Can a Cycle Time report be created temporarily without a source such as Bitbucket?

[Phil Bustin]

Can a Cycle Time report be created temporarily without a source such as Bitbucket, if Bitbucket hasn't been set up yet, or configured to feed Jira yet?

[Mehmet A _Bloompeak_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Phil Bustin

You can calculate cycle time using status changes in Jira. If you prefer using a third party app, you can try Status Time Reports app developed by our team. For more details, you can have a look at the article below.

Cycle Time and Lead Time in Jira: Productivity Measurement with Two Critical Parameters

If you are looking for a free solution, you can try the limited version Status Time Free.

Hope it helps.

[Phil Bustin]

Thank you. 

I seem to have found a good option in Reports > Control Chart.

Regarding the Cycle Report: When I open a project and click on the report name in the navigation pane, there is nothing to do on the page.  Is it expected that connecting an appropriate app to Jira would instantly produce the report?  I saw an Atlassian demo on the cycle time report, and there appeared to be no instruction on how to create the report.

Again, I think the Control Chart is what I need at the moment.

[Rahul_RVS · Accepted solution]

Hi @Phil Bustin 

If you would be interested in a mktplace solution, you can try out our plugin,

Time in Status Reports 

The add-on provides the time in each status for the entire lifecycle of the issue and you can filter by issue type as well. You can also combine your statuses to define your lead/cycle/resolution time and also extract the transitions history of the issues. The main features of the app are as below

• More than 8 types of Time in Status Reports. Excel Export available for all status reports.
  
  • Time in Status
  • Time with Assignee
  • Time in Status with Assignee
  • Time with Assignee per Status
  • Status/Assignee Count
  • Multiple Transition Reports
  • Avg Time reports
• Status grouping
• Save your reports
• CSV Export
• Multiple chart types

[Emre Toptancı _OBSS_ · Accepted solution]

Hello @Phil Bustin

Jira does not offer this out-of-the-box, but the data needed for this report is available in each issue's history. The closest you can get out-of-the-box is the Control Chart that is available on Kanban Boards. Alternatively, you can get a cycle time report that is completely based on issue histories using marketplace apps built for this.

If you are OK with using a marketplace app for this, our team at OBSS built Timepiece - Time in Status for Jira for this exact need. It is available for Jira Server, Cloud, and Data Center.  

Time in Status mainly allows you to see how much time each issue spent on each status and on each assignee. 

       

The app has Consolidated Columns feature. This feature allows you to combine the duration for multiple statuses into a single column and exclude unwanted ones. It is the most flexible way to get any measurement you might want. Measurements like Issue Age, Cycle Time, Lead Time, Resolution Time etc.

For all numeric report types, you can calculate averages and sums of those durations grouped by the issue fields you select. For example total in-progress time per customer (organization) or average resolution time per sprint, week, month, issuetype, request type, etc. The ability to group by parts of dates (year, month, week, day, hour) or sprints is particularly useful here since it allows you to compare different time periods or see the trend.

The app calculates its reports using already existing Jira issue histories so when you install the app, you don't need to add anything to your issue workflows and you can get reports on your past issues as well. It supports both Company Managed and Team Managed projects.

Time in Status reports can be accessed through its own reporting page, dashboard gadgets, and issue view screen tabs. All these options can provide both calculated data tables and charts.

And the app has a REST API so you can get the reports from Jira UI or via REST.

  

Using Time in Status you can:

• See how much time each issue spent on each status, assignee, user group and also see dates of status transitions.
• Calculate averages and sums of those durations grouped by issue fields you select. (For example, see average InProgress time per project and per issue type.)
• Export your data as XLS, XLSX, or CSV.
• Access data via REST API. (for integrations)
• Visualize data with various chart types.
• See Time in Status reports on Jira Dashboard gadgets

Timepiece - Time in Status for Jira

EmreT

[Valeriia_Havrylenko_SaaSJet]

Hello @Phil Bustin  👋

If you're looking for add-on, you can try Time in Status for Jira Cloud (developed by my SaaSJet team). Create the Cycle  time report easily and display it on your board and export it to CSV or XLSX files for further analysis.

All you need is to:

• create a status group;
• choose statuses;
• click the "Save" button.
  
  
  
  

As an alternative, you can try a solution described in this short use case on how to get Cycle and Lead time for Jira issues. 

Also, you can read the article which describes some ways to get the Cycle time report for your issues.

Add-on has a 30-day free trial version and free up to 10 users. 
Please, let me know if you have any questions

Hope it helps 😌
Valeriia 

[Karolina Wons_SaaSJet]

Hello @Phil Bustin 

Here's a helpful article with a few ways to get Cycle and Lead time in Jira: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-Integrations/Jira-Cycle-Time-and-Lead-Time-How-productive-is-your-team/ba-p/2128975

Hope you find the appropriate solution.