report work across all projects by application

[Patrick McDonald]

HI,

I am new to JIRA and would like , for example, to create a report/filter/view that can show all work being done by application across all projects.  How do i create more dynamic reports/filters to meet our needs?

Thanks!

Patrick

[Nic Brough [Adaptavist]]

Start by looking at how you are recording this information in JIRA - what is "all work"?  What is the "application"?

[Patrick McDonald]

Hi Nic,

In this case, “all work” would be any types of work – new feature, enhancement, bug, task.  Let’s say the application is called Pegasus.  There is work being done on Pegasus in multiple projects: Alpha, Beta, Delta and Gamma.  I want to see all work related to Pegasus being done across all projects; or all work related to Pegasus broken down by type, then assignee across all projects etc.

In general, I want to be able to report off of different fields across all projects to present aggregated portfolio views.

Does that make it more clear?

Thanks for your help,

Patrick

[Nic Brough [Adaptavist]]

Ok, makes sense. The next question is "how are you flagging things as belonging to Pegasus"? I don't actually need an answer to that, it's just that the next thing I wanted to say is that a lot of the reporting in JIRA is based on filters, and what you probably want to do is start with a filter that says "application = pegasus". (You might have a field for it, a label, or even the more simple rule "it's in project alpha, beta, delta or gamma"). Once you've decided on a filter, save it with a sensible name, and then you can start looking at the data through dashboard gadgets and reports. (You might want to add the clause "and resolution = unresolved" too - then you'll be looking at just work that needs doing) One of the gadgets I find good for overviews is the 2-dimensional filter statistic thing - using your filter and selecting "issue type" for the x axis and "assignee" for the y axis can tell you a lot about your work allocation instantly.