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Add documentation for time & date picker in Agent and Cloud ()

* Add new documentation for time & date pickers

* Update GIFs

* GIF in main README

* Fixes for Amy and Odysseas
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@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ metrics, and you interact with both of them the same way.
> If you're not sure which option is best for you, see our [single-node](/docs/quickstart/single-node.md) and
> [infrastructure](/docs/quickstart/infrastructure.md) quickstart guides.
![A single-node dashboard in Netdata
Cloud](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1153921/93500082-b01c1700-f8c8-11ea-920a-c490f05b50f5.gif)
Netdata dashboards are single, scrollable pages with many charts stacked on top of one another. As you scroll up or
down, charts appearing in your browser's viewport automatically load and update every second.
@ -24,6 +21,31 @@ automatically generated based on which [collectors](/docs/collect/how-collectors
Netdata starts up. Sections also appear in the right-hand **menu**, along with submenus based on the contexts and
families Netdata creates for your node.
## Choose timeframes to visualize
Both the local Agent dashboard and Netdata Cloud feature time & date pickers to help you visualize specific points in
time. In Netdata Cloud, the picker appears in the [Overview](/docs/visualize/overview-infrastructure.md), [Nodes
view](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/cloud/visualize/nodes), [new
dashboards](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/cloud/visualize/dashboards), and any single-node dashboards you visit.
Local Agent dashboard:
![Time & date picker on the local Netdata
dashboard](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1153921/101512538-5875d080-3938-11eb-8daf-0fbd0948a04b.png)
Netdata Cloud:
![Time & date picker on Netdata
Cloud](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1153921/101512689-86f3ab80-3938-11eb-8abc-12171a9b8a5e.png)
Their behavior is identical. Use the Quick Selector to visualize generic timeframes, or use the calendar or inputs to
select days, hours, minutes or seconds. Click **Apply** to re-render all visualizations with new metrics data, or
**Clear** to restore the default timeframe.
See reference documentation for the [local Agent dashboard](/web/gui/README.md#time--date-picker) and [Netdata
Cloud](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/cloud/war-rooms#time--date-picker) for additional context about how the time &
date picker behaves in each environment.
## Charts, dimensions, families, and contexts
A **chart** is an interactive visualization of one or more collected/calculated metrics. You can see the name (also
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- [Netdata Agent · Web dashboards overview](/web/README.md)
- [Netdata Cloud · War Rooms](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/cloud/war-rooms)
- [Netdata Cloud · Overview](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/cloud/visualize/overview)
- [Netdata Cloud · Nodes](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/cloud/visualize/nodes)
- [Netdata Cloud · Build new dashboards](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/cloud/visualize/dashboards)
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