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The Dashboard interface is ideal for users who quickly need to run Standard Reports. Check your WebFOCUS Installation manual for information about browser compatibility.

Dashboard offers you the ability to:

• Personalize the content displayed in your Dashboard view.
• Perform advanced searches within domains.
• Access reporting tools such as Power Painter, Report Assistant, Graph Assistant, ReportCaster, and Library.
• Dynamically access non-WebFOCUS documents.

When you connect to Dashboard you are also connecting to Managed Reporting, which means all of the Standard Reports and Reporting Objects that are available to you in Managed Reporting are also available in Dashboard.

Managed Reporting is accessed by the Dashboard interface. The interface is a customizable HTML-based front-end that allows you to:

• Run Standard Reports and My Reports, either immediately or in deferred mode.
• Create reports and graphs using Reporting Objects and Report Assistant or Graph Assistant.
• Save the reports and graphs as My Reports.
• Share reports with other users.
• Edit My Reports.
• Access the OLAP selections panel and OLAP Control Panel to manipulate the data in a report.
• View reports with the WebFOCUS Viewer.

The following additional features are available depending on whether your site is licensed and your Administrator has granted you the capability to use these features:

• Schedule My Reports (ReportCaster).
• Respond to a Two-Way Email from any e-mail capable device, including pagers, laptops, desktops, and PDAs (Two-Way Email).

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Java-based Managed Reporting is an alternative to Dashboard. For more information, see Using Java Applet Managed Reporting.