Gauge charts, one number that matters.
A single-value dial colored by rating band — the tile that anchors almost every results page Ascent generates.
One number, in context.
An overall score of 82 lands in the “strong” band, so the dial fills green — no legend needed to read it. The two ticks on the arc mark the cohort average (68) and the seeded target (90), turning a lone figure into a positioned one.
It's the tile almost every Ascent results page opens with: the headline first, the section and question breakdown a scroll below — reachable by clicking straight through the dial.
Reach for gauge when one number leads.
Ascent's SolidGauge component takes a single value — typically an overall or section score from any of the five scoring models — and renders it as a dial, colored automatically from the rating band that value falls into. It's deliberately the simplest chart in the set: one number, unmistakably presented, with room for context via benchmark needles rather than extra series.
The headline overall score
The first thing a respondent should see at the top of a results page — one dial, one number, colored by the rating band it falls into.
Pass/fail and certification bands
A gauge makes a pass/fail threshold visually obvious — the needle either lands in the passing arc or it doesn't — well suited to exams and certifications.
Section-level snapshots
Drop a small gauge tile per section in a dashboard-style report so every section gets an equally weighted, equally readable snapshot.
Simple on the surface, precise underneath.
A gauge looks minimal, but every degree of the arc is driven by real scoring configuration.
Colored by rating band
The arc and needle default to the color your scoring model assigns for that value's rating band, so a gauge for a 'strong' score looks meaningfully different from a 'needs attention' one — no manual color mapping required.
Benchmark needles
Overlay up to three thin benchmark markers — average, percentile, or a seeded target — on the same arc as the primary needle, so a single score reads in context rather than in isolation.
One value, one drilldown
A gauge represents a single value — an overall, a section, or any other rollup — and still fires a drilldown event when clicked, letting a summary gauge open the detailed breakdown behind it.
Skills, certification, and compliance reports lead with a gauge.
Timed exams and maturity audits both resolve to a single defensible number a respondent or auditor needs to see immediately — a gauge tile at the top of the report, with the detailed bar or spider breakdown underneath it in a drilldown container.
Lead with the number that matters.
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