From 42c9b582e0cac9569c601b85d6aa670be7393b3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isabel <76437239+imatwawana@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:26:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: add saved dashboard guidance (#81406)

* Added saved dashboard guidance

* Ran prettier
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 .../build-dashboards/annotate-visualizations/index.md        | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/annotate-visualizations/index.md b/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/annotate-visualizations/index.md
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--- a/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/annotate-visualizations/index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/annotate-visualizations/index.md
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ Annotations are supported for the following visualization types:
 
 Grafana comes with the ability to add annotation events directly from a panel using the [built-in annotation query](#built-in-query) that exists on all dashboards. Annotations that you create this way are stored in Grafana.
 
-To add annotations directly in the panel, the built-in query must be enabled. Learn more in [Built-in query](#built-in-query)
+To add annotations directly in the panel:
+
+- The dashboard must already be saved.
+- The built-in query must be enabled. Learn more in [Built-in query](#built-in-query).
 
 ### Add an annotation