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Using the Sprint Burndown Gadget

Created by Rosie Jameson [Atlassian], last updated on May 03, 2013 2 minute read

The Sprint Burndown Gadget displays a series of line graphs showing the burndown for a given sprint.

You can configure this gadget so that it always automatically displays the current sprint – you don't have to reconfigure it every time you start a new sprint.

This gadget is Wallboard-capable

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Screenshot: The GreenHopper Sprint Burndown gadget

Please note:

The vertical axis represents your configured Estimation Statistic.
The gadget will only display sprints that have not been completed.

Adding the GreenHopper Sprint Burndown gadget to your JIRA dashboard

Tip: You can add the GreenHopper Sprint Burndown gadget to your dashboard multiple times, if you wish to track multiple boards.

To add the GreenHopper Sprint Burndown Gadget to your JIRA dashboard,

Log into JIRA or navigate to your dashboard, if you are already logged in.
Click the Add Gadget link in the top right. The Gadget Directory screen will appear.
Find the GreenHopper Sprint Burndown Gadget in the list of gadgets and click Add it now.
Click the Finished button at the bottom right.
The GreenHopper Sprint Burndown gadget will display on your dashboard. Enter the following setup details for your gadget:
- Board — the Scrum board for which you want to display a burndown chart.
- Sprint — the sprint for which you want to display a burndown chart.
  Select Next Release Due (auto) to display the sprint that's currently in progress (or the next sprint to be started, if none are in progress)
- Refresh Interval — choose how often the data in the gadget will refresh.
Click the Save button. The GreenHopper Sprint Burndown gadget will display on your dashboard.

Tip: You can change the setup details later by selecting Edit from the cog drop-down which appears when you hover over the top right corner of the displayed gadget.

14 Comments

Rick Crow
Apr 12, 2013
It would be very helpful for us if this gadget could be modified so that we can choose whether to use hours, issues, or story points for a given instance of the gadget.
1. Rosie Jameson [Atlassian]
  Apr 14, 2013
  The units depend on what type of Estimation Statistic you have configured.
  I will add this information to the page – thank you for mentioning it.
Raphael Oliveira
May 14, 2013
Excelent! Just one question, how can I hide the non working days on plugin?
Zane Berzina
May 27, 2013
This gadget would be very appropriate to our needs if we could see also the burndown per user -> how much work (in time) does he/she have to do during the sprint. Do you know if there is any gadget like this or this one can be modified? This gadget is actually the same as burnown report accessible from the board, maybe I can configure something there straight away?
Blake McMillan
May 28, 2013
Our burndown chart is showing timespent (green trendline up opposite the remaining values) and I want to get rid of that line. It is not showing the guideline (the gray line that slow down evenly to the right) and I want to add it for comparison against timespent. I don't see where I can modify that, does that mean something has not occurred properly in the data entry when we started the sprint?
jason lea
Jun 13, 2013
what permissions/user group do you need to be able to view the 'add gadget' link?
1. Rosie Jameson [Atlassian]
  Jun 19, 2013
  If you don't see the 'Add Gadget' link, you may be looking at a dashboard that was created by someone else. To create your own dashboard (which you will be able to add gadgets to), please see the JIRA documentation on Customizing the Dashboard.
  1. jason lea
    Jun 19, 2013
    seems that was the case, thanks for the assistance
Steve Kwan
Jul 16, 2013
It would be very useful if we could configure colours on this burndown chart. I know it sounds trivial, but our CTO is colourblind and cannot distinguish between the line graphs.
1. Benjamin Humphrey
  Jul 19, 2013
  Hi Steve,
  We are working on improving the colours in our Reports over the coming months, so stay tuned!
Shane Mc
Jul 17, 2013
Why is it not possible to choose previously completed Sprints using this gadget? The historical information is available in Greenhopper reports but I'd like to have snapshops of the burndown of a Sprint embedded in a Confluence page so the team can see quickly how they performed in a previous Sprint. As a radiator it works fine for the currently running Sprint.
1. Tom Kotecki
  Jul 18, 2013
  Hi Omerta,
  Gadgets are meant to be used as information radiators - if you need to review completed sprints, you can always go to the "Report" section and see any sprint you'd like.
  Regards
  Tom Kotecki
  Product Manager, GreenHopper
Jim Strange
Jul 24, 2013
Any idea why my "guideline" grey line runs from zero to zero? I have 11 story points in my sprint, I would expect the line to show a linear burndown from 11 to zero over the course of the sprint.
Dr. Tim dos Santos
Aug 12, 2013
The Sprint Burndown gadget on my dashboard takes approx. 1.5 times the vertical space it needs - there's a quite big chunk of empty space below the chart. See screenshot... how can I fix that?