What is the difference between a Cognos Analytics Story and Dashboard?

In IBM Cognos Analytics, the difference between a Story and a Dashboard is primarily in their functionality and presentation:

Dashboard:

Live and Interactive: Dashboards provide real-time, interactive visualizations that allow users to explore and analyze data dynamically.

Widgets: Composed of various widgets (charts, graphs, tables) that update automatically with changes in data.

Story:

Augmented with Animation and Scenes: Stories build on dashboards by incorporating animation and scene changes. They allow users to create a narrative flow with transitions between scenes.

Presentation: Designed to present data in a structured, sequential manner, often used for storytelling and presentations.

A story enhances a dashboard by adding the capability to create a more engaging and informative narrative with animations and scene transitions.