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@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
---
title: "Chart dimensions, contexts, and families"
-description: "Netdata organizes charts into dimensions, contexts, and families to automatically and meaningfully organize thousands of metrics into interactive charts."
-type: explanation
-custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/docs/dashboard/dimensions-contexts-families.mdx
+description: >-
+ "Netdata organizes charts into dimensions, contexts, and families to automatically
+ and meaningfully organize thousands of metrics into interactive charts."
+type: "explanation"
+custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/dashboard/dimensions-contexts-families.mdx"
+sidebar_label: "Chart dimensions, contexts, and families"
+learn_status: "Published"
+learn_topic_type: "Concepts"
+learn_rel_path: "Concepts"
---
# Chart dimensions, contexts, and families
-While Netdata's charts require no configuration and are [easy to interact with](/docs/dashboard/interact-charts.mdx),
+While Netdata's charts require no configuration and are [easy to interact with](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/dashboard/interact-charts.mdx),
they have a lot of underlying complexity. To meaningfully organize charts out of the box based on what's happening in
your nodes, Netdata uses the concepts of **dimensions**, **contexts**, and **families**.
Understanding how these work will help you more easily navigate the dashboard, [write new
-alarms](/docs/monitor/configure-alarms.md), or play around with the [API](/web/api/README.md).
+alarms](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/monitor/configure-alarms.md), or play around with the [API](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/web/api/README.md).
-For a refresher on the anatomy of a chart, see [dashboards and charts](/docs/dashboard/how-dashboard-works.mdx).
+For a refresher on the anatomy of a chart, see [dashboards and charts](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/dashboard/how-dashboard-works.mdx).
## Dimension
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ dimensions](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1153921/114207816-a5cb7400
The chart shows 13 unique dimensions, such as `httpd` for the CPU utilization for web servers, `kernel` for anything
related to the Linux kernel, and so on. In your dashboard, these specific dimensions will almost certainly be different.
-Dimensions can be [hidden](/docs/dashboard/interact-charts.mdx#show-and-hide-dimensions) to help you focus your
+Dimensions can be [hidden](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/dashboard/interact-charts.mdx#show-and-hide-dimensions) to help you focus your
attention.
## Context
@@ -50,8 +56,8 @@ whereas anything after the `.` is specified either by the chart's developer or b
By default, a chart's type affects where it fits in the menu, while its family creates submenus.
-Netdata also relies on contexts for [alarm configuration](/docs/monitor/configure-alarms.md) (the [`on`
-line](/health/REFERENCE.md#alarm-line-on)).
+Netdata also relies on contexts for [alarm configuration](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/monitor/configure-alarms.md) (the [`on`
+line](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/health/REFERENCE.md#alarm-line-on)).
## Family
@@ -79,18 +85,18 @@ names:
## What's next?
With an understanding of a chart's dimensions, context, and family, you're now ready to dig even deeper into Netdata's
-dashboard. We recommend looking into [using the timeframe selector](/docs/dashboard/visualization-date-and-time-controls.mdx).
+dashboard. We recommend looking into [using the timeframe selector](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/dashboard/visualization-date-and-time-controls.mdx).
-If you feel comfortable with the [dashboard](/docs/dashboard/how-dashboard-works.mdx) and interacting with charts, we
-recommend learning about [configuration](/docs/configure/nodes.md). While Netdata doesn't _require_ a complicated setup
+If you feel comfortable with the [dashboard](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/dashboard/how-dashboard-works.mdx) and interacting with charts, we
+recommend learning about [configuration](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/configure/nodes.md). While Netdata doesn't _require_ a complicated setup
process or a query language to create charts, there are a lot of ways to tweak the experience to match your needs.
### Further reading & related information
- Dashboard
- - [How the dashboard works](/docs/dashboard/how-dashboard-works.mdx)
- - [Interact with charts](/docs/dashboard/interact-charts.mdx)
- - **[Chart dimensions, contexts, and families](/docs/dashboard/dimensions-contexts-families.mdx)**
- - [Select timeframes to visualize](/docs/dashboard/visualization-date-and-time-controls.mdx)
- - [Import, export, and print a snapshot](/docs/dashboard/import-export-print-snapshot.mdx)
- - [Customize the standard dashboard](/docs/dashboard/customize.mdx)
+ - [How the dashboard works](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/dashboard/how-dashboard-works.mdx)
+ - [Interact with charts](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/dashboard/interact-charts.mdx)
+ - **[Chart dimensions, contexts, and families](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/dashboard/dimensions-contexts-families.mdx)**
+ - [Select timeframes to visualize](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/dashboard/visualization-date-and-time-controls.mdx)
+ - [Import, export, and print a snapshot](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/dashboard/import-export-print-snapshot.mdx)
+ - [Customize the standard dashboard](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/dashboard/customize.mdx)