Dashboard Variables in Code Tile

[Mikko]

I'm building a dashboard with a code tile and I want to use a variable to filter my query. The variable is set on the dashboard, but I cannot find a way to reference it inside the code tile. I tried getting it through context:

export default async function (context) {
  console.log(context)
  const cluster = context.variables.Cluster;
  ...
}

The console out:

{
  "$dt_timeframe_from": "2026-06-05T04:47:00.000Z",
  "$dt_timeframe_to": "2026-06-05T06:47:00.000Z"
}

So basically my question is that is there any way to reference the Dashboard Variable within the code tile?

[dannemca · Accepted solution]

Have you tried reference it "as is"? $yourvarname

I have a var called $Tenant in one of my Dashboards, and in the code tile I just mention the var as is, $Tenant

[AndyHubert · Accepted solution]

Yeah, you should just be able to reference it in the code with the standard $varName syntax. 

[Mikko · Accepted solution]

Thank you @AndyHubert and @dannemca for the help. TBH I didn't try to ref the $Variable with the standard syntax and it worked. I still needed to reference is through the context for some reason and thought, I'd share it here if someone else is having similar issues. This solution worked for me:

export default async function (context) {
  const cluster = context.$Cluster || null;
    if (!cluster) {
      console.error("Cluster variable is not defined");
      return;
  }

  const clusterName = cluster.slice(10); // Get the hostgroup name out of a cluster name
  console.log(`Fetching namespaces for cluster: ${clusterName}`);
 
  return await checkInjectionFailures(clusterName);
}