A Comparison Metric widget counts or adds up one field for the current period and shows the change against the period before. Think of a tile that reads "12 new findings this month, up 3 from last month". You choose the table, the field, a filter, the date field and the time frame.

Here is the test: is "more or less than last time" the question? If yes, add a Comparison Metric. For a plain number, use a Summary Card. For a number against a goal, use a Progress Metric.

Example: the Vendor risk overview compares new findings month by month. The source is Findings, the value is a Count of the title field, and the filter is Status is not Resolved. The date to compare is First Created and the time frame is Last vs One Before, Monthly. A second card beside it uses a Rolling Window of 30 Days.

Two Comparison Metric cards on the Vendor risk overview: new findings this month with the change against last month, and the rolling 30-day card.

The widget lands on the dashboard. Drag it by its handle to move it.

The General tab is the only tab. It holds four sections: Heading, Source, Metric Value and Settings.

Title is the widget's name, prefilled with "Comparison Metric". Description is a switch, off to start; on, it adds a text box and the choice As A Tooltip or Below The Title.

A button that shows the table's name with the caption "Solution: <name>". It opens a two-level picker: the tables of the current solution, and behind a back chevron every solution you can see, with a search box.

A field and a calculation. The field list offers the title field and the number-like fields: Number, Currency and Open Comments. With the title field the calculation is Count. With a number field it reads Sum to start, and the list holds Sum, Avg, Min, Max, Median, Stdev, Empty, Filled, Percent Empty and Percent Filled. The overview counts findings on the title field.

Filter opens the same Filter panel as a saved view. The overview uses Status is not Resolved.

Date to Compare lists the table's date fields, with First Created and Last Updated among them. It fills itself with the table's first date field and carries an x to clear it. It is the date that places each record in a period.

Comparison Time Frame is Last vs One Before or Rolling Window.

Clear Date to Compare with its x and the card shows a plain number with no change line. The two time-frame rows lock with a padlock until a date is chosen again.

The Settings section with Comparison Time Frame set to Last vs One Before and the period list open.

Solution Managers and members with Full Access add and change widgets on a public dashboard. The owner does so on a private one. Every member who can open the dashboard sees the card, with the number counted from the records they may see. See Dashboard Settings. A shared read-only page shows it too; see Public Dashboard Sharing.

In View mode the card shows the last period's value. Under it sits the change against the period before, as a value and a percent with an arrow, green when up, and the line "For prior month". With no change the line reads "No change for last month". Select the card and a window titled with the widget's name opens, listing the last period's records in a grid with the view toolbar and an Export button. See Edit records in a drill-in grid.

A Filter widget on the same tab narrows the card to the records that pass its conditions.

The widget shows in the SmartSuite mobile app for iOS and Android.

The card in View mode with this month's count, last month's count and the percent change.

In Edit mode, hover over the widget and select Edit in the strip that appears above it. The modal reopens; change the source, the value, the filter or the settings, then select Save Changes at the foot. Cancel after a change asks "Are you sure you want to exit without saving the changes you made?", with Exit Without Saving and Save Changes. The strip's More Options menu holds Minimize, Highlight Color, Duplicate Widget, Delete Widget and Collapsed by Default; see Managing Widgets.

Last verified 30 Oct 2026.