Discussions
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How to Track Open Bugs Over Time in Jira Dashboards - by Severity or Priority
Your Jira project may have 40 open bugs today. But is that number improving or getting worse? That’s the question an unresolved defects trend chart can help answer. It shows how the number of unresolved bugs changes over time, giving you a view of whether the defect backlog is growing, shrinking, or remaining stable. The…
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Velocity vs Throughput in Jira: Which Metric Should Your Team Track?
Velocity vs throughput is a common question for Jira teams. Both metrics describe delivery, but they answer different questions. Velocity is the amount of estimated work a team completes in a sprint. Scrum teams usually express it in story points, although they can use time estimates or another consistent estimation unit.…
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🚀 StonikByte Reaches New Milestones: Platinum Partner, SOC 2 Type II & More to Come!
We’re excited to share some important milestones for StonikByte — achievements that reflect the continued growth of our products in the Atlassian ecosystem and our commitment to delivering secure, reliable, enterprise-ready apps. And while we’re proud of how far we’ve come, there’s much more to come! 🚀 🏆 StonikByte is now…
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Jira Is Retiring the Time Tracking, User Workload, and Version Workload Reports: What to Use Instead
If you've recently opened the Reports section in Jira, you may have noticed something concerning. Several native reports, Time Tracking Report, User Workload Report, and Version Workload Report, will be retired. The reports were originally scheduled to be retired on July 31, 2026, but Atlassian postponed the retirement…
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Five Questions Every Executive Dashboard or Report Should Answer
When executives ask for a project update, they're usually not looking for more Jira data. They're looking for answers. A good executive dashboard should help leadership quickly understand the state of delivery, without digging through issues, boards, or reports. In practice, most executive reporting comes down to five…
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How to Generate Worklog Reports That Actually Help (The Easy Way)
Time tracking in Jira sounds simple. Until you actually need to use that data. You log time. Your team logs time.And then someone asks: “Where did the effort go last sprint?” “How much time did we spend on this client?” “Who’s overloaded and who’s not?” “Can we include worklog comments in reports?” And suddenly… you’re…
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An effective dashboard for Service Desk and Customer Support teams in Jira Service Management
IT service management, often referred to as ITSM, is simply how IT teams manage the end-to-end delivery of IT services to customers. The incident management and problem management are core ITSM processes in every organization that offers services to their customers. Having a high-performing Customer Support Team that…
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How to create Excel-Style Pivot Reports Directly in Jira and Confluence
If your team lives in Jira—and it probably does—and you need detailed stats or more complex reports, you’ve likely exported Jira data to Excel just to build a pivot table and get the insights you need. Not because you love spreadsheets, but because you—and probably your leadership team—needed answers that Jira couldn’t…
