docs: add empty dashboard & Add dropdown screenshots (#67588)

* added empty dashboard screenshots

* added Add dropdown screenshots

* removed screenshot from build first dashboard

* added Add dropdown guidance in panel editor page; updated headings

* added intro text in panel editor
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1. Click **Dashboards** in the left-side menu. 1. Click **Dashboards** in the left-side menu.
1. Click **New** and select **New Dashboard**. 1. Click **New** and select **New Dashboard**.
1. On the empty dashboard, click **+ Add visualization**. 1. On the empty dashboard, click **+ Add visualization**.
![Empty dashboard state](/media/docs/grafana/dashboards/empty-dashboard-9.5.png)
1. In the first line of the **Query** tab, click the dropdown list and select a data source. 1. In the first line of the **Query** tab, click the dropdown list and select a data source.
1. Write or construct a query in the query language of your data source. 1. Write or construct a query in the query language of your data source.
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1. Enter a name for your dashboard and select a folder, if applicable. 1. Enter a name for your dashboard and select a folder, if applicable.
1. Click **Save**. 1. Click **Save**.
1. To add more panels to the dashboard, click **Add** in the dashboard header and select **Visualization** in the dropdown.
![Add dropdown](/media/docs/grafana/dashboards/screenshot-add-dropdown-9.5.png)
## Configure repeating rows ## Configure repeating rows

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1. Click **Dashboards** in the left-side menu. 1. Click **Dashboards** in the left-side menu.
1. On the Dashboards page, click **New** and select **New Dashboard** from the dropdown menu. 1. On the Dashboards page, click **New** and select **New Dashboard** from the dropdown menu.
1. On the dashboard, click **+ Add visualization**. 1. On the dashboard, click **+ Add visualization**.
![Empty dashboard state](/media/docs/grafana/dashboards/empty-dashboard-9.5.png)
1. In the New dashboard/Edit panel view, go to the **Query** tab. 1. In the New dashboard/Edit panel view, go to the **Query** tab.
1. Configure your [query]({{< relref "../panels-visualizations/query-transform-data/#add-a-query" >}}) by selecting `-- Grafana --` from the data source selector. 1. Configure your [query]({{< relref "../panels-visualizations/query-transform-data/#add-a-query" >}}) by selecting `-- Grafana --` from the data source selector.

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# Panel editor overview # Panel editor overview
In the panel editor, you can update all the elements of a visualization including the data source, queries, time range, and visualization display options.
![Panel editor](/media/docs/grafana/panels-visualizations/screenshot-panel-editor-view.png) ![Panel editor](/media/docs/grafana/panels-visualizations/screenshot-panel-editor-view.png)
To add a panel in a new dashboard click **+ Add visualization** in the middle of the dashboard. To add a panel to an existing dashboard, click **Add** in the dashboard header and select **Visualization** in the dropdown:
![Add dropdown](/media/docs/grafana/dashboards/screenshot-add-dropdown-9.5.png)
## Panel editor
This section describes the areas of the Grafana panel editor. This section describes the areas of the Grafana panel editor.
1. Panel header: The header section lists the dashboard in which the panel appears and the following controls: 1. Panel header: The header section lists the dashboard in which the panel appears and the following controls:
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1. Panel display options: The display options section contains tabs where you configure almost every aspect of your data visualization. 1. Panel display options: The display options section contains tabs where you configure almost every aspect of your data visualization.
## Open the panel inspect drawer ## Panel inspect drawer
The inspect drawer helps you understand and troubleshoot your panels. You can view the raw data for any panel, export that data to a comma-separated values (CSV) file, view query requests, and export panel and data JSON. The inspect drawer helps you understand and troubleshoot your panels. You can view the raw data for any panel, export that data to a comma-separated values (CSV) file, view query requests, and export panel and data JSON.