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Docs: Clean up Explore documentation (#64908)

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* Remove the info about custom Prometheus Query Editor as it's not relevant since #60020

* Update basic Explore documentation

* Change graphs and tables to visualizations as Explore supports different types of visualization

* Make clear "Starred" refers to a tab

* Update how to select start/end date for query history

* Remove Prometheus specific section as it's no longer relevant. Prometheus query editor is documented in https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/prometheus/query-editor/#metrics-browser

* Add informational log level (added in #30942)

* Use more direct language

* Fix a link

* Make headers more consistent

* Minor tweaks

* Update docs/sources/explore/explore-inspector.md

Co-authored-by: Eve Meelan <81647476+Eve832@users.noreply.github.com>

* Do not enumerate bullet points

* Fix incorrect header type

* Update tracing headers

* Link to more info about Mixed data source

* Use "data source" instead of "datasource"

* Fix tracing headers

* Fix more log headers

* Update docs/sources/explore/explore-inspector.md

Co-authored-by: J Stickler <julie.stickler@grafana.com>

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Co-authored-by: Eve Meelan <81647476+Eve832@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: J Stickler <julie.stickler@grafana.com>
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@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ To access Explore:
{{< figure src="/static/img/docs/explore/panel_dropdown-7-4.png" class="docs-image--no-shadow" max-width= "650px" caption="Screenshot of the new Explore option in the panel menu" >}}
1. Choose your data source from the dropdown in the top left. [Prometheus](https://grafana.com/oss/prometheus/) has a custom Explore implementation, the other data sources use their standard query editor.
1. In the query field, write your query to explore your data. There are three buttons beside the query field, a clear button (X), an add query button (+) and the remove query button (-). Just like the normal query editor, you can add and remove multiple queries.
1. Choose your data source from the dropdown in the top left.
1. Write the query using a query editor provided by the selected data source. Please check [data sources documentation]({{< relref "../datasources" >}}) to see how to use various query editors.
1. For general documentation on querying data sources in Grafana, see [Query and transform data]({{< relref "../panels-visualizations/query-transform-data" >}}).
1. Run the query using the button in the top right corner.
## Split and compare
The split view provides an easy way to compare graphs and tables side-by-side or to look at related data together on one page.
The split view provides an easy way to compare visualizations side-by-side or to look at related data together on one page.
To open the split view:
@@ -73,4 +75,6 @@ The Share shortened link capability allows you to create smaller and simpler URL
### exploreMixedDatasource
Disabled by default, allows users in Explore to have different datasources for different queries. If compatible, results will be combined.
Disabled by default, allows users in Explore to have different data sources for different queries. If compatible, results will be combined.
Learn more about how to use [Mixed data source]({{< relref "../datasources/#special-data-sources" >}}).