Evaluating Dataplane

You have probably reached this page because you're wondering if Dataplane Reports is the right tool for getting metrics and reports out of Jira in order to more effectively run your projects and programs.

We've compiled a number of helpful resources to speed you through your product evaluation.

Evaluation Checklist

Follow these steps to see if Dataplane is the right solution for you.

1. The Basics

Start by setting up a free 30-day trial version of Dataplane Reports on your Jira production or staging instance.

1. Make sure your Jira instance meets the system requirements for running Dataplane Reports.

2. Install the Dataplane Reports app in your Jira instance as you would any standard Jira app.
3. Get your free 30-day evaluation license
4. Configure Dataplane Reports if you have any language or unique environment needs.

2. Quick Start Guide

Now that you have Dataplane installed and running, take a brief walk through all the main Dataplane functionality with our Quick Start Guide. In just minutes, you'll be generating useful metrics from your own Jira data.

3. Solutions

Whether you need burn up charts, cumulative flow diagrams or epic rollup reporting, browse our Solutions Guide for these and other common reporting needs, and for a look at some of Dataplane's more advanced features.

4. Customizing Reports

Dataplane includes a built-in scripting engine for advanced, programmatic customization of reports. Learn how Customizer Scripts give you the power to customize and extend your reports.

5. Meeting Your Needs

Dataplane Reports' dozens of built-in reports and easy-to-use interface were designed to meet the vast majority of your Jira reporting needs, out-of-the-box and intuitively, without requiring you to be a business analyst, data expert or Excel guru.

But when you need to be a power user, Dataplane delivers with:

• advanced, highly-configurable reports
• data analysis and annotation tools
• programmatic report customizations
• data exports to PDF, CSV and Excel files
• integrations with other widely-used Jira tools like Jira Misc Custom Fields (JMCF), Adaptavist ScriptRunner and Elements Connect

Comparing Jira Reporting Products

To make sure Dataplane Reports is the right tool for your organization, you may wish to evaluate some of the alternatives our customers consider before purchasing Dataplane Reports.

	Product	Who is this For?	Comments, Comparisons and Reviews
	Jira's built-in reporting and chart gadgets	Teams that only need a basic set of Jira dashboard charts to show the current state of projects & issues	basic charts and table gadgets for Jira dashboards limited report types, configurability and history cannot report on historical field values no report management; cannot save, copy and share reports cannot export report data cannot schedule report emails
	Intelligent Reports by Clarios Technology	Document-centric organizations that want to merge Jira data into Microsoft Word timesheets, progress reports and release notes	design report templates in Microsoft Word comes with Word templates for some common report types; point and click Jira interface to customize templates receive scheduled Microsoft Word reports via email
	Better PDF Exporter for Jira by Midori	Teams needing highly-customized report layout for PDF file invoicing, project meetings and client presentations	for exporting Jira issues to PDF documents, to share, print, email, archive and report issues build your own PDF export templates to customize content and look
	eazyBI by eazyOne	Small-to-medium size businesses; business analysts	for small-to-medium size businesses; performance and scalability problems in large Jira instances drag-and-drop interface to create charts and tables from Jira field dimensions and measures; lots of charting options not compatible with Jira's project and issue permissions/security model requires scheduled imports of Jira data; does not report on Jira changes in realtime good for analysts and engineers proficient with MDX calculation formulas and OLAP cube dimensions available for Jira Cloud
	Microsoft Excel	Excel gurus	highly flexible chart building and custom calculation options individual document-based; difficult to share report results requires regular export of data from Jira requires advanced Excel skills