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 to the left of the Object Display area by default but you have control over its location, width and more as part of your user preferences.