[v10.4.x] Docs: Add data links shared content (#88241)

* Docs: Add data links shared content (#86893)

* Added data link options shared file and added file to relevant visualizations

* Updated some text and links in canvas

* Added shared file to xy chart

* Fixed list of visualizations using shared file

* Removed unneeded level offset

* Removed future tense

* Update data links description

* Updated wording

* Removed redundant sentence

(cherry picked from commit 1ef0e240e9)

* Removed xy chart

* Converted docs refs to ref URIs

* Removed trailing slashes
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Isabel Matwawana
2024-05-23 13:33:57 -04:00
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@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ labels:
- oss
title: Canvas
weight: 100
refs:
data-links:
- pattern: /docs/grafana/
destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/panels-visualizations/configure-data-links/
- pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/
destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/visualizations/panels-visualizations/configure-data-links/
add-field-from-calculation-transform:
- pattern: /docs/grafana/
destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/panels-visualizations/query-transform-data/transform-data/#add-field-from-calculation
- pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/
destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/visualizations/panels-visualizations/query-transform-data/transform-data/#add-field-from-calculation
---
# Canvas
@@ -139,7 +150,7 @@ The inline editing toggle lets you lock or unlock the canvas. When turned off th
### Data links
Canvases support [data links](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/panels-visualizations/configure-data-links/). You can create a data link for a metric-value element and display it for all elements that use the field name by following these steps:
Canvases support [data links](ref:data-links) for all elements except drone and button elements. You can add a data link by following these steps:
1. Set an element to be tied to a field value.
1. Turn off the inline editing toggle.
@@ -150,7 +161,7 @@ Canvases support [data links](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/panels-vis
1. Hover over the element to display the data link tooltip.
1. Click on the element to be able to open the data link.
If multiple elements use the same field name, and you want to control which elements display the data link, you can create a unique field name using the [add field from calculation transform](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/panels-visualizations/query-transform-data/transform-data/#add-field-from-calculation). The alias you create in the transformation will appear as a field you can use with an element.
If multiple elements use the same field name, and you want to control which elements display the data link, you can create a unique field name using the [add field from calculation transform](ref:add-field-from-calculation-transform). The alias you create in the transformation will appear as a field you can use with an element.
1. In the panel editor for the canvas, click the **Transform** tab.
1. Select **Add field from calculation** from the list of transformations, or click **+ Add transformation** to display the list first.