A key feature of Jira dashboards is the ability to display displaying your data in the form of through statistics and charts for effective, at-a-glance reporting. This article demonstrates related features available in Rich Filters for Jira Dashboards, namely statistics gadgets. You'll use Rich Filter Statistics and Rich Filter Two-Dimensional Statistics gadgets to generate statistics on your dashboard and display quick charts on the fly.
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Prerequisites
A basic understanding of Jira dashboards and rich filters, as explained in Get started with Rich Filters for Jira Dashboards.
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Final result
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When you've worked through all the steps in this tutorial, you should have a dashboard that contains two statistics gadgets:
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Add a Rich Filter Statistics gadget to your dashboard (Create a simple dashboard that explains how to add gadgets).
Move the gadget to the right-hand column of your dashboard by dragging and dropping it.
There are several fields you should configure in the gadget config form:
Rich filter: Set this to your rich filter.
Breakdown by > Statistic type: We'll get this This statistics gadget to will show a breakdown by assignees, so select Assignee in the Statistic type dropdown.
Values: For each Assignee, let's show the number of issues assigned to them and the number of story points they have. Choose Issue Count and Story Points.
Your Rich Filter Statistics, gadget config form, should look like the following image. Check it is correct, then click Submit.
5. Your Rich Filter Statistics gadget should look like the following image.
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Be aware that the Unassigned row always appears at the end of the statistic table, regardless of sorting. |
If you want to change the default display, the The Rich Filter Statistics gadget config form offers several options if you want to change the default display.
Return to your Rich Filter Statistics gadget config form (see Easier configuration with the Rich filter menu).
We haven't discussed the following options previously. Update them as described below:
Filter out None: If this option is selected, issues with the statistic type empty (in this case, Unassigned) won't be included in the statistics. Check the box.
Sort by: This dropdown offers different values depending on the chosen statistic type. In our case, select the Total option. This will sort the table in descending order by the first Value column available, which in our case is Issue Count.
Reverse sort order: reverses the default sort order of the option chosen in Sort by. Check the box.
Show percentage bars: Shows or hides the percentage bars in the display. Uncheck this box.
Show totals: Shows or hides the Total row. Uncheck this box.
Your config options should look like the following image. Check they are correct, then click Submit.
You Your Rich Filter Statistics gadget should end up with a simpler, more compact display in your Rich Filter Statistics gadget, which might be preferable in some situations, depending on what information you need. Feel free to play around with these settings until you get a data display that you are happy with.
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Rich Filter Two-Dimensional Statistics gadgets can be sorted by ascending and descending column and row values by clicking the arrow controls in the column and row headings.
Clicking the heading value brings up the list of issues corresponding to that column/row in a separate browser tab.
You can clear all the applied sorting by clicking the x button that appears in the top-left corner of the table after sorting has been used.
Rich Filter Two-Dimensional Statistics gadgets also have several options for manipulating the display of your data. We won't go through these in detail here, as they are very similar to the config options for one-dimensional Rich Filter Statistics gadgets. Still, we'd advise you to go back into your gadget config form, play around, and see how they affect the data display.
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Try applying some filters in the controller. Note how they filter issues inboth statistics gadgets.
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Bear in mind Remember that controllers filter the information shown in all gadgets using the same rich filter! |
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You can click the Donut chart text at the bottom of the gadget to bring up several different chart options. You can also click the Issue Count text to change the data shown to one of the other values in the table. From these options, you can choose a Bar chart and Story Points.
The different chart types all have interactive features. For example, in the bar chart, you can hover over the columns to display tooltips with exact values and click on the assignee names or their bars/slices to load up lists of all the associated issues in a separate tab.
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As a further exercise, we encourage you to explore using smart filters in your statistics. Smart filters allow you to filter and group your issues using configurable smart clauses based on JQL and also have the advantage that, when defined, they become available for use in other places. This includes statistic types in statistics and charts and columns in views. See our Smart filters in statistics and charts exercise for specific guidance on adding a smart filter as a statistic type in a Rich Filter Statistics gadget.
Next steps
You are advised to can work through the Fundamentals articles in order, but each one works as a standalone topic, so you can jump to specific topics of interest if that suits you better.
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