Closed tasks are dominating cumulative flow diagram (CFD) - how can I make it readable?

Question

Many projects has been using JIRA for a while, and I have started to track flow metrics. The cumulative flow diagram (CFD) could have been useful, but what I see is mainly a pile of closed issues, and a thin border representing the To Do, In Progress, and so on. Is it possible to hide older issues from the view so that the work flow is more visible? I couldn't find it; I only saw filters per user or per column, swimlane, or quick filter. Is quick filter the only way to achieve this? Thought the need would be more common.

antonio_perez · Answer

Still no solution for this issue? obviously unclicking the Done status is not a solution as the result doesn't look like a CFD at all .

Dan Aloisi · Answer

This solution does not work if you have thousands of issues in the done lane because the Y axis of the cumulative flow chart does not automatically (or manually) scale.  You end up with a thin ribbon of data at the bottom of the chart and vast white space above it.

Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting] · Answer

You should have a "Refine Report" dropdown where you can unclick the "Done" workflow status and no longer see closed issues.