You can add actions to dashboard pages in one of two ways:
By adding to a section on the dashboard page an Action Link object to which you add an action.
When a dashboard page that contains one or more action links is presented to users, users can click a link to run the associated action.
By adding to a section on the dashboard page an Action Link Menu object to which you add action links.
When a dashboard page that contains an action link menu is presented to users, users can select a link from the action link menu to run the associated actions.
For more information on action links and action link menus, see "What Are Action Links and Action Link Menus?"