So you’ve rightly decided to have the home page as the 1st tab in your app. But what should be displayed on this page?
The out-of-the-box home page isn’t sexy at all. It’s a bunch of random widgets that are not usually related to your client’s needs.
So one consideration is to place a dashboard on the home page. Since the home page is the 1st page the user sees after logging in, they’ll be able to quickly review things.
If you have multiple apps, then you can display a different dashboard per page. Perhaps the volunteer coordinator, using the “Volunteer” app, sees the “Volunteer Dashboard”. Perhaps the sales manager, using the “Sales Manager” app, sees the “Executive Sales Dashboard”.
But if you’re working with a smaller org with only one app, what then? Well, with lightning pages, you can display different dashboards based on the current user’s profile or permissions.
This means adding several dashboards on the home page, and using component visibility to display the desired dashboard.
The takeaway
Placing a dashboard on the home page is a good idea. Use component visibility to determine which dashboard to show to the user.