We're updating our terminology in Jira

'Issue' is changing to 'work item'. You might notice some inconsistencies while this big change takes place.

Dashboard gadgets

About gadgets

Gadgets display summaries of Jira project and work item data on the dashboard. You can customize gadgets to display project and work item details relevant to particular users. 

Pre-installed gadgets

Jira provides a set of standard gadgets out-of-the-box:

Gadget

Description

Activity Stream Gadget

Displays a summary of your recent activity.

Assigned To Me Gadget

Displays all open work items in all projects assigned to the user who views the dashboard.

Average Age Gadget

Displays a bar chart of the average number of days that work items have been unresolved.

Average Time in Status

Displays the average number of days work items have spent in status.

Average Number of Times in Status

Displays the average number of times work items have been in a status.

Bubble Chart

Visually identifies popular and significant work items by displaying data in four dimensions.

Created vs Resolved Gadget

Displays a difference chart of the work items created vs resolved over a given period.

Days Remaining in Sprint Gadget

Displays days remaining in a sprint.

Filter Results Gadget

Displays the results when you filter work items.

Introduction Gadget

Displays a configurable introduction message on the dashboard.

Work item Calendar Gadget *

Shows work items and versions in a calendar format based on their due date. Calendars can be based on a work item filter or on a project.

Work item Statistics Gadget

Displays the collection of work items returned from a filter, broken down by a field.

Work items in Progress Gadget

Displays all work items that are in progress and assigned to the user viewing the dashboard.

Labels Gadget

Displays all Jira work item labels associated with a project.

Pie Chart Gadget

Displays work items from a project or work item filter, grouped by a statistic type, in pie-chart format. Work items can be grouped by any statistic type (e.g. Status, Priority, Assignee, etc).

Projects Gadget

Display information and filters related to a project(s).

Quick Links Gadget

Displays useful links to work items associated with the current user.

Recently Created Work items Gadget

Displays a bar chart of the rate at which work items are created, as well as how many of those work items are resolved.

Resolution Time Gadget

Displays a bar chart of the average resolution time (in days) of resolved work items.

Road Map Gadget

Shows versions which are due for release within a specified period of time, and a summary of progress made towards completing the work items in those versions.

Service Project Report

Displays a custom or knowledge base report from a service project.

Sprint Health Gadget

Visual snapshot of the health of a sprint.

Sprint Burndown Gadget

Sprint burndown chart to track remaining work.

Time Since Work items Gadget

Displays a bar chart of the number of work items that something has happened to within a given time period. The 'something has happened' is based on a date field that you choose, such as 'Created', 'Updated', 'Due', 'Resolved' or a custom field.

Time to First Response Chart

Displays the number of hours taken to respond to work items for a project or filter.

Two Dimensional Filter Statistics Gadget

Displays tabular data based on a filter.

Voted Work items Gadget

Shows work items for which you have voted.

Wallboard Spacer Gadget

Used to add a space between other gadgets.

Watched Work items Gadget

Shows work items you are watching.

*This gadget is only available if you have installed/configured the relevant plugin.

Extension gadgets

Other gadgets are available as plugins on the Atlassian Marketplace. To use these plugins, install and enable them.

Create new gadgets

You can create new gadgets by writing an XML descriptor file, packaged as an Atlassian plugin. See Developing Gadgets for more information.

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