We hear your concerns and are committed to continuing the discussion around these gadgets. We have decided to extend the timeline to May 2025. As a result, the functionality of the five gadgets (Jira Road Map, Bubble Chart, Heat Map, Projects, and Labels) will remain available until then.
In addition to the timeline update, we'd like to clarify some things:
For more details, see our new blog about these updates.
Starting December 9, 2024, we’re removing functionality from the following gadgets:
Jira Road Map
Bubble Chart
Heat Map
Projects
Labels
As a result, you’ll no longer be able to create, edit, duplicate, or view content within these gadgets. This decision is part of our efforts to optimize Jira Dashboard’s core features and pave the way for a better dashboard experience.
To ensure your dashboard remains up to date, we recommend removing the gadgets before December 9th. This will also give you time to review your existing gadgets and apply similar configurations to the available alternatives.
We understand that this change may cause disruptions, and we want to assist you in the best possible way. We’ve provided step-by-step instructions for removing these gadgets, along with alternatives to help you achieve similar results.
What happens to my existing gadgets?
You can continue to use your existing gadgets until we begin to remove all functionality on December 9th. After that, you can no longer edit, duplicate, create, or view their content. This change only affects the Jira Road Map, Bubble Chart, Heat Map, Projects, and Labels gadgets. Your other gadgets will remain the same.
Why do I have to remove the gadgets?
If we remove the gadgets for you, there may be some structural changes that affect the layout of your dashboard. Removing the gadgets yourself ensures that you maintain control over your dashboard's appearance once they are removed.
How do I delete the gadgets?
To delete the gadgets:
Hover over the More actions menu (...)
Select Delete
How can I achieve similar results without these gadgets?
Unfortunately, maintaining or updating these gadgets is not part of our current roadmap. While there isn’t an exact replacement for each gadget, we have alternatives that can help you achieve similar results, some of which may involve using other features in Jira. The only gadget without an alternative is the Bubble Chart gadget.
We understand this isn’t ideal, and we want to assure you that we’re actively working on creating a better dashboard experience. We invite you to read our latest blog about early access to the first release of our Atlassian Home Dashboards experience. While this new experience doesn’t replace the gadgets, it lays the groundwork for an improved dashboard experience, and we’re committed to listening to your feedback as we develop it further.
If you’d like to participate and provide feedback, fill out this survey.
The following alternatives are available for each gadget:
Gadget |
Available alternative |
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Jira Road Map |
Timeline View Advanced roadmap (Premium feature) |
Heat Map, Projects, and Labels |
Issue statistics gadget |
Bubble Chart |
There’s no available alternative for this gadget. |
We recommend arranging two windows side-by-side to compare your existing gadget configurations with those in the alternatives. Then, follow the instructions to reference them while setting up the alternative.
The Jira Road Map gadget provides a visual representation of project timelines so you can see the progression of tasks and projects over time. Jira’s Timeline view and Advanced Roadmap features will allow you to achieve similar results. More about timelines in Jira
Timeline view
The timeline view allows you to visualize and track the progress of single team-level projects.
To use the Timeline view:
Open the project you want to track.
Select Timeline in the project view side panel.
Here’s how the Timeline view looks compared to the Jira Road Map gadget:
Jira Road Map gadget |
Timeline View |
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Advanced Roadmap (Premium feature)
If you're on a Premium or Enterprise plan, you can use Advanced Roadmaps to plan and track work across multiple projects and teams. It offers features like dependencies, capacity planning, and the ability to create custom views and filters.
To use this feature, you’ll need to create a plan. To create a new plan:
From the navigation at the top of the page, go to Plans > + Create plan to open the plan creation tool.
Enter these details:
Plan name - This will help your team identify the plan.
Access - Select Private or Open. By default, access is set to Open.
Issue sources - Choose which projects and boards, and filters you want to import from Jira. These will form the plan’s scope. Find out how to add or change issue sources.
When you're satisfied with your plan, select Create.
Once you’ve created a plan, select Plans from the header and select the plan you’d like to track. More about advanced planning in Jira
Here’s how the Advanced Roadmap looks compared to the Jira Road Map gadget:
Jira Road Map gadget |
Advanced Roadmap |
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The Heat Map, Projects, and Labels gadgets offer visual representations of issues in a project. As we transition away from these gadgets, the Issue Statistics Gadget is an alternative that provides summaries of issues based on specified criteria.
To use the Issue statistic gadget:
Select Add Gadget from your dashboard's header.
Search for Issue Statistics and select Add.
Configure the gadget by applying your desired configurations.
In the Statistic Type field, select the type of data you want the gadget to summarize:
To replicate the Heat Map gadget, select the same statistics type used in your Heat Map gadget
To replicate the Projects gadget, select Project as the Statistic type.
To replicate the Labels gadget, select Label as the Statistic type.
Here’s how the Issue Statistics gadget compares to the Heat Map, Projects, and Labels gadget:
Gadgets |
Alternative: Issue Statistics gadget |
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Heat map Heat Map gadget with “Status” selected as the Statistics type.
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Issue Statistics gadget with “Status” selected as the Statistics type.
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Projects gadget Projects gadget summarizing projects
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Issue Statistics gadget with “Project” selected as the Statistics type.
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Labels gadget Labels gadget summarizing labels
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Issue Statistics gadget with “Label” selected as the Statistics type.
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Feel free to comment if you've got any feedback or contact support if you run into any issues.
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