A number alone says little. Dashbox compares it with one thing only: its own recent past.
The card on the morning after day 6: yesterday as the headline, the last 24 hours in the corner, and its normal underneath. In the small chart the two orange lines are that normal - the thin one the 7-day average, the wide one the 30-day average.
A card shows four numbers: yesterday as the headline, the last 24 hours in the corner, and the 7-day and 30-day averages underneath. The averages are its normal. A card is only ever compared with itself, never with another card or a benchmark.
Two averages, because they answer different questions. The 7-day average is the short-term normal: it follows what has been happening lately. The 30-day average is the long-term normal: it moves slowly.
Where an average is missing - a source that cannot give 30 days yet - the card shows a dash in its place. With no normal there is nothing to compare with, and Dashbox does not make one up.
For a balance or a level, the headline can be the value now; for something followed during the day, the day so far. The comparison still uses yesterday, because a day in progress would look low every morning.
In the example month
An example, not real data.
Day 6
24, against a 7-day average of 21.4 and a 30-day average of 21.1. This is the card in the picture, on the morning after.