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title: "About KPI cards"
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description: "Learn about KPI cards and their types."
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.zilliant.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# About KPI cards

A KPI card provides at-a-glance information about the impact of proposed changes to existing worksheet values.

You can define two types of KPI cards:

- **Standard**—Uses a formula expression to calculate results. Its value updates dynamically when you make changes or apply filters in corresponding formula sheets.
- **User-editable**—Uses a specified value. Filters and worksheet data changes do not impact the value of user-editable KPI cards.

          Important

          

Once created, you cannot change a KPI card from one type to another. You must delete and recreate the card as a different type.

### Sample KPI card

![KPIcard_example.png](https://cdn.document360.io/24f960e8-3c1c-4c18-a2c6-83b6ae4aab84/Images/Documentation/KPIcard_example.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T14%3A04%3A19Z&se=2026-11-12T15%3A04%3A19Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=0IFjpYfi0GqD04aExJl2tAbLzQ3BUlmLGAK09qVzPyo%3D)

In this example, the workbook comprises a **Price List Worksheet** worksheet and a **New Cost** worksheet. Column values in the **Price List Worksheet** are read-only. Orange-highlighted columns display data from other worksheets and workbooks. Green-highlighted columns display calculated formula results of the not-yet-published **New Cost** versus the currently published **Cost**.

Values in the **Part Number** and **New Cost** columns of the **Price List Worksheet** come from the **New Cost** worksheet. You cannot directly edit the **New Cost** values in the **Price List Worksheet**. As you pass new data into the **New Cost** worksheet (or make manual updates), the **Price List Worksheet** pulls in the **Part Number** and **New Cost** values directly from the **New Cost** worksheet. It populates referenced column data from other workbooks into the other orange-highlighted columns, then performs cost-based calculations that appear in the green-highlighted columns.

The KPI cards at the top of the workbook perform another set of calculations across all data rows in the **Price List Worksheet** worksheet, providing roll-up KPI metrics that you can review before publishing new costs and prices.

### Work with KPI cards

- [Add a KPI card](/v1/docs/add-a-kpi-card)
- [Manage KPI cards](/v1/docs/manage-kpi-cards) (edit, reorder, hide, or delete cards)

Key performance indicator. KPI cards provide a quantifiable measurement of performance to meet a specific objective.