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• Test out your custom code functionality through the Preview mode. (Access to the Preview mode is gained via the ‘More’ button on the top-right of the dashboard editor.)
• Code functionality that you may want to reuse in other dashboards, can be saved into a Code Widget. Test it out here first, before packaging as a widget. The widget can be added through the plugin manager, and will appear in the dashboard builder’s Code Widgets list.
• To make it easier to code for specific objects, name each content dragged onto the canvas through the properties panel. This will also allow you to find objects more easily in Code Mode later. 

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Code Mode example

This section includes an example of a simple dashboard functionality using Code Mode. It includes code snippets that you may also use for yourself in your dashboard.

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