The Dashboard Spy (see link) reminds me that business dashboards come in all kinds of flavors, sizes and shapes. If you’re looking for dashboard ideas, information, help or providers this seems to be a good place to start.

So, in the interest of being clear, I don’t suggest that reporting dashboards should or must look like a car dashboard. What I meant was that the word ‘dashboard’ is immediately recognizable by most and the concept it represents is well understood. the car dashboard tells you about the health and state of the car; its speed, how much gas it has, coolant temperature, engine efficiency and usage so the concept of ‘dashboard’ translates well to the business reporting world - in whatever form the dashboard may actually take.