So, essentially the answer is that there isn't a really good way to display a single number.  The example shows how one can alter the appearance of a gauge to looke like a KPI that displays a single number, but SAS VA doesn't actually produce these types of visuals.   There are accessibility and workload implications for having to fudge these indicators to make them work, rather than having them work as a specific type of object.  If one needs the high contrast view, one will see little white bars underneath the numbers.   Has anyone actually had any luck in producing something without having to fool the end user by setting a gauge's colour to the same colour as the background? ... View more