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{{% /tab %}}
{{% tab "Continuous Profiler" %}}

You can see a source code preview for profile frames in the [Continuous Profiler][1].
You can see source code previews directly in [Continuous Profiler][1] flame graphs.

1. Navigate to [**APM** > **Profile Search**][2].
2. Hover your cursor over a method in the flame graph.
3. If needed, press `Opt` or `Alt` to enable the preview.
4. If you're using the GitHub or GitLab integrations, click **Connect to preview** to see inline code snippets directly in the flame graph.
1. Navigate to [**APM** > **Profiles** > **Explorer**][2].
2. Select the service you want to investigate.
3. Hover your cursor over a method in the flame graph.
4. Press `Opt` (on macOS) or `Ctrl` (on other operating systems) to lock the tooltip so you can interact with its contents.
5. If prompted, click **Connect to preview**. The first time you do this for a repository, you will be redirected to GitHub to **Authorize** the Datadog application.

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6. After authorizing, the source code preview appears in the tooltip.
7. Click the file link in the tooltip to open the full source code file in your repository.

{{< img src="integrations/guide/source_code_integration/profiler-source-code-preview.png" alt="Source code preview in the Continuous Profiler" style="width:100%;">}}

You can also see links from profile frames to their source repository. This is supported for profiles broken down by line, method, or file.

1. Navigate to [**APM** > **Profile Search**][2].
2. Hover your cursor over a method in the flame graph. A kebab icon with the **More actions** label appears on the right.
3. Click **More actions** > **View in repo** to open the trace in its source code repository.

{{< img src="integrations/guide/source_code_integration/profiler-link-to-git.png" alt="Link to GitHub from the Continuous Profiler" style="width:100%;">}}
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The View in repo flow is technically still supported at the time of writing. Rather than overwhelming users with all the ways they can achieve the same goal, I chose to be opinionated and only advertise one.

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Sounds fair!

{{< img src="integrations/guide/source_code_integration/profiler-source-code-preview-2.png" alt="Source code preview in the Continuous Profiler" style="width:100%;">}}

[1]: /profiler/
[2]: https://app.datadoghq.com/profiling/explorer
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