A metric is the measure of actual performance. A metric is 
defined using objects in the unverse.

dashboards is nothing but collection of information

metrics are system of parameters or ways of quantitative and
periodic assessment process that is to be measured
these are used to track trends and productivity

 metrics are mainly used for analysis purposes

Dashboard is a different tool in BO.more intractive and 
visuvalised.esay to understand compare to table oriend 
reports

my infoview is a dash board or portal page that allows you
to display the documents or web sites you most frequently
access.
we can select info view option and select frames templates and
save the content in frames as your intrest.it can be web
address or report.once you save dash board settings.you can
view it by clicking info view button.