# Simple card to display a string-

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-card-to-display-a-string/252284>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 15, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-card-to-display-a-string/252284 "2020-10-15T23:55:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![elaair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@elaair](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elaair)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-card-to-display-a-string/252284/1 "2020-10-15T23:55:32Z")

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I would like to add a card to my dashboard that displays the state of charge of my batteries. It is just a word like Resting or Float MPPT. I don't need time or math acted on it. Whats the best way to do this?

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**Author:** ![AClerk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclerk/32/55297_2.png) [@AClerk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AClerk)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-card-to-display-a-string/252284/2 "2020-10-16T04:09:47Z")

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**Author:** ![elaair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@elaair](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elaair)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-card-to-display-a-string/252284/3 "2020-10-16T12:19:12Z")

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Yes, it doesn't match the look of the rest of the dashboard though.. Boss unhappy.

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**Author:** ![elaair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@elaair](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elaair)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-card-to-display-a-string/252284/4 "2020-10-16T12:22:46Z")

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Plus, it doesn't seem to scale correctly on iPad.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-card-to-display-a-string/252284/5 "2020-11-13T12:23:12Z")

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