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title: Single score data visualization example
description: Use a single score visualization when you want to show a single value or metric, such as overall revenue or number of open incidents. The basic score visualizes a single value with a descriptive heading and date/timestamp.
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# Single score data visualization example

Use a single score visualization when you want to show a single value or metric, such as overall revenue or number of open incidents. The basic score visualizes a single value with a descriptive heading and date/timestamp.

## Before you begin

Role required: Anyone with access to data can create a visualization of that data on any dashboard that they can edit. Users with the itil, report\_user, admin, or viz\_creator role can create a visualization in the Visualization Designer. When you create a visualization in the Visualization Designer, it is saved to the Library. For more information on access, see [Report\_view access control](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/reporting/report-view-access-control.md) and [Platform Analytics roles](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/platform-analytics-roles.md).

## About this task

Single score visualizations have the advantage that you can color code them to show if the value is good for your business or requires improvement. For example, the number of open incidents is a value you want to keep low. Revenue, on the other hand, you want to be high. Let's create a single score for open incidents.

In this example, you create a single score visualization that shows the number of open incidents and color code the visualization to highlight the value's desirability.

## Procedure

1.  Follow the first steps to [Create a single score data visualization](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/create-dv-sing-sc-ac.md):

    1.  Navigate to **All** > **Platform Analytics** > **Library** > **Data Visualizations**, or open an in-line dashboard and select **Edit**.

    2.  Select **Create data visualization**.

    3.  From the Scores section, select the Single score visualization type.

2.  For the moment, skip the header and border section and move to the data source.

    1.  Select **Add data source**.

    2.  Choose the Incident \[incident\] table.

    3.  Because this visualization shows open incidents, let's add the predefined condition Incidents.Open in the Filters section.

        With this filter selected, the visualization only shows the number of active incidents.

    4.  Select **Run** to preview the records that the visualization will be based on.

    5.  Select **Add this source**.

    A single score data visualization with the current value of the selected data appears in the Visualization Designer.

    \[Omitted image "dv-ex-single-score-1.png"\] Alt text: A single score visualization based on the Incident table and the default metric of Count with no further configuration

3.  Now that you can see the visualization, let's add some context for the user.

    1.  Expand the Header and border section.

    2.  Select **Show header** and provide the title `Number of open incidents`.

        When **Show header** is selected, you can add a title and a description. The chart title isn't necessarily the same as the visualization name. The visualization name identifies it in the Visualization Designer and in a list. The chart title appears within the visualization.

    3.  Enter a description of the visualization: `Number of open incidents of all priorities and categories`.

        While the description and title fields aren't required, this information makes the visualization easier to understand on a dashboard and easier to identify in a list.

4.  Skip over the Metric section.

    Some data visualizations support multiple data sources, but the single score visualization doesn’t. Because we only want to see the number of open incidents, you don't need to change the default metric, Count, or its label, Incident.

5.  Under Additional settings, configure some extra information about the visualization.

    1.  Leave the **Show metric label** unselected.

        Because the name of the visualization is `Number of open incidents`, the metric label, Incident, is redundant.

    2.  Select **Show score update time**.

        Alone, this option shows the time of day the score was last updated. You can also select Use relative score time to show the elapsed time since the last update, for example just now, five minutes ago, and so on.

    3.  Select **Show zero**.

        In some cases, a value of zero isn't interesting to the audience of a visualization. In this case, however, you want to show off having zero open incidents.

6.  Under Data update, configure how the audience interacts with the visualization.

    1.  Select **Follow filters**.

        This option enables the visualization to follow interactive filters on the dashboards it's placed on that are based on the same table.

    2.  Select **Show filter icon** to show the number of filters applied to the visualization.

        For example, if dashboard filters limit the value of the visualization, the icon indicates that you're seeing the number of open incidents that match the filters. You can then check to see which filters are in effect.

    3.  Under Chart interaction, select **Allow chart interaction**.

        From the Action menu, select **Drill down to chart** to let viewers navigate to relevant information by selecting a data point in the chart. Some visualizations only drill down to the list of associated data. Table data is generally restricted by access control lists \(ACLs\) and viewers may not see all of the associated records.

7.  Under Presentation, configure the size and base color of the score value.

    1.  Under Display settings, change the score size from the default AUTO to XL \(extra large\) to emphasize it.

    2.  Choose a Score icon and an icon style to distinguish this data visualization from others on the dashboard you add it to.

        For example, select the Activity Outline icon with background.

    3.  Select the color type `Single color`.

        \[Omitted image "dv-ex-single-score-show-display.png"\] Alt text: Single score visualization showing selection of score size, score icon, icon style, and color<

8.  Configure a color rule for the score.

    Because you want to emphasize the state of open incidents, define a dynamic color rule that changes the score's color based on its value.

    1.  In the Display settings, choose the `Single color` color type.

    2.  Under Color Rules, select **+ Add rule**.

    3.  For the first color rule, choose the **Operator** `lower than`, enter the **Value** `6`, and choose the color `Positive Green` for both the color and the icon color, and select **Apply**.

        The value is up to the specified number but not including it.

        Retain the order 100.

        \[Omitted image "dv-ex-single-score-color-rule-1.png"\] Alt text: Color rule options with lower than operator selected, value set to 6, and color options set to Positive Green

    4.  To indicate a value that requires more attention, create a second rule with the **Operator** `between`, the values `5` and `25`, the color and icon color `Warning Orange`, and the order `50`.

    5.  To show values that require the highest attention, create a third rule with the **Operator** `greater than`, the value `25`, the color and icon color `Critical Red`, and the order `25`.

    You've created three rules to show whether the single score value is in line with what you want to see.

    \[Omitted image "dv-ex-single-score-complete.png"\] Alt text: Single score in red with XL size, update time, a color that reflects defined coloring rules.

9.  Select **Save**.


## Result

You have created a single score visualization based on a single metric, open incidents. You have also configured user options regarding filters and drilldowns, and configured a color, an icon, and coloring rules.

**Parent Topic:**[Create a single score data visualization](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/create-dv-sing-sc-ac.md)