Common dashboard framework for creating a mashup dashboard

A method, implemented in an apparatus including a memory and a processor that are cooperatively operable with each other, comprising:

• providing, by the processor a common dashboard framework, the common dashboard framework including
• dashboard configuration data that specifies a configuration of dashboard content and a user interface configuration for a mashup dashboard, wherein the dashboard content and the user interface configuration control visual and behavioral characteristics of the mashup dashboard that are independent of mashup data, and wherein the visual and behavioral characteristics are controlled to provide a same look and feel for different mashups, and different dashboard configuration data provides a different look and feel for the different mashups, and
• dashboard module data that specifies whether the mashup dashboard is associated with a pre-defined group of mashup dashboards, such that a configuration of the mashup dashboard further reflects the pre-defined group of mashup dashboards when the mashup dashboard is associated with the pre-defined group of mashup dashboards;
• and
• assembling, by the processor, the mashup dashboard based on the dashboard configuration data, the dashboard module data, and a workspace for the mashup data to provide a dashboard for delivery and presentation to a user.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium with instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor in an apparatus, the processor being cooperatively operable with a memory in the apparatus, results in the processor performing the following method:

• providing a common dashboard framework, the common dashboard framework including
• dashboard configuration data that specifies a configuration of dashboard content and a user interface configuration for a mashup dashboard, wherein the dashboard content and the user interface configuration control visual and behavioral characteristics of the mashup dashboard that are independent of mashup data, and wherein the visual and behavioral characteristics are controlled to provide a same look and feel for different mashups, and different dashboard configuration data provides a different look and feel for the different mashups, and
• dashboard module data that specifies whether the mashup dashboard is associated with a pre-defined group of mashup dashboards, such that a configuration of the mashup dashboard further reflects the pre-defined group of mashup dashboards when the mashup dashboard is associated with the pre-defined group of mashup dashboards;
• and
• assembling the mashup dashboard based on the dashboard configuration data, the dashboard module data, and a workspace for the mashup data to provide a dashboard for delivery and presentation to a user.