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The GreenHopper Classic Cumulative Flow Chart Gadget displays a Cumulative Flow Diagram on your JIRA dashboard.

A Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD) is an area chart that shows the various statuses of work items for a product, version, or sprint. The horizontal x-axis in a CFD indicates time, and the vertical y-axis indicates cards (issues). Each coloured area of the chart equates to a workflow status (i.e. a column on your board).

A CFD can be useful for identifying bottlenecks. If your chart contains an area that is widening vertically over time, the column that equates to the widening area will generally be a bottleneck.

(tick) This gadget is Wallboard-capable

(info) Note that this page only applies if you are using the Classic Boards (which are no longer being actively developed; read more).

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Screenshot: The GreenHopper Classic Cumulative Flow Chart Gadget

 

 

Adding the GreenHopper Classic Cumulative Flow Chart gadget to your JIRA dashboard

To add the GreenHopper Classic Cumulative Flow Chart Gadget to your JIRA dashboard,

  1. Log into JIRA or navigate to your dashboard, if you are already logged in.
  2. Click the Add Gadget link in the top right. The Gadget Directory screen will display.
  3. Find the GreenHopper Classic Cumulative Flow Chart Gadget in the list of gadgets and click Add it now.
  4. Click the Finished button in the bottom right.
  5. The GreenHopper Cumulative Flow Chart Gadget gadget will display on your dashboard. Enter the following setup details for your gadget:
    • Project — the JIRA project for which you want to display a CFD.
    • Version — the project version for which you want to display a CFD.
      (info) Select Next Release Due (auto) to display the unreleased version with the latest release date.
    • Context — select the context  (e.g. 'Default', 'On the fly', or other contexts you have created) by which to filter issues when generating the CFD.
    • Display Options — choose whether to display the Project Name and/or the Version Name in the CFD.
    • Refresh Interval — choose how often the data in the gadget will refresh.
  6. Click the Save button. The GreenHopper Classic Cumulative Flow Chart Gadget will display on your dashboard.

(tick) Tip: You can add the GreenHopper Classic Cumulative Flow Chart Gadget to your dashboard multiple times, if you wish to track multiple projects/versions.

16 Comments

  1. Anonymous

    Jan 31, 2011

    Can you have story points instead of number of issues on the y-axis?

  2. Anonymous

    Feb 01, 2011

    I agree, Story Points as Y-axis is vital for our project, as well.  This should be in 5.5 or 6.0.

    1. Anonymous

      Feb 10, 2011

      For us the story points on y-axis would make this very interesting. Issue count is not of interest.

  3. Jason Benton

    Feb 28, 2011

    There is a feature request for this very thing. Please vote it up if you would like to see it implemented.

    http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/GHS-2785

    Jason

  4. Jacques Chatenet

    Mar 10, 2011

    How to make the color legend gadget be consistent with the CFD in Chart and released board?

    Or better, how to customize it?
    In http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/GH/Viewing+the+Cumulative+Flow+Chart

    To do = orange
    WIP = blue green
    Done  = Violet
    Closed = Green

    In Gadget, it's

    To do = fuschia
    WIP = Blue
    Done = orange

    Most annoying is orange that means completely 2 opposite status.

    Request here http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/GHS-2866

    Thanks!

  5. Anonymous

    Mar 29, 2011

    I'd like to see the CFD NOT restricted by "version". E.g., to see CFD for last 30 days. How about just make "version" as a optional field?

  6. Anonymous

    Apr 28, 2011

    Any idea why my Cumulative Flow Chart only ever shows a single day? 

    1. Nicholas Muldoon [Atlassian]

      Apr 29, 2011

      Not without looking at the data. Please raise a support request for assistance with this query.

      Thank you.

      Regards,
      Nicholas Muldoon

    2. abbas

      May 26, 2011

      sounds like you dont have versions set up properly.  either that or you've not told your chart to look at a particular version.

      personally i like to set a version called Full Project and set that as the parent version.  then set the chart to look at Full Project.  et voila

    3. Jussi Järvinen

      May 30, 2011

      I had the same problem. The cause was that I had not set start dates for my versions. You have to set these in the planning board (not in project version management where I was trying to look for the solution). See item 10 in http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/GH/Using+the+Planning+Board#UsingthePlanningBoard-PlanningBoardStatisticsColumn. Hope this helps you as well.

  7. Anonymous

    Feb 15, 2012

    I've configured a new workflow for the project, with several new statuses. When I view the rapid board for the project, it looks right; if I click "Report", the CFC is correct - it shows all the new statuses.

    However, if I view the CFC gadget for the project, it shows the old statuses. I've tried making a new gadget, but still the same problem.

    Does the CFC gadget not support any other statuses than the default ones?

  8. Laure Taboni

    Feb 27, 2012

    Hello,

    I'm also trying to use this gadget. I am only using a Rapid Board for a Kanban team (with several columns and custom statuses) and I don't seem to be able to configure the CFD to show the data of this Rapid Board... Any ideas ?

    Thanks

  9. Anonymous

    Aug 10, 2012

    We have extended the task board to contain additional status, but the cumulative flow gadget still only shows 'to do' 'in progress' and 'done'. I've deleted and added it to refresh but still no good. Is there something else i need to do?

     

    Thanks

  10. Tobias Hoffmann

    Aug 15, 2012

    I can't use this with the Rapid Board. It insists on a "version" when all we have are "sprints".

    1. Anonymous

      Jan 24, 2013

      I can't find it either.

  11. Anonymous

    Nov 07, 2012

    My Kanban board pulls issues from 5 projects. It would be much more useful to me if I could specify a query for this board instead of a single project. Any plans to make this change in the near future?

    Thanks,
    Charles

     



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