Add and Configure Gadgets
Overview
We already learnt in What is a Gadget? that gadgets are the main components of a dashboard and that allow you to display information using the best visual representation.
The common elements to all gadgets are:
Name. You describe the function of the gadget so that everyone understands it. Be precise and concise, and not too verbose. 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.
Configure gadgets
To configure gadgets, you have to be in Edit mode.
To enter Edit mode, click on the Edit button in the right top navigation bar
Click on the to open the configuration menu, or click on the Config button.
Name your gadget.
Select a datasource, default for the current instance, or any other (see Add and Manage Datasources
Now, depending on the gadget datasource, you see different configuration options. Some of them requires you to indicate a project, a board, a sprint, a queue, a time period…
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, saving you time.
Click Save.
Add gadgets
To add gadgets, you have to be in Edit mode.
To enter Edit mode, click on the Edit button in the right top navigation bar: new controls are displayed in the middle of the top navigation bar:
Click on the add gadget button to open the gadgets catalog menu (see Dashboard Gadgets: KPIs and Metrics for a complete list of available gadgets).
Access the set of gadgets available for each of the provided integrations (see Product and Data Integration for a complete list of available integrations), select the one you want to add to the current dashboard.
Fill the configuration settings and click Add.
Arrange gadgets
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
Drag and drop gadgets to a new location within the dashboard panel.
Resize gadgets to increase or decrease to fit best in the dashboard layout.
See also
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Hybrid Dashboards: Data from Server, Data Center and Cloud in the same Dashboard — Find out everything about Hybrid Dashboards: Data from server, data center and/or cloud in the same dashboard
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Product and Data Integration — Discover what products can be integrated now and what will be soon
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What is a Gadget? — Gadgets are the small components in a dashboard that visually transmit the data with graphs, tables, images, text, etc.
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Dashboard Gadgets: KPIs and Metrics — Here, we classify gadgets by dashboards, but you can combine any of them in a single dashboard as you wish!
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Dashboard Hub Connector Apps — A connector app is a special app to integrate with external Jira instances, Confluence or Bitbucket
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Dashboard Demos: Live Examples for ITSM, DevOps, Agile, Project Tracking — Find live examples of different dashboards to discover what you can do with Dashboard Hub
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How to level up your IT Service Management — Let users of your Customer Portal in your Jira Service Management (JSM) instance access live dashboards, and report JSM metrics with multi-project gadgets.
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How to Enhance your Data Visualization — Dashboard Hub enhances your data visualization with Pre-defined templates, 70+ ready-to-go gadgets and powerful integrations.
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Dashboard Data Perspectives: Dynamic Filter Bar — Customize how you view dashboards using dynamic filtering.
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Jira Dashboards: Native Gadgets and Product Integrations — Enjoy all the gadgets and product integrations in your Jira Dashboards natively.
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