In TFS/ADO there is this great gadget called "Query Tile" it only shows the number of items in the Filter result as a clickable square. Its great for showing at a glance the state of the project. If you want to work with it, you click and work in the query like you would with filter results.
They are compact so you can put a bunch of them on one page (in Confluence say) to see project status.
If Jira doesn't have this (I can't find one) I'd love to request it be created.
