Is there a dashboard widget that can visualize epics and task distribution within them?

Question

I have sunk too much time into this and I can't figure it out. Is there a way to create a dashboard widget in Jira (cloud) that visualizes issue distribution within epic? For context, we are using a Jira project to capture and prioritize customer feedback requests and I like to create a visualization that demonstrates which epics need the most attention.

Emilio Arenas_2v5apw · Answer

Hi!

We're having the same problem here. We use epics as a kind of "categories" or "application domains" and we would like to know how many story points or tasks are done/pending/whatever per epic.

This information is useful to understand which areas required more effort in the recent past and which ones will do for the incoming sprints. We may decide to split a part of the application or to hire a new developer in this or that area according to this information.

The problem we have is the same as described by @sandra. ALL of our issues are linked to an epic but setting the "Statistic Type" to "Epic Link" shows a big pie with just one "Irrelevant".

Did you finally find a solution?

Sandra M_s1mlpe · Answer

Hmmmm... I tried both your suggestions and they didn't work (although it really seems like they should). Here's what I did:

1. Went to my project

2. Clicked on Issues

3. Pasted the query into the search field (updated the project name)

4. Saved Filter

5. Went to my dashboard and updated my pie chart to be based on the filter and use the statistic "epic link"

Results:

- When I used project = xxx AND "Epic Link" is not EMPTY there were no results found

- When I used project = xxx AND "Epic Link" is not EMPTY and statuscategory != done there were 153 issues (total) all labeled as "Irrelevant"

Jack Brickey · Answer

you might prefer a JQL like this actually...

project = xxx AND "Epic Link" is not EMPTY and statuscategory != done

This will exclude completed work.