Can I include last comment and last comment date in dashboards?

[Steve Krummes]

I have created dashboards for the tracking of various types of initiatives - currently the scrum master is spending a lot of time chasing people for updates on their assigned items (yes, I know this is not how this is supposed to work but in my case it is not going to change).  One of the repetitive asks to the team is what is the update (last comment) and when was that update made (last comment date).  Is there a way to include these in dashboards without custom code?

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Steve Krummes -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

There are likely marketplace addon gadgets to display information like that, but nothing out-of-the-box.

As a workaround, and if are okay adding a custom field, you could try an automation rule.

• add a custom text field to the relevant project
• add an automation rule, triggered on Issue Commented to update the custom field with the date / time of the last comment, and perhaps an abbreviation of the text.  For example:
  • {{#issue.comments.last}}{{created.mediumDateTime}} -- {{body.abbreviate(100)}}{{/}}
• add an issue filter gadget to your dashboard, including a filter for the issues and selecting the issue key and your custom field.

Kind regards,
Bill

[Yuliia_Borivets__SaaSJet_]

Hi @Steve Krummes 

You might check out the Activity Stream gadget. It provides a filter for comments and reflects dates.