Jira Dashboards: Native Gadgets and Product Integrations

Owned by Gorka Puente
Last updated: Nov 15, 2022
2 min read
1 Overview | 2 Add a Gadget to a Jira Dashboard | 3 Add a Datasource to a Jira Dashboard | 4 See also

Overview

Jira Dashboards are extensively used across organizations, so moving to a new type of reporting dashboard is a long process that requires effort and training for users. For this very same reason, Dashboard Hub for Jira offers all gadgets, metrics and product integrations natively for Jira Dashboards.

More than 70 gadgets Dashboard Gadgets: KPIs and Metrics and 10 product integrations Dashboard Integrations: Supported Products, so your teams can report effortlessly!

Jira dashboard with gadgets from Dashboard Hub

Remember that by using the native Jira Dashboards instead of the dashboards provided by Dashboard Hub for Jira, you won’t be able to enjoy features such as Learn about Public or External Sharing, Manage Access to the Jira Service Management Customer Portal, Manage Permissions on Dashboards , Set Up a Slideshow or dark mode among others.

Add a Gadget to a Jira Dashboard

Adding one gadget from the catalog of KPIs and Metrics from Dashboard Hub is as easy as it’s with Jira. Just follow these steps:

  1. Go to the dashboard by selecting the Dashboards link in the top navigation bar.

  2. On the dashboard, Click Add gadget. If you do not see this button, go to the ... menu on the top right and select Edit dashboard. The Add gadget button will now appear on your dashboard.

  3. Use the gadget wizard to choose the gadgets you want to add.

You can search for keywords to easily find gadgets

Add a Datasource to a Jira Dashboard

You can now connect to 10 different products, and not just to the current Jira instance but to any number of instances! Dashboard Integrations: Supported Products

You can use any of your existing datasources; add a datasource as you normally do in Dashboard Hub (check Add and Manage Datasources for further information); or add a new one when you configure your gadget.

For doing so, click in the last option “Add datasource” in the datasource field. Next, fill the datasource configuration and ready!

 

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