Dashboards are the graphical representation of report data. Dashboards are shown on the home page of your organization. You can have up to 20 dashboard components on the home page. The advantage of the dashboard is that you can visualize the data of multiple reports on a single page and schedule the dashboard for e-mail distribution. This is the easiest way to see the entire organization in a single view. The dashboard shows data as of the last time the dashboard was refreshed.
Building a dashboard in the Force.com platform is much easier because of the dashboard builder, which allows you to drag and drop components and data sources quickly and comprehensively. Before we create the dashboard, identify the dashboard builder tool in the Force.com platform. It mainly consists of three panes: