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We already learnt in What is a Gadget? that gadgets are the main components of a dashboard . They are in charge of displaying the and that allow you to display information using the best metaphor to visualize itvisual representation.

The common elements to all gadgets are:

  • Name. Where you describe what it is about, You describe the function of the gadget so that everyone can understand it with a quick glance. Try to be understands it. Be precise and concise, and not too verbose. Sometimes it’s useful to indicate the datasource, for example, for those cases where When you connect to different Jira instances, also indicate the datasource.

  • Datasource. This is the source of truth, the origin of the data. Review Learn about Datasources if you haven’t done it yet.

Configure gadgets

Enter editor To configure gadgets, you have to be in Edit mode.

To enter Edit mode, clicking click on the Edit button in the right top navigation bar.

  1. Click on the (blue star) to open the configuration menu, or click on the Config button.

  2. Name your gadget.

  3. Select a datasource, default for the current instance, or any other (see Add and Manage Datasources

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The last option before clicking on Save, is common to all gadgets “Use this setting to configure empty compatible gadgets”. If you enable this toggle, all the gadgets with a compatible configuration will be configured equally, so saving you spend less time doing itFinally, click .

  1. Click Save.

Add gadgets

To add gadgets

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In editor , you have to be in Edit mode.
To enter Edit mode, click on the Edit button in the right top navigation bar, you see : new controls are displayed in the middle of the top navigation bar:

  1. Click on the (blue star) add gadget button to open the gadgets catalog menu (see Dashboard Gadgets: KPIs and Metrics for a complete list of available gadgets).

  2. Access the set of gadgets available for each of the provided integrations (see Dashboard Integrations: Supported Products for a complete list of available integrations), select the one you want to add to the current dashboard.

  3. Fill the configuration settings and click Add.

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Arrange gadgets

In editor mode, you can drag To arrange gadgets and resize them, you have to be in Edit mode.

To enter Edit mode, click on the Edit button in the right top navigation bar

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  • Drag and drop gadgets to a new location within the dashboard panel.

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  • Resize gadgets to increase or decrease

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  • to fit best in the dashboard layout.

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See also

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