Explaining 'dotted lines' in metrics charts #3213
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Summary
The Hosts List by default uses a 15-minute duration which can cause charts to be unusable for end users. This documentation attempts to explain why users might see dashed lines in their hosts charts, and how to determine if the dashed lines are merely an interval problem, or a missing data problem.
Closes https://github.com/elastic/observability-docs/issues/3127.
@roshan-elastic, thanks for the very in-depth explanation in #3127.