Filtering Your Activity Feed with the Free Custom Team Activity Stream Gadget

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The Activity Stream gadget presents a concise overview of recent activities within specific Jira projects or involving particular individuals that capture your interest. Think of it as a Facebook feed tailored for your instance!

In this article, we’ll explore how to Streamline your activity feed with basic or JQL filter to see what matters most.

You’ll also get recommendations for good practices and tips that will make this feature a real asset for your team. See below , we have some tips for you !

How to configure Activity Stream Gadget ?

From your Dashboard, you’ll see a window with “Drag your gadgets here or add a new gadget”.

1. Click on Add a Gadget

2. Use the search bar to find “Activity Stream”

3. Add it directly on your Dashboard

Constraints

Activity Stream restricts your ability to undertake the following actions:

• See only what matters most

• Tailor streams for each team, enabling users to focus on specific activities associated with filtered issues

• Filter your activity feed by time range or any other custom field

• Restrict your activity feed to issues related only to activities of certain users/groups

• Make your dashboard more informative with color highlighting

The effectiveness of filtering your activity stream 

The Custom Team Activity Stream Gadget serves as a valuable and free resource, offering advanced functionality by supporting JQL queries for more precise results.

This gadget goes beyond the basic version, capturing in-depth activities and providing users with a richer understanding of project dynamics within Jira.

Its ability to refine results and present comprehensive details makes it an essential tool for those seeking a more nuanced and tailored experience on the platform.

In contrast to the default activity stream gadget, the Custom Team Activity Stream Gadget  maximizes its utility by employing filters to enhance the presentation of information. This customization enables the creation of specialized streams tailored for each team, allowing users to exclusively view activity related to specific filtered issues.

Accessing a broader spectrum of information is facilitated for users, encompassing updates on issues, work logs, revised comments, reopened issues, fields update and issue transitions. The stream is customizable, allowing users to personalize it by choosing specific activities.

Collectively, it empowers users with enhanced functionality, increased productivity, and immediate project updates within JIRA. This feature enables users to emphasize specific issues, augmenting the informativeness of their Dashboards.

Good practices

For optimal utilization of the advantages offered by the Team Activity Stream Gadget, consider sharing the following recommendations with your team:

• Tailor your activity streams using advanced filtering options, providing you the capability to monitor and analyze specific activities with precision.

• Utilize (JQL / Basic search) to narrow down your activity feed, focusing solely on issues associated with the activities of specific users or groups.

• Establish dedicated streams for each team, enabling users to exclusively view activity related to specific filtered issues.

• Preserve your filter selections by clicking on save button to maintain a consistent view of your gadget, preventing unnecessary time wastage

• Export your activity feed into CSV when it’s needed

• Using different colors to highlight multiple activities at the same time makes it easy to identify related issues effortlessly

• Take your customization capabilities to the next level by applying color to entire rows in your views

Custom Team Activity Stream is the must-have feature for your dashboard.

Whether you are managing multiple teams or working on complex projects, the Custom Team Activity Stream Gadget empowers you to streamline your Jira experience, fostering improved collaboration and efficiency within your teams.

Follow our Customers use-cases to make this feature a real asset for your team.

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