Diagnosis

The amount of gadget on a dashboard has been limit to 20 by default.

Resolution

• JIRA 4.3.x and below:
  1. Proceed to $jira-install-path/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/jira-application.properties

  2. Locate this line: 

     jira.dashboard.max.gadgets=20

  3. Change the number to your prefer size
  4. Restart JIRA
     
     
     

• JIRA 4.4.x and above:

  Please note that JIRA property no longer set in jira-application.properties since JIRA 4.4. Instead, you have to copy the key, paste it under jira-config.properties with the value. Please refer to this documentation for further information.

  1. Edit or create a file named jira-config.properties if it doesn't exist at the root of Jira Home directory.

  2. Insert the following (e.g. set the limit to 10):

     jira.dashboard.max.gadgets = 10

     
     

  3. Save the file

  4. Restart JIRA to reflect the changes.

Once it has been applied, when you are about to exceed the limit this warning window will appear: