The topics below provide a brief introduction to the Dashboard A special GoldSim element that allows you to build custom interfaces or "control panels" for your models. Authoring Module. They discuss how and why you would want to add Dashboards to your models, and describe how models with Dashboards can be used by others using the GoldSim Player A program that allows you to "play" or "read" an existing GoldSim model without having to license the GoldSim software. The GoldSim Player is available as a free download from the GoldSim website.. They also summarize the steps required to create a Player file A special file format (with the extension .gsp) that can be created by GoldSim and can only be read by the GoldSim Player. (a file which can be read by the GoldSim Player) which incorporates Dashboard features.
It is recommended that you read these topics before diving into the details of using the Dashboard Authoring Module.