Is there a way to adjust the Timeframe range on a Velocity Report?

[Maggie Rhoads]

We recently migrated to Jira Cloud from Data Center.  Is there functionality in Jira Cloud that allows you to adjust the timeframe range on a Velocity Report?  As of now, you see all sprints (up to 120) but users are wanting to only see sprints for a specific period of time.

[Rustem Shiriiazdanov _Actonic_]

Hi Maggie,

TLDR: no, you’re not missing a setting. Jira Cloud’s Velocity Chart currently doesn’t have a timeframe control, but since you are in Enterprise plan, you may consider using Analytics to create a custom report.

Long read: This is one of the differences from Data Center. In Jira DC, the Velocity Chart lets you choose a predefined timeframe or a custom date range. In Cloud, the report is board-specific, but there’s no equivalent control for “last N sprints” or a date range. There’s also JRACLOUD-90457 [JRACLOUD-90457] As a Product Owner, I want to be able to define the number of sprints to be disabled in Velocity Chart - Create and track feature requests for Atlassian products. asking for a configurable number of sprints, but that’s still open. Vote for it to get Atlassian attention for the issue :) 

Cloud also doesn’t have the Focus or Save as image controls available in Data Center, so even the “just crop the relevant sprints for the slide deck” workaround isn’t really there. The board’s saved filter is basically the only lever, and it doesn’t filter the chart by time.

I see that you have an ENTERPRISE product planm, so you also have Atlassian Analytics. You can build a velocity view there with whatever date range you need. That’s probably the closest native answer. The trade-off is that it’s more of a BI solution, but If you’re already using Analytics, though, it’s definitely worth considering.

If using the Analytics is not your way, I, as a marketplace vendor, may suggest you considering marketplace apps such as the one my team has developed - Report Builder for Jira https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1216997/report-builder-custom-charts-dashboards-for-jira?hosting=cloud&tab=overview 

Our Sprint velocity template gives you the control that’s missing from the native Cloud report:

• choose the last N closed sprints, or display all closed sprints;
• optionally include active and future sprints;
• calculate by story points, work item count, or time;
• show average and trend lines;
• put the report on a Jira dashboard as a gadget.

It’s also a scripted report, so after saving the template you can edit its JavaScript/HTML. For example, if your stakeholders think in quarters rather than “last 6 sprints”, you can replace the last-N logic with a start/end date based on the sprint completion date.

Hope this helps

[Khrystyna_Dzhus_SaaSJet_]

Hi @Maggie Rhoads

Jira Cloud’s native Velocity Report doesn’t currently let you set a custom date range for the chart.

If your goal is to focus on a smaller part of your sprint history, Time in Status by SaaSJet offers another approach through the Sprint Performance Report.

You can select a specific completed sprint (from the latest 7 sprints), and the Team Velocity chart will show that sprint and the previous ones.

This means you can select an older sprint and move the velocity analysis to that point in your sprint history instead of reviewing all completed sprints at once.

It’s not a custom calendar range such as January 1–March 31, but it can be useful if you want to analyze velocity for a specific historical period.

Disclosure: I’m part of the SaaSJet team.