Docs/refactors variables topics (#54470) (#54995)

* refactor and partial relref fix

* finishes variables refactor

* Update docs/sources/variables/add-template-variables/index.md

Co-authored-by: Torkel Ödegaard <torkel@grafana.com>

* removes duplicate general options, adds links to general options within tasks

* adds configure variable selection options topic

* starts phase II of refactoring

* incorporates feedback, updates relrefs

* corrects final relrefs

* updates alias

Co-authored-by: Torkel Ödegaard <torkel@grafana.com>
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### Min time interval
A lower limit for the [$__interval]({{< relref "../variables/variable-types/global-variables/#__interval" >}}) and [$__interval_ms]({{< relref "../variables/variable-types/global-variables/#__interval_ms" >}}) variables.
A lower limit for the [$__interval]({{< relref "../dashboards/variables/add-template-variables/#__interval" >}}) and [$__interval_ms]({{< relref "../dashboards/variables/add-template-variables/#__interval_ms" >}}) variables.
Recommended to be set to write frequency, for example `1m` if your data is written every minute.
This option can also be overridden/configured in a dashboard panel under data source options. It's important to note that this value **needs** to be formatted as a
number followed by a valid time identifier, e.g. `1m` (1 minute) or `30s` (30 seconds). The following time identifiers are supported:
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ Data frame result:
Instead of hard-coding things like server, application and sensor name in your 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.
Refer to [Templates and variables]({{< relref "../variables/" >}}) for an introduction to the templating feature and the different types of template variables.
Refer to [Templates and variables]({{< relref "../dashboards/variables" >}}) for an introduction to the templating feature and the different types of template variables.
### Query variable
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`${servers:csv}`
Read more about variable formatting options in the [Variables]({{< relref "../variables/#advanced-formatting-options" >}}) documentation.
Read more about variable formatting options in the [Variables]({{< relref "../dashboards/variables/variable-syntax/#advanced-variable-format-options" >}}) documentation.
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