dashboard

A self-contained application that displays business information as content-rich gadgets on a web page. A dashboard supports creating new gadgets and displaying real-time or static data as interactive charts, cross-tabs, flash visualizations, formatted text, and Reportlets. A dashboard contains one or more gadgets that display information or accept user input to change the content of a linked gadget. Actuate BIRT 360 supports the creation and use of dashboards on an Actuate BIRT iServer System, as shown in Figure G-34. Actuate JavaScript API (JSAPI) supports the presentation and linking of Actuate gadgets on a dashboard.

Figure G-34  A dashboard appearing in BIRT 360

Related terms

Actuate BIRT 360, Actuate BIRT iServer System, Actuate JavaScript API (JSAPI), application, gadget design (.gadget) file, Reportlet, web page

Contrast with

dashboard design (.dashboard) file, structured content

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