the user has complete control over how metrics are grouped together information regarding individual widgets 60 may be stored in a widget data structure on the memory 14 similar to the metric data structure the widget 60 may contain many of the features associated with an individual metric box 24 such as a title 28 a visualization icon 38 goals 44 overall value 46 a to do list 50 a share icon 52 alerts 48 a download icon 54 and a resize icon 56 as illustrated in fig1 a widget 60 may be formed by u201c snapping u201d one or more metric boxes 24 as illustrated in fig1 the u201c snapping u201d action may be dragging a metric box 24 near a side of another metric box or group of metric boxes until the two objects snap together to form a widget as such u201c snapping u201d may occur between one or more metric boxes and between widgets alternatively dragging a metric box 24 over one or more other metric boxes may prompt a list of options including the option to create a widget 60 as described above the dashboard software 20 may also contain multiple screens such that metric boxes 24 and widgets 60 may be organized into the separate screens based on user preferences for example one screen may contain metric boxes and widgets relating only.