[v9.5.x] docs: nav related updates for data sources (#66142)

docs: nav related updates for data sources (#66080)

* nav related text updates for data sources

* fixed table rows

(cherry picked from commit 6a91f1a9b4)

Co-authored-by: Isabel <76437239+imatwawana@users.noreply.github.com>
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Grot (@grafanabot)
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## Configure the data source
**To access the data source configuration page:**
To configure basic settings for the data source, complete the following steps:
1. Hover the cursor over the **Configuration** (gear) icon.
1. Select **Data Sources**.
1. Select the Graphite data source.
1. Click **Connections** in the left-side menu.
1. Under Your connections, click **Data sources**.
1. Enter `Graphite` in the search bar.
1. Click **Graphite**.
Set the data source's basic configuration options carefully:
The **Settings** tab of the data source is displayed.
| Name | Description |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Name** | Sets the name you use to refer to the data source in panels and queries. |
| **Default** | Sets whether the data source is pre-selected for new panels. You can set only one default data source per organization. |
| **URL** | Sets the HTTP protocol, IP, and port of your graphite-web or graphite-api installation. |
| **Auth** | For details, refer to [Configure Authentication]({{< relref "../../setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/" >}}). |
| **Basic Auth** | Enables basic authentication to the data source. |
| **User** | Sets the user name for basic authentication. |
| **Password** | Sets the password for basic authentication. |
| **Custom HTTP Headers** | Click **Add header** to add a custom HTTP header. |
| **Header** | Defines the custom header name. |
| **Value** | Defines the custom header value. |
1. Set the data source's basic configuration options:
| Name | Description |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Name** | Sets the name you use to refer to the data source in panels and queries. |
| **Default** | Sets whether the data source is pre-selected for new panels. You can set only one default data source per organization. |
| **URL** | Sets the HTTP protocol, IP, and port of your graphite-web or graphite-api installation. |
| **Auth** | For details, refer to [Configure Authentication]({{< relref "../../setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/" >}}). |
| **Basic Auth** | Enables basic authentication to the data source. |
| **User** | Sets the user name for basic authentication. |
| **Password** | Sets the password for basic authentication. |
| **Custom HTTP Headers** | Click **Add header** to add a custom HTTP header. |
| **Header** | Defines the custom header name. |
| **Value** | Defines the custom header value. |
You can also configure settings specific to the Graphite data source: