What Items Can a Dashboard Include?

The following information is available for placement on a dashboard. However, each report or Web Link must be placed inside a widget and the widget in turn is placed into the dashboard.

A dashboard can contain one or more widgets containing any of the following:

Published Reports: The dashboard will show the latest published version of the report. See Publishing Reports.

Note: Reports must be published in order for the report data to be accessible to users on the Dashboard View. If no published results are available for a report on a dashboard, the Dashboard View will display a message indicating this. When the report is published, a refresh of the Dashboard view will display the report.
External URL: The dashboard will display any external URLs that allow you to link to them. Permission is through its HTTP Header Field X-Frame-Options setup. For example, you can add www.bing.com as your URL, but you cannot add www.google.com.
Rich Text: You can explain or annotate your dashboard with a Rich Text box, that can contain formatted text, graphics, and other objects.