#12 Report of the Week: eazyBI Advent Calendar

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Creating an Interactive Advent Calendar Using eazyBI

The holiday season brings a touch of magic to even the most routine activities, and with eazyBI, you can now infuse your Jira reports with festive cheer. This unique Interactive Advent Calendar report cleverly uses eazyBI's capabilities to create an engaging, holiday-themed calendar that runs from December 1 to December 24, 2024. Let’s explore how this fun and functional report works and how you can add some holiday spirit to your Jira dashboards.

How the Advent Calendar is Built

The Advent Calendar starts on December 1, with each day revealing a new "gift" icon, continuing through December 24. This report is organized as a table that mimics the look of a traditional Advent Calendar with each cell as a calendar’s “door”:

• Columns: Represent the days of the week using the Week Day dimension.

• Rows: Represent weeks using the Time dimension in its Weekly hierarchy.

• Time Range: Cover Advent period managed by a filter on the Time dimension.

• Custom Measure "Gift": tUsing Font Awesome icons, this measure adds a fun, visual element to the calendar, showcasing holiday gifts for past dates and closed doors for future ones. Each icon links to eazyBI tutorial video.

Functionality: How the Calendar Work

The Advent Calendar has been designed to offer an interactive experience that mirrors the joy of opening doors on a physical advent calendar:

• Past and Current Dates: For any date that has passed within the advent period, the calendar displays a gift icon, symbolizing a day where a “doors” has been "opened."

• Future Dates: For upcoming days within the Advent period, the calendar shows a closed door icon, simulating the experience of waiting to open the next day’s door.

As each day progresses, new icons are revealed, adding an element of excitement and anticipation.

Visual Design: Icons and Formatting

To enhance the user experience, the report uses Font Awesome icons to represent both gifts and closed doors. These icons are visually appealing and help bring the festive theme to life, and can be used for any other report you create.

Additionally, conditional formatting is applied to style the cells. The future dates (closed doors) are specially formatted to differentiate them from past dates (gifts).

Conclusion: Bring Fun to Your Jira Reports

The Interactive Advent Calendar is an example of how you can use eazyBI to create engaging and fun reports, even in the context of a work environment. By combining themed visuals with powerful data analysis tools, you can cheer up your Jira dashboards.

Whether you’re tracking project timelines or simply counting down to Christmas, eazyBI can help to present your data in an innovative and interactive way.

Check out our eazyBI Christmas Dashboard  with this and other festive reports.

With this festive Advent Calendar Report, we're wrapping up the year and taking a short holiday break from our “Report of the Week” series. But don’t worry—we’ll be back in January with more exciting reports to inspire you!

🎄 Wishing you a joyful and happy holiday season! 🎉