As well as the standard dashboard options (such as Agenda, Latest Actions, Latest Contacts and Latest Projects) it is also possible to call other areas of the database.

For instance to get the latest projects listed on your MyPortal choose a blank section of the dashboard and give it a name (i.e. Latest projects) and set the URL to dialog?PAGE=DlgRecentListHome.htm&TARGET=PROJ

You can change the TARGET= to other parts of the database too, such as TARGET=DOC or TARGET=SALES or TARGET=HELPDESK or TARGET=PUB.

It is also possible to have a query result on your dashboard. I have one which gives my current number of customers:
queryexecute?PAGE=QueryParamFrameSet.htm&PAGERESULT=QueryResultFrameSet.htm&QUERY=5978
(you find the query number by looking in the Queries list in eLink and hovering over the hyperlink to run the query you want, in the grey bar at the bottom of the screen looking like this javascript:ExecuteQuery(1012,5978) take the digits after the comma, that is the query id.