<s>
A	O
dashboard	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
document	O
presenting	O
the	O
most	O
significant	O
information	O
about	O
a	O
subject	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
platform	O
launched	O
in	O
2001	O
as	O
a	O
centralized	O
replacement	O
for	O
multiple	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
and	O
supports	O
various	O
combinations	O
of	O
enterprise	B-Application
website	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
Dashboard	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
platform	O
that	O
aggregates	O
data	O
from	O
other	O
systems	O
and	O
displays	O
it	O
in	O
a	O
browser-based	B-Operating_System
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-General_Concept
Dashboards	I-General_Concept
are	O
ideal	O
for	O
displaying	O
the	O
status	O
of	O
KPIs	O
,	O
because	O
their	O
quantifiable	O
data	O
can	O
be	O
pulled	O
from	O
multiple	O
systems	O
and	O
provide	O
a	O
graphical	O
summary	O
of	O
what	O
is	O
stored	O
within	O
the	O
quantifiable	O
data	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-General_Concept
dashboards	I-General_Concept
are	O
not	O
meant	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
proprietary	B-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-General_Concept
Dashboards	I-General_Concept
certainly	O
aggregate	O
data	O
stored	O
in	O
any	O
edition	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Protocol
2010	I-Protocol
,	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
Foundation	I-Protocol
,	O
WSS	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
MOSS	B-Protocol
are	O
examples	O
of	O
widely	O
implemented	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
editions	O
that	O
graphically	O
display	O
data	O
stored	O
in	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
document	O
libraries	O
and	O
lists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
other	O
systems	O
from	O
which	O
SharePoint	B-General_Concept
dashboards	I-General_Concept
can	O
retrieve	O
data	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Commonly	O
used	O
CRM	O
systems	O
include	O
Act	O
!,	O
GoldMine	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
CRM	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Salesforce	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
resource	O
planning	O
(	O
ERP	O
)	O
systems	O
use	O
integrated	O
software	O
applications	O
to	O
combine	O
organizational	O
information	O
cross-functionally	O
for	O
use	O
across	O
the	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
ERP	O
and	O
Accounting	O
systems	O
include	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Dynamics	I-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Financials	I-Application
,	O
Peachtree	O
Accounting	O
,	O
QuickBooks	B-Application
,	O
and	O
SAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Social	O
media	O
resources	O
employ	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
web-based	B-Application
and	O
mobile	B-Application
applications	I-Application
to	O
promote	O
the	O
exchange	O
of	O
user-generated	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popular	O
Marketing	O
and	O
Social	O
Media	O
applications	O
include	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Analytics	I-Application
,	O
Internet	O
Marketing	O
,	O
and	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
means	O
of	O
aggregating	O
information	O
to	O
be	O
displayed	O
in	O
a	O
SharePoint	B-General_Concept
Dashboard	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
common	O
methods	O
include	O
Application	B-Application
Programming	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Business	O
Connectivity	O
Service/Business	O
Data	O
Catalogue	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Open	B-Application
Database	I-Application
Connectivity	I-Application
(	O
ODBC	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
organisations	O
use	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
as	O
a	O
tool	O
to	O
collect	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
data	O
is	O
typically	O
entered	O
the	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
manually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
can	O
automatically	O
gather	O
data	O
from	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
systems	O
and	O
store	O
the	O
data	O
in	O
a	O
central	O
browser-based	B-Operating_System
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	B-General_Concept
software	I-General_Concept
components	I-General_Concept
also	O
offer	O
automatic	O
collection	O
and	O
display	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Reporting	I-Application
Services	I-Application
provides	O
user-friendly	O
tools	O
to	O
format	O
and	O
report	O
on	O
data	O
stored	O
inside	O
a	O
SQL	O
Server	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
simple	O
dashboard	B-Protocol
approach	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
often	O
gets	O
out-of-date	O
quickly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simply	O
printing	O
out	O
dashboard	B-Protocol
graphics	O
on	O
paper	O
and	O
displaying	O
them	O
in	O
a	O
central	O
location	O
can	O
have	O
a	O
positive	O
effect	O
on	O
internal	O
goals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
process	O
of	O
manually	O
creating	O
and	O
posting	O
paper	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
,	O
however	O
,	O
can	O
become	O
cumbersome	O
to	O
maintain	O
on	O
a	O
regular	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
simple	O
dashboard	B-Protocol
approach	O
that	O
often	O
gets	O
out	O
of	O
date	O
quickly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
strategies	O
for	O
promoting	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
and	O
streamlining	O
internal	O
acceptance	O
of	O
the	O
practice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Real-time	O
results	O
allow	O
team	O
members	O
to	O
track	O
the	O
latest	O
data	O
and	O
focus	O
on	O
achieving	O
internal	O
goals	O
rather	O
than	O
create	O
manual	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
time	O
must	O
be	O
spent	O
up-front	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
dashboard	B-Protocol
automation	O
,	O
automating	O
data	O
collection	O
is	O
likely	O
to	O
save	O
time	O
in	O
the	O
long	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seeing	O
results	O
posted	O
regularly	O
on	O
a	O
dashboard	B-Protocol
also	O
provides	O
teams	O
with	O
motivation	O
to	O
achieve	O
a	O
goal	O
target	O
and	O
see	O
how	O
their	O
actions	O
directly	O
contribute	O
to	O
the	O
achievement	O
of	O
a	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Protocol
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
easiest	O
and	O
most	O
effective	O
tools	O
for	O
sharing	O
dashboard	B-Protocol
results	O
since	O
it	O
is	O
browser-enabled	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
from	O
browser-equipped	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dashboards	B-Protocol
displayed	O
on	O
LCD	B-Device
screens	I-Device
are	O
also	O
highly	O
effective	O
for	O
sharing	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
