# Embedded and Custom Widgets

Source: https://help.zira.us/docs/dashboards/embedded-and-custom-widgets
Summary: Use Embedded and Custom widgets when you want to reuse an existing widget or build a local dashboard-specific version of a data research view.
Updated: 2026-04-03

Use **Embedded** and **Custom** when you want more flexibility than the standard widget list gives you.

These options help when you either want to reuse something that already exists or create a local version that belongs only to the current dashboard.

## Navigation

Open a dashboard, enter edit mode if needed, then choose **Add widget**.

Use these options when the standard widget types do not match exactly what you need.

## Choose a widget source

These are setup choices inside the dashboard builder:

- **Embedded** brings in an existing view
- **Custom** creates a dashboard-local version that you configure inside the current dashboard

## Embedded

Use **Embedded** when you want to bring an existing widget or dashboard-based view into the current dashboard.

This is helpful when:

- you already have a working widget elsewhere
- you want to reuse an established view instead of rebuilding it
- you want to connect dashboards without duplicating the original logic

## Custom

Use **Custom** when you want a dashboard-local data research widget that behaves like a tailored chart or table.

The custom flow can support local widget types such as:

- **KPI**
- **Grouped KPI**
- **KPI Table**
- **Column**
- **Bar**
- **Pie**
- **Time series**
- **Data Table**

## When to choose which one

Choose **Embedded** when the source already exists and you want to reuse it.

Choose **Custom** when the dashboard needs its own local version and you want to configure it inside the current dashboard flow.

## Tips

- Use **Embedded** to save time when a good source already exists.
- Use **Custom** when the dashboard needs its own tailored version.