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.