Dashboard

dashboard.php

<?php
// app/Model/Dashboard.php

App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');

class Dashboard extends AppModel
{
  var $useTable = false;
}

DashboardsController.php

<?php
// app/Controller/DashboardsController.php

App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');

class DashboardsController extends AppController
{

	public function index()
	{

		$this->loadModel('Job');
/*		
		$this->set('job', $this->Job->find('all', array(
			'contain' => 'Client', 'order'=> array(
				'Job.id' => 'desc'))));
*/

		$this->set('job', $this->Job->find('all', array(
			'contain' => 'Client',
			'limit' => 5,
			'order' => array('Job.id' => 'desc'))));

		$this->loadModel('User');
		$this->set('authUser', $this->Auth->user());
	}
}

debug($jobs)

array(
	'Job' => array(
		'client_id' => '2',
		'id' => '17',
		'datein' => '2014-03-05',
		'description' => 'A custom widget built by composition of Autocomplete and Button. You can either type something into the field to get filtered suggestions based on your input, or use the button to get the full list of selections.',
		'title' => 'Autocomplete '
	)
)

index.ctp

<!-- app/View/Dashboards/index.ctp -->

<h1>Dashboard</h1>

<h2>Welcome</h2>

<?php foreach($jobs as $job): ?>
	<p><?php echo $job['Job']['title']; ?><br>
		<?php echo $job['Job']['id']; ?><br>
		<?php echo $job['Job']['datein']; ?></p>
<?php endforeach; ?>