# Strategy

> Code that builds a dashboard or a view from the home itself, its areas, devices, and entities, instead of a fixed configuration.

Source: https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/strategy/

- In code: `strategy`, `ll-strategy-*`
- Also: strategies, dashboard strategy

The dashboard users see when they first open Home Assistant is built by a strategy. It stays up to date when they add a device, until they take control and edit it.

## Related terms

- [Dashboard](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/dashboard/): A page of cards that shows and controls the home. Users can have as many dashboards as they like.
- [View](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/view/): One page of a dashboard. Its type, like sections, masonry, or panel, decides how its cards are laid out.
- [Area](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/area/): A room or space in the home, like the kitchen, that devices and entities belong to.