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 # Templating

+Instead of hard-coding things like server, application and sensor name in you metric queries you can use variables in their place.
+Variables are shown as dropdown select boxes at the top of the dashboard. These dropdowns makes it easy to change the data
+being displayed in your dashboard.
+
+Checkout the [Templating]({{< relref "reference/templating.md" >}}) documentation for an introduction to the templating feature and the different
+types of template variables.
+
 <img class="no-shadow" src="/img/docs/v4/templated_dash.png">

 Templating allows for more interactive and dynamic dashboards. Instead of hard-coding things like server, application