Metrics Block
Financial Snapshot
A finance summary block for revenue, margin, burn, and runway.
financial-snapshot1 slidedense density
Finance
Revenue up, burn controlled
Pair a trend chart with the financial metrics that matter.
Revenue
Margin
Burn
Runway
OPF Config
blocks:financial-snapshotOPF JSON
{
"$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
"name": "Financial Snapshot",
"description": "A finance summary block for revenue, margin, burn, and runway.",
"tone": "formal",
"narrative": "data-story",
"takeaway": "Summarize financial position and trend in a single slide.",
"tags": [
"content-block",
"gallery:blocks/financial-snapshot"
],
"design": {
"colorScheme": "luxury",
"fontScheme": "aptos",
"background": {
"type": "solid",
"color": "#ffffff"
}
},
"slides": [
{
"id": "financial-snapshot",
"layout": "chart-beside",
"title": "Revenue up, burn controlled",
"subtitle": "Financial snapshot across revenue, margin, burn, and runway.",
"composition": {
"mode": "column",
"weights": [
1,
2
]
},
"blocks": [
{
"composition": {
"mode": "row"
},
"blocks": [
{
"metric": {
"value": "+22%",
"label": "Revenue"
}
},
{
"metric": {
"value": "68%",
"label": "Gross margin"
}
},
{
"metric": {
"value": "$410K",
"label": "Burn"
}
},
{
"metric": {
"value": "19 mo",
"label": "Runway"
}
}
]
},
{
"chart": {
"type": "line",
"data": {
"columns": [
"Category",
"Example"
],
"rows": [
[
"Current",
12
],
[
"Next",
19
],
[
"Target",
27
]
]
}
}
}
]
}
],
"catalogs": {
"default": {
"source": "https://www.pptx.gallery",
"narratives": {
"data-story": {
"name": "Data Story",
"summary": "A data-first narrative that builds from evidence to insight to action, ideal for analysts and data-driven teams.",
"description": "A data-first narrative that builds from evidence to insight to action. Set the analytical context and the question the data answers, reveal the headline finding, walk through the supporting analysis and its sources, explain what it means for the business, then make a specific recommendation with its confidence level and assumptions. The tone is analytical and inductive: it builds up from data to insight. Best for analytical briefings, data team presentations, research readouts, and business reviews; typical decks run 6-15 slides.",
"audienceFit": [
"data-teams",
"operations-and-finance",
"product-managers",
"analytics-stakeholders"
],
"duration": {
"min": 10,
"max": 30
},
"tags": [
"analytics",
"data",
"insight",
"recommendation"
],
"beats": [
{
"id": "context",
"name": "Context",
"description": "Frame why this analysis matters now. What question is this data answering?",
"instructions": "Set up the business question and data scope.",
"type": "list",
"layout": "list"
},
{
"id": "key-finding",
"name": "Key Finding",
"description": "State the single most important thing the data shows. One slide, one insight.",
"instructions": "State the one finding the audience must remember.",
"type": "metric",
"layout": "metrics"
},
{
"id": "analysis",
"name": "Analysis",
"description": "Unpack the data rigorously. Show sources, methodology, and supporting charts.",
"instructions": "Explain the drivers behind the finding.",
"type": "chart",
"layout": "chart"
},
{
"id": "implications",
"name": "Implications",
"description": "Translate findings into business language. What does this mean for strategy, operations, or customers?",
"instructions": "Translate the analysis into business consequences.",
"type": "text",
"layout": "two-column"
},
{
"id": "recommendation",
"name": "Recommendation",
"description": "Make an explicit, actionable recommendation backed by the data. Include confidence level and assumptions.",
"instructions": "Recommend the next decision or action.",
"type": "text",
"layout": "list"
}
]
}
},
"tones": {
"formal": {
"name": "Formal",
"summary": "Polished, restrained voice for board, investor, and regulator audiences.",
"description": "Authoritative without being cold. Use third-person constructions, full sentences, and concrete numbers. Avoid hedges and humor that depend on shared in-jokes; rely on clarity and precision to land.",
"voiceCues": [
"Use third person and the corporate 'we' sparingly.",
"Lead with the recommendation, then evidence.",
"Quote concrete numbers; avoid round-tripping ranges.",
"Prefer full sentences to bullet fragments on key claims."
],
"avoid": [
"Slang, idioms, or in-jokes.",
"Hedging language ('maybe', 'sort of', 'I think').",
"Marketing superlatives ('world-class', 'best-in-class').",
"Excessive emoji or exclamation points."
],
"samplePhrases": [
"Q4 revenue grew 18% year over year, led by enterprise expansion.",
"We recommend approving the Series B raise at $30M.",
"Net retention was 124%; gross retention was 96%."
],
"recommendedNarratives": [
"board-meeting",
"qbr",
"scqa",
"strategic-narrative"
],
"tags": [
"business",
"executive",
"formal"
]
}
},
"colorSchemes": {
"luxury": {
"name": "Luxury",
"accent1": "#997929",
"accent2": "#C15937",
"accent3": "#951233",
"accent4": "#1D483F",
"accent5": "#4B6977",
"accent6": "#639391",
"dark1": "#000000",
"dark2": "#2C2C2C",
"followedHyperlink": "#CC00CC",
"hyperlink": "#0066CC",
"light1": "#FFFFFF",
"light2": "#EFEFEF",
"summary": "Muted metallic and deep tones for premium, high-stakes decks.",
"description": "A restrained luxury palette with gold, terracotta, dark green, and blue-gray support for premium narratives.",
"tags": [
"luxury",
"premium",
"sophisticated",
"grounded",
"exclusive"
]
}
},
"fontSchemes": {
"aptos": {
"name": "Aptos",
"app": "powerpoint",
"languageFamily": "latin",
"languages": [],
"major": "Aptos Display",
"minor": "Aptos",
"textSample": "Modern clean design",
"type": "sans-serif",
"description": "Aptos is a sans serif OPF font scheme for Latin presentations, using Aptos Display for headings with Aptos for body text."
}
},
"layouts": {
"chart-beside": {
"name": "Chart beside",
"summary": "A chart with the takeaway beside it.",
"tags": [
"Visuals"
],
"direction": "column",
"regions": [
{
"name": "title"
},
{
"direction": "row",
"regions": [
{
"name": "chart",
"size": 3,
"accepts": [
"chart"
],
"role": "primary",
"flow": "none"
},
{
"name": "notes",
"size": 2,
"accepts": [
"text",
"list",
"metric",
"quote",
"chart"
],
"role": "supporting",
"flow": "column"
}
]
}
],
"description": "Pair a chart with an explanation of its result. Keep the text focused on the pattern or decision supported by the data.",
"preview": {
"vectorSrc": "https://www.pptx.gallery/layout-previews/chart-beside.svg"
}
}
}
}
}
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Load this config in the gallery's visual editor, or in the Inspector at pptx.dev.
Use Case
Use when executives or investors need a fast read on financial position.
When to Use
For board, investor, finance, and operating review decks.
When to Avoid
Avoid when detailed variance analysis is required.
Block Structure
chart-beside
Revenue up, burn controlled
Financial snapshot across revenue, margin, burn, and runway.
Best Practices
1
Define the period in the subtitle or chart axis.
2
Avoid mixing cash and accrual metrics without labels.
3
Make runway assumptions explicit.
Playground deep link: config=blocks:financial-snapshot