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title: "MTTD Knowledge Base Article | ThreatConnect"
slug: "mttd"
description: "This article describes how to add and configure the MTTD metric card in a custom dashboard."
updated: 2022-08-24T13:32:01Z
published: 2022-08-24T13:32:01Z
canonical: "knowledge.threatconnect.com/mttd"
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# MTTD

**MTTD** provides a graphical representation of the average amount of time it took to detect a security issue or event, which is measured by calculating the average amount of time between the [**Time of Occurrence** and **Time of Detection** for Cases](/v1/docs/case-details), over a specified period of time broken down by days, weeks, or months.

1. Select **MTTD** 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).ImportantYou must record **Time of Occurrence** and **Time of Detection** for at least one Case in your Organization in order for **MTTD** to be displayed on the **Details** step of the **Add New Card** drawer.![Graphical user interface, application  Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/mttd-image-vpc0ibxg.png)
  - **Date Range**: Select the period of time from which data will be displayed.
  - **Date Order**: Select whether the dates displayed in the card should be in **Ascending** or **Descending** order.
  - **Group By**: Select the desired grouping of dates displayed in the card. Available options include **Daily**, **Weekly**, and **Monthly**.
  - **Short Date Format**: By default, dates are displayed on the dashboard card in short date format (e.g., Mon 12/6). Toggle this slider off to display dates in long date format (e.g., Mon December 06).
  - **Card Preview**: This section displays a preview of the card.
  - **Chart Type**: Select the type of chart to display.
  - Click the **NEXT** button at the upper-right corner of the screen.
2. The **Options** step will be displayed (Figure 2). Here, you can customize the look of the **MTTD** dashboard card. ![Graphical user interface, chart  Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/mttd-image-s8usxe01.png)
  - **Color Scheme**: Select the color scheme for the card.
  - **Scheme Type**: Select whether the color scheme should be **Linear** or **Ordinal**.
  - **Show X** **Axis**: Select this checkbox to display the x-axis of the chart. This checkbox is selected by default.
  - **Show X** **Axis Label**: Select this checkbox to display a custom label for the x-axis. After you select the checkbox, a text box will be displayed where you can enter the desired label.
  - **Show Legend**: Select this checkbox to display a legend for the chart. After you select the checkbox, a text box will be displayed where you can enter a label for the legend.NoteThe three **MTTD** chart types (shown in the **Card Preview** section in Figure 1) do not display a legend’s label, so the value entered in the text box will not be displayed in the dashboard card
  - **Show Gridlines**: Select this checkbox to display gridlines on the chart.
  - **Show Y** **Axis**: Select this checkbox to display the y-axis of the chart. This checkbox is selected by default.
  - **Show Y Axis Label**: Select this checkbox to display a custom label for the y-axis. After you select the checkbox, a text box will be displayed where you can enter the desired label.
  - **Disable Tooltips**: By default, a tooltip is displayed whenever you hover over a piece of data on a dashboard card chart. Select this checkbox to disable this feature for the dashboard card.
  - **Use Gradient**: A gradient effect is applied to the four **False Positives** chart types by default, so selecting the **Use Gradient** checkbox has no effect on this dashboard card.
  - **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.
  - **Bar Gap Size**: Enter a number for the bar gap size, which is the amount of space between each bar in the graph.
  - Click the **SAVE** button at the upper-right corner of the drawer. The **MTTD** card will now be displayed on the dashboard.

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