How to get value from Jira dashboards? How to effectively track multiple projects using Jira? Those are recurrent questions Jira administrators usually ask when creating reports for projects
In this post, we will explain how to maximize your work with the gadgets and dashboards from Jira and make them work for your projects with the level of detail you might need, adding Projectrak for Jira (formerly Profields) to the equation, the landscape transforms into an amazing tool to manage projects in Jira and track its progress.
So, What is a dashboard in Jira?
Atlassian perfectly defines in their documentation what a dashboard in Jira is. We could define it as a landing page in the tool where you can add small and specific pieces of information called gadgets, it comes with statistics and/or summaries of your issues and projects:
“Your dashboard is the main display you see when you log in to Jira. You can create multiple dashboards from different projects or multiple dashboards for one massive overview of all the work you’re involved with.
You can create a personal dashboard and add gadgets to keep track of assignments and issues you’re working on. Dashboards are designed to display gadgets that help you organize your projects, assignments, and achievements in different charts.”
In the following you can see how a default dashboard looks in your Jira:
If you want to learn more about what a Jira dashboard is, and its main component, gadgets, keep reading by clicking the following button; also, if you are interested in getting a beautiful dashboard in Jira displaying all the information you need to track projects, that same button will provide useful information.
