Extending the custom values

Extending the custom values

Rich Filters::Time Tracking Dashboards is an extension of the Rich Filters for Jira Dashboards app. 

This page extends the Configuring Custom Values page from the Rich Filters for Jira Dashboards documentation. If you're not sure how the custom values work, you should check that page first.

About worklog custom values

Rich Filters::Time Tracking Dashboards allows you to define custom values based on work logs (called worklog custom values). You can define custom values using Worklog Time Spent as the base value. You can also use WQL queries to further refine the scope of the custom values. Check the key concepts page to learn how the filtering and grouping based on work log attributes work.

Once defined, the worklog custom values can be used in any gadget that accepts custom values. Below is an example of a Rich Filter Results gadget that shows the time spent on each issue by a period of time.

example for Rich Filter Results gadget with custom values

Adding and editing worklog custom values

Custom values based on work logs can be created, edited, deleted, or reordered like any other custom values. If you are unfamiliar with these operations, look at the Configuring Custom Values page from the Rich Filters for Jira Dashboards documentation. The difference is that now you have new options you can choose from:

Setting

New options – description

Setting

New options – description

Base value

The user can select Worklog Time Spent as a base for the custom value.

Worklog Time Spent for custom values

Value type

The value type is automatically computed based on the Base value you have chosen.

example for custom values

Total formula

The total formula is used when displaying totals for the custom values. For worklog custom values, the only available option is a Sum total.

Value display

You can choose how to display the worklog custom values. As for the time tracking values, the available options are: 

  • Jira' time display format - the time tracking values will be displayed using the time format as configured in Jira

  • Weeks - the values are displayed in weeks

  • Days – the values are displayed in days

  • Hours – the values are displayed in hours

  • Minutes – the values are displayed in minutes

  • Seconds – the values are displayed in seconds

JQL

Custom values can have an optional JQL used to apply additional filtering when computing the value. Rich Filters::Time Tracking Dashboards lets you include work log queries in your custom values' JQL Filters to filter both the issues and the work logs. Issues and work logs that do not satisfy the filter are not considered when computing the value.  

example for the JQL filter

 

See our Advanced Work Log Searching section to learn how to define custom work log queries.

Using worklog custom values in rich filter gadgets

Once defined, the worklog custom values can be used in any rich filter gadget that displays custom values:

  • The Rich Filter Simple Counter gadget

    example of Rich Filter Simple Counters

    See also: The Rich Filter Simple Counter Gadget documentation page to see how to configure the gadget

  • The Rich Filter Smart Counters gadget

    example of Rich Filter Smart Counters

    See also: The Rich Filter Smart Counters Gadget documentation page to see how to configure the gadget

  • The Rich Filter statistics gadget

    example for Rich filter statistics

    See also: The rich filter statistics gadget

  • The Rich Filter Two Dimensional Statistics gadget

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    See also: The rich filter two dimensional statistics gadget

  • The Rich Filter Results gadget

    example for rich filter results


    See also: The rich filter results gadget

Use worklog custom values in Time series

You can also use Worklog custom values in Time series – if you are unsure how Rich Filters::Time Tracking Dashboards allows you to define time series based on worklogs, you should check our extending the time series section. 

Once defined, you can select a worklog Custom value as the Base value in any time series based on the Worklog Date Series

creating time series based on custom values

The value type of the time series based on worklogs is automatically inherited from the custom value. 

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Time series based on worklog custom values can be displayed, like any other time series, as tables with the Rich Filter Statistics gadget or as line charts with the Rich Filter Time Series Chart gadget.

dashboard for statistics and time series chart

 

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