Difference between report and dashboard

[#1]

Hi Mates,

i want to know the difference between (Normal)reports and dashboard.

Note: i don't want difference between WEBI or Crystal report and dashboard.

i want to know what kind of thing we can do in dashboard but in normal report can't do ..........

so plzz help me......

Thank you

Mustafa

[Former Member]

Dashboard is used to view the summarized information in the pictorial representation for the higher level people like CEO,CFO or Analyst who basically need to spend to much time on investigating where the KPI's are lagging and where its leading. Reports are purely meant for detailed reporting where it can vary from basic reporting slicing and dicing to Ad-hoc reporting. Personally the one features which leads from the front for the dashboard is what if analysis, where you can get the result or prediction based on the logic instantly.