I think it would be very handy if we could assign different "marks" (like the colors on MacOS) to projects to keep track of things that are in progress, planned, payed, finished and only there for backup, … etc. as for an account with many projects this might get hard to keep track of, but in external apps.
To put all of the qualities and features of a PM dashboard into real-world context by exploring these 4 essential project dashboard examples. They provide an overview of projects conducted in IT, marketing but can be used for other projects as well so you can use them as templates.