The dashboard is a
portal that contains zones. These zones appear regardless of the object being displayed in the
Object Display Area. Refer to
Dashboard Portal for a description of these zones. Every user has control over the zones that appear in their dashboard. Refer to
Portal Preferences for more information about how a user can customize the contents of the dashboard.
The dashboard area is displayed before the Object Display area by default. (On the left for a left-to-right language and on the right for a right-to-left language). You have control over its location, width and more as part of your
user preferences.