diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/templating.md b/docs/sources/reference/templating.md index 7fa71989570..0405251f44d 100644 --- a/docs/sources/reference/templating.md +++ b/docs/sources/reference/templating.md @@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ The query expressions are different for each data source. - [Prometheus templating queries]({{< relref "features/datasources/prometheus.md#templating" >}}) - [OpenTSDB templating queries]({{< relref "features/datasources/prometheus.md#templating" >}}) -One thing to note is that query expressions can contain references to other variables and in effect create depend & nested -variables. Grafana will detect this and automatically refresh a variable when one of it's containing variables change. +One thing to note is that query expressions can contain references to other variables and in effect create linked variables. +Grafana will detect this and automatically refresh a variable when one of it's containing variables change. ## Selection Options diff --git a/public/app/features/templating/partials/editor.html b/public/app/features/templating/partials/editor.html index a0683debc5c..59e304278f7 100644 --- a/public/app/features/templating/partials/editor.html +++ b/public/app/features/templating/partials/editor.html @@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
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    Templating allows for more interactive and dynamic dashboards. Instead of hard-coding things like server, application + and sensor name in you metric queries you can use variables in their place. Variables are shown as dropdown select boxes at the top of + the dashboard. These dropdowns make it easy to change the data being displayed in your dashboard. +
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