We can use the same solution that we built in the last chapter to display a report on a dashboard. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 introduces a new feature called Dashboard from where we can mix different types of representation of our data on a simple page. The dashboards are located by default in the Workplace area under My Work.
There are two types of dashboards:
Personal dashboards
System dashboards
The personal dashboards are the ones that we can create from this interface when clicking on the New button that is located in the ribbon. We can also share it with other users by using the Share Dashboard button:
The system dashboards are the ones that are created when we go to Settings | Customizations | Customize the system this way we will create dashboards in the Default Solution; we can also create a custom solution and add them there.
System dashboards are visible to all users. The components that we can add to a dashboard are as follows:
Chart
List
Web Resource
Iframe...