPI (Key Performance Indicator) widget based on any inquiry window of Visma Net."
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# Add a trend card KPI widget

Last modified February 19, 2026

> You can add to a dashboard a trend card KPI (Key Performance Indicator) widget based on any inquiry window of Visma Net.


You can add to a dashboard a trend card KPI (Key Performance Indicator) widget
based on any inquiry window of Visma Net.
For details on trend card KPI widgets, see:.

1. Open the **Add widget** dialog box as follows:

    1. Open the dashboard where you want to add a widget.
    1. On the dashboard title bar, click **Design** to switch to design mode.
    1. In one of the place holders in the widgets area, click **Add a new widget** to open the **Add widget** dialog box.
1. In the list of widgets, click **Trend card KPI**, and then click **Next** to open the **Widget properties** dialog box.
1. In the **Inquiry screen** field, select the inquiry window to provide the source data for the widget.
1. Optional: Click **Inquiry parameters** to change the default parameters for the selected inquiry.
1. Optional: In the **Shared filter to apply** field, select the shared filter that should be used to filter the data shown in the widget.
1. Optional: In the **Trend card title** field, type the name of the trend card parameter to be displayed in the trend card area.
1. In the **Field to aggregate** field, select the field from the selected inquiry window to be used for calculating the values that will be displayed on the widget.
1. In the **Aggregate function** field, select the function to aggregate the values of the selected inquiry field on the widget.
1. Specify the highlighting settings for the widget as follows:

    1. In the **Time-line field** field, select the field of the date type from the selected inquiry window to be used for counting trends.
    1. In the **Period** field, select the time period with which the comparison of the selected field is performed.
    1. In the **Rising trend colour** field, select the colour values.
    1. In the **Rising trend colour** field, select the colour of the widget background to be used when the aggregate value of the field selected in the **Field to aggregate** field rises in comparison to the period selected in the **Period** field.
    1. In the **Flat trend colour** field, select the colour of the widget background to be used when the aggregate value of the field selected in the **Field to aggregate** field stays the same in comparison to the period selected in the **Period** field.
    1. In the **Falling trend colour** field, select the colour of the widget background to be used when the aggregate value of the field selected in the **Field to aggregate** field decreases in comparison to the period selected in the **Period** field.
1. If you want to manually specify the font size to be used on the widget, make sure that the **Automatically adjust font size** check box is cleared, and in the **Font size** field, specify the font size. Otherwise, the font size will be adjusted automatically by the system.
1. Optional: In the **Caption** field, type the name of the widget to be displayed on the dashboard.
1. Click **Finish** to add the trend card KPI widget to the dashboard.


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