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Developing a Digital Dashboard Using Web Parts

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A Digital Dashboard is a container that provides a customized display of information consolidated from various information sources. Every Digital Dashboard is a web page containing one or more Web Parts, which are individual objects that contain data or script that presents information to the user.

The Microsoft® Office XP Developer environment makes it possible for you to create and customize Digital Dashboards and Web Parts.

In This Section

  • Understanding the Digital Dashboard
    A Digital Dashboard provides a flexible means of assembling, in one place, the information from a variety of sources, based on the requirements of the dashboard user.
  • Web Parts
    To make a dashboard functional, you must add Web Parts to it. A Web Part is a self-contained script or Web page. You can use Microsoft® Office XP Developer to add new Web Parts, or you can import pre-existing Web Parts from a catalog.
  • Developing Applications with Microsoft Office Developer
    Projects are the building blocks of a Microsoft® Office XP Developer application. If a project is a building block for an application, then an application is the foundation.
  • Creating Projects
    A project ** consists of separate components that are stored as individual files in an application. A simple project might consist of a form or HTML document, a database, source code files, and a project file.
  • Developing Office Applications Using VBA
    Developing Microsoft® Office applications can range from writing a simple Microsoft® Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) procedure to creating a sophisticated financial analysis and reporting application.
  • Developing Workflow Applications for Exchange Server
    Generally, the term "workflow" is used to describe applications that are modeled as business processes. Typical workflow applications include forms routing/approval, document review/publishing, and issue tracking.
  • Developing Workflow Applications for SQL Server
    Microsoft® Office XP Developer offers a set of tools that makes it possible for you to apply business processes on items in a Microsoft® SQL Server™ database quickly.