Build a very simple interactive Jira Dashboard

By the end of this tutorial, you'll know how to build a simple Jira Dashboard with two Rich Filter Gadgets: a Controller and a Filter Results. By clicking the Controller's buttons, the Filter Results results will be further filtered based on the criteria you have configured.

How to build your dashboard

Create a new Rich Filter as described in the Create a Rich Filter tutorial. If you have already created your Rich Filter, simply open its configuration page as described in the Navigate through Rich Filters tutorial.

To complete this tutorial, make sure the Jira filter your rich filter is based on returns some results.

Once you are on the Rich Filter configuration page, click the Static Filters link on the left of your screen.

Define a new static filter with the label Closed and JQL status = Closed; Define another static filter with the label Assigned to me and JQL assignee = currentUser().

Create a new Jira Dashboard (i.e., Go to Dashboards > Manage Dashboards menu or click the Create new dashboard button).
In the newly created Jira dashboard, add one Rich Filter Results gadget.

Type “Rich” in the Search box in the Add a Gadget dialog. This will display the rich filter gadgets provided by the plug-in.

In the configuration view of the Rich Filter Results gadget, select the rich filter you have defined. For now, there is no need to change anything for the other parameters. Click Save.

Use the search box provided by the Rich Filter drop-down to find your rich filter by name easily.

In the same Jira dashboard, add one Rich Filter Controller gadget.
In the configuration view of the Rich Filter Controller gadget, select the same rich filter you selected for the Rich Filter Results gadget. There is no need to change anything else for now. Click Save.

Congratulations, you have just created your first interactive Jira dashboard. The Rich Filter Controller gadget displays the two static filters you have defined in your rich filter. Click on any of the two static filters. The Rich Filter Results Gadget will display the issue collection obtained by applying the Jira base filter of the rich filter ANDed with the JQL you have inserted for the static filter. For example, if you click on Closed, it will display only the closed issues among the issues in the Jira base filter of the rich filter.