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# newDashboardEngine()

- Package: [@gooddata/sdk-ui-dashboard](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/index.md)
- Kind: function
- Source: https://github.com/gooddata/gooddata-ui-sdk/blob/rel/11.64/libs/sdk-ui-dashboard/src/plugins/engine.ts

A factory function to obtain an instance of [IDashboardEngine](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/sdk-ui-dashboard.idashboardengine/index.md).

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare function newDashboardEngine(): IDashboardEngine;
```
**Returns:**

[IDashboardEngine](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/sdk-ui-dashboard.idashboardengine/index.md)

## Remarks

This is the main, well-known entry point to the Dashboard Engine that is used during both static and dynamic loading of the dashboard engine instances by the DashboardLoader.