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title: Metric Directionality
description: Configure whether increases or decreases in metric values should be considered positive or negative in experiments.
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# Metric Directionality

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## Setting metric directionality

By default, Statsig assumes increases to a metric value are good and displays them in green in experiment results. For many metrics, a decrease is the wanted outcome: for example, page load times and most performance metrics.

For these metrics, you can set the direction you want the metric to move, and experiment results update color-coding in metric lifts accordingly. To configure directionality, go to any metric detail view page. Select the **Edit Pencil** next to the _Directionality_ section in the right rail to open the **Set Metric Directionality** option.

![Metric directionality configuration interface](https://docs.statsig.com/images/metrics/directionality/fa0cbf9f-c84f-4db6-b9fa-84d672358a72.png)