Dashboards are used for monitoring business
or industrial systems. They help operational people oversee the
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) of business processes. In the
industrial field, dashboards are used for schematics, process
control or SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition)
applications to show the current status of physical equipment. The
data to be monitored is graphically represented by gauges, dials,
sliders, meters, and so on, that are manually placed by the user on
the dashboard. A connection between the data repository and these
graphic objects is required for the dashboard to visually and
realistically translate measurements or the status of physical
equipment.
A business activity monitoring dashboard
An industrial monitoring dashboard