The DotNetNuke Dashboard details information about the Web Server, Database Server, Host, Portals, Modules and Skins.
It is a good source of information about the current installation and its details.
The DashboardControl component allows for new controls to be added to the system Dashboard to provide extentend features for information.

NOTE: This component type is no longer supported.

Elements and attributes

<component type="DashboardControl">

  <dashboardControl>

    <key> </key>

    <src> </src>

    <localResources/>

    <controllerClass/>

    <isEnabled/>

    <viewOrder/>

  </dashboardControl>

</component>

Sample

<dashboardControl>

  <key>Server</key>

  <src>DesktopModules/Admin/Dashboard/Modules/Server.ascx</src>

  <localResources>DesktopModules/Admin/Dashboard/App_LocalResources/SharedResources.ascx</localResources>

  <controllerClass>DotNetNuke.Modules.Dashboard.Components.Server.ServerController</controllerClass>

  <isEnabled>true</isEnabled>

  <viewOrder>1</viewOrder>

</dashboardControl>

References

• The manifest file
• DotNetNuke Dashboard AppSettings sample project on CodePlex to display the AppSettings in the Dashboard of DNN
• How to extend the Dashboard (includes pre 5.0 technique for adding dashboard entries)
• DotNetNuke Social Dashboard Forge project