page_title: SharePoint Dashboard
section_title: SharePoint Dashboard Data Sources
hierarchical_section_title: SharePoint Dashboard / SharePoint Dashboard Data Sources
caption_attribution_description: English: SharePoint dashboards aggregate data from a variety of sources for and graphically display it in a central location.
context_page_description: A dashboard is a document presenting the most significant information about a subject on a single page. Microsoft SharePoint is a web application platform launched in 2001 as a centralized replacement for multiple web applications and supports various combinations of enterprise website requirements. A Microsoft SharePoint Dashboard is a feature of the Microsoft SharePoint platform that aggregates data from other systems and displays it in a browser-based location.
context_section_description: SharePoint Dashboards certainly aggregate data stored in any edition of Microsoft SharePoint. SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Foundation, WSS, and MOSS are examples of widely implemented SharePoint editions that graphically display data stored in SharePoint document libraries and lists. The data may be configured in a variety of views and chart types with standard and custom features.
  Examples of other systems from which SharePoint dashboards can retrieve data include:
caption: This social media SharePoint dashboard aggregates data from several sources and graphically displays it in a browser-based location.
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