--- title: "Active Cases Knowledge Base Article | ThreatConnect" slug: "active-cases" description: "This article describes how to add and configure the Active Cases metric card in a custom dashboard." updated: 2022-08-24T14:04:12Z published: 2022-08-24T14:04:12Z --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Active Cases **Active Cases** provides a graphical representation of the total number of active [Cases](/v1/docs/workflow-cases) (i.e., Cases with a status of **Open**) assigned to each user or user group. 1. Select **Active Cases**on the **Details**step of the [**Add New Card**drawer](/v1/docs/adding-a-cases-metric-card-to-a-dashboard) to display the **Query**step (Figure 1). ![Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/active-cases-image-36l0b4o4.png) - **Owners**: Select the owner(s) whose data are to be displayed on the card. In order to circumvent permissions errors, toggle the **Inherit owner selections from My Intel Sources**slider off, clear all selections under **Intel Sources**and **My Communities**, and leave the **View <*Organization name*>**slider toggled on.NoteA **My Orgs** list will be displayed in place of the **View ****  slider for Super Users, which allows them to select the Organizations whose data are to be displayed on the card. See [ThreatConnect Super User Guide](/v1/docs/threatconnect-super-user-guide) for more information.NoteYou can select a single owner by hovering over the owner’s name and clicking ![Icon Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/active-cases-image-ied1qwwk.png) **only**. - **Card Preview**: This section displays a preview of the card. By default, the **Assignee**tab is selected, which displays users assigned to active Cases. Select the **Group**tab to display user groups assigned to active Cases. - **Chart Type**: Select the type of chart to display. - Click the **NEXT**button at the upper-right corner of the drawer. 2. The **Options** step will be displayed (Figure 2). Here, you can customize the look of the **Active Cases**dashboard card.![Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/active-cases-image-j8wl8mrp.png) - **Color Scheme**: Select the color scheme for the card. - **Chart Configuration Checkboxes**: Use the checkboxes to customize the look of the chart. The available options change based on the type of chart selected in the **Query** step (Figure 1). In this example (**Advanced Pie Chart**), the **Disable Tooltips** and **Use Gradient**checkboxes are the only options displayed in this section. However, if **Vertical Bar Chart**is selected as the chart type, checkboxes for configuring the chart’s axes, labels, legend, and gridlines will also be displayed. - **Card Width**: Enter a number for the card’s width. The default width of a card is 4, and the maximum width you can set for a card is 16. - **Card Height**: Enter a number for the card’s height. The default height of a card is 2, and the maximum height you can set for a card is 5. - Click the **SAVE**button at the upper-right corner of the drawer. The **Active Cases**card will now be displayed on the dashboard. --- *ThreatConnect® is a registered trademark of ThreatConnect, Inc.* 20118-03 v.03.B