Is there a way to update builtin JQL for Sprint Health Gadget to display issues in various statuses?

[Vinay Sharma]

Sprint Health Gadget displays "To Do" status for 1st column and "Done" for the last column and the rest under "In Progress" status irrespective of actual statuses of Sprint Stories.

As we have "Blocked" as first column, it shows all issues with blocked status in Sprint Health Gadget under status "To Do" and when I view in issue navigator it uses JQL - status ("Blocked") AND Sprint = 110, which is incorrect.

It should show Stories with "To Do" status under "To Do" in Sprint Health Gadget. Is there a way to correct built-in JQL or any other way to display statuses correctly?

[Sudarshan · Accepted solution]

Hello @Vinay Sharma 
No! not possible, the 3 states shown by the sprint health gadget is based on the status category (To-do, In progress, Done).

What I suggest is that -- your Jira admin need to change your Blocked status category from "To-do" to "In-Progress" then your JQL will be ok.

Atlassian has decided not to make any changes with this according to  - this is based on Jira server -- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-36241?error=login_required&error_description=Login+required&state=3c2fa6a2-de3b-4d14-af1c-504a4f0d0385

Have a look at this market app for new status and colors (its nice :) ) https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214981/new-status-colors-for-jira?hosting=server&tab=overview

Think deeper as to where your problem is:
If we think deep Blocked is not actually a status in scrum it is a "I dont know how to proceed" or "waiting for that code" situation of your development activity (its not a like a lifecycle), do you really need a status to say what is blocked.? if things get to a blocked state in a sprint (that too at the very first column), then why take it in the active sprint (review the Definition of Ready), focus on the sprint planning, increase more collaborative talks with the developers on understanding the problem, have a focused Daily Scrum where most of these blockers actually gets solved within minutes.

[Vinay Sharma]

Thanks @Sudarshan for the detailed response!

[Sudarshan]

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