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# Choose Your Tool

Microsoft Visual Studio (VS) Code together with Analytics plugin for Salesforce command-line interface (CLI) commands is the recommended way to develop CRM Analytics templates. Or, to create and manage CRM Analytics templates, you can use CRM Analytics Studio, the Salesforce Analytics CLI by itself, or VS Code.

**See Also**

- [Analytics Development Tools](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_dev_tools.htm&type=5)