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title: Build dashboards
menuTitle: Build dashboards
weight: 2
keywords:
  - grafana
  - dashboard
  - dashboard folders
  - create
  - build
  - design
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# Build dashboards

This section includes the following topics:

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## Dynamic dashboards

You can create more interactive and dynamic dashboards by adding and using [variables]({{< relref "../variables" >}}). Instead of hard-coding things like server, application, and sensor names in your metric queries, you can use variables in their place. Read more about variables [here]({{< relref "../variables" >}}).