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Last updated: May 31, 2024 by Praveena Manohar
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Rich Filter

Unlike the native Jira gadgets based on native Jira filters, all the gadgets added by the Rich Filters for the Jira Dashboards app are based on a data source called Rich Filter. A rich filter is a Jira native filter wrapper, extending the Jira native filter to include additional definitions for extra filtering capabilities on top of the native filter, issue highlighting, multiple views for the results, computed fields, and other settings that the Rich Filter Gadgets can use.

Rich Filter Gadget

The gadgets provided by the Rich Filters for the Jira Dashboards app are called Rich Filter Gadgets. All rich filter gadgets are based on rich filters and have one particular property – two or more rich filter gadgets are linked together in a dashboard if they share the same rich filter. For example, a Rich Filter Controller gadget can change the data displayed by a Rich Filter Results gadget if both the Rich Filter Controller and the Rich Filter Results are based on the same rich filter. 

There are twelve types of rich filter gadgets grouped into five categories:

1. Controlling the dashboard content

Rich Filter Controller Gadget
The Rich Filter Controller gadget is particular because it controls all the other rich filter gadgets in the dashboard. It displays buttons and selectors that allow the user to change the data displayed by the other rich filter gadgets within the same dashboard in real-time.



2. Displaying issues

Rich Filter Results Gadget
Like the Jira built-in Filter Results gadget, this gadget displays a list of issues. The Rich Filter Results gadget also brings new functionality, including multiple views of the issue list, highlighting and color-coding issues that match certain criteria, displaying computed columns, and more.



3. Statistics gadgets

Rich Filter Statistics Gadget
Like the Jira built-in Issues Statistics gadget, the Rich Filter Statistics gadget displays a collection of issues broken down by specified criteria. In addition to statistics based on issue fields, the Rich Filter Statistics gadget can also display statistics based on user-defined criteria (computed fields) or date fields. It can aggregate multiple result types (Issue Count, Story Points, Time Tracking, etc.).

Rich Filter Pie Chart Gadget
Like the Jira built-in Pie Chart gadget, the Rich Filter Pie Chart gadget displays issues returned from a specified filter, grouped by specified criteria. In addition to statistics based on issue fields, the Rich Filter Pie Chart gadget can also display statistics based on user-defined criteria (computed fields). It can aggregate different result types (Issue Count, Story Points, Time Tracking, etc.).

Rich Filter Two Dimensional Statistics Gadget
Like the Jira built-in Two Dimensional Issue Statistics gadget, the Rich Filter Two Dimensional Statistics gadget displays a collection of issues broken down by specified criteria on two dimensions. In addition to statistics based on issue fields, the Rich Filter Two Dimensional Statistics gadget can also display statistics based on user-defined criteria (computed fields) or date fields. It can aggregate different result types (Issue Count, Story Points, Time Tracking, etc.).



4. Gauges and counters

Rich Filter Simple Counter Gadget
The Rich Filter Simple Counter gadget aggregates and displays different result types (Issue Count, Story Points, Time Tracking, etc).

Rich Filter Simple Gauge Gadget
The Rich Filter Simple Gauge gadget displays issue count and field sum gauges. Gauge levels are based on predefined criteria or user-defined filters.

Rich Filter Smart Counters Gadget
The Rich Filter Smart Counters gadget displays multiple counters based on user-defined filters. The gadget can aggregate and output different result types (Issue Count, Story Points, Time Tracking, etc.).

Rich Filter Smart Gauges Gadget
The Rich Filter, Smart Gauges gadget, displays multiple gauges based on user-defined filters. It can aggregate and output different result types (Issue Count, Story Points, Time Tracking, etc.).

5. Time-based charts

Rich Filter Created vs. Resolved Chart Gadget
Like the Jira built-in Created vs. Resolved Chart gadget, the Rich Filter Created vs. Resolved Chart gadget displays statistics based on the number of issues created versus those resolved over time. The gadget can compute results based on the number of issues (Issue Count) or the values of any numeric field (Story Points, etc).

Rich Filter Time Series Chart Gadget
The Rich Filter Time Series Chart gadget displays line charts based on date fields, which can point out trends and hint at correlations between them. The gadget can display results based on the number of issues (Issue Count) or the values of any numeric field (Story Points, etc.).

Rich Filter Date Bar Chart Gadget
This gadget is a more powerful version of the Jira built-in Recently Created Chart gadget. The Rich Filter Date Bar Chart gadget is highly customizable and can display a bar chart based on any date field. It can split the results based on predefined or user-defined criteria (computed rules). It supports stacked and clustered layouts and can aggregate different result types (Issue Count, Story Points, etc.).



See also:

Configuring Rich Filters 

Working with Rich Filter GadgetsÂ