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Updates the Widget Builder dataset documentation to address two gaps flagged in #proj-dashboards.

Also updates reference to transactions across product docs. Needs follow up PRs from #proj-span-first-sdks decisions on how we use the term Transaction moving forward.

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Add Application Metrics dataset

  • Added ### Application Metrics subsection to the Dataset section
  • Added application metrics to the intro sentence listing available datasets
  • Covers counters, gauges, and distributions; highlights trace-connected nature; links to /product/metrics/

Deprecate Transactions dataset

  • Added <Alert level="warning"> deprecation notice to the ### Transactions section pointing users to the Spans dataset and Trace Explorer
  • Per deprecation plan: Discover → Transactions is fully replaced by Explore > Tracing; /product/discover-queries/ is left untouched for now pending Discover > Errors availability in product

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…s to Spans and Trace Explorer

Add deprecation notices to pages where 'Transactions' refers to a
user-selectable dataset being replaced by Spans:

Product docs:
- discover-queries/index.mdx: top-level info alert pointing to Trace Explorer
- discover-queries/query-builder.mdx: deprecation warnings on Dataset Selection
  and Transactions stacking functions section (renamed to 'Transactions (Deprecated)')
- widget-builder/index.mdx: move deprecated Transactions section to bottom,
  remove from intro dataset listing
- widget-library/index.mdx: inline deprecation notes on transaction-based
  prebuilt widgets

Concept docs:
- tracing/index.mdx: info alert on 'What is a Transaction?' section
- tracing/distributed-tracing.mdx: info alert on Transactions data model
  section and updated 'How Data is Sent' to note span-based SDKs send
  spans individually
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