Is there a dashboard widget that can visualize epics and task distribution within them?

[Sandra M]

I have sunk too much time into this and I can't figure it out. Is there a way to create a dashboard widget in Jira (cloud) that visualizes issue distribution within epic? For context, we are using a Jira project to capture and prioritize customer feedback requests and I like to create a visualization that demonstrates which epics need the most attention. 

[Jack Brickey]

Hi Sandra, welcome to the community.

So I'm still trying to understand what you're trying to visualize here. When you say you would like to see which Epics need the most attention how would that be measured? Would it be those with the most open stories or tasks associated with it or would it be a measure of story points or original estimates or what? You also talk about issue distribution and I'm not exactly sure what that means. It could be issued by status or assignee or something else. If you could provide a bit more context maybe I could offer a suggestion. The first thing that comes to mind when we talk about visualizing things is the use of a pie chart.

[Sandra M]

Hi Jack, 

I'm currently using JIRA to capture customer feedback on our software platform. My thinking is that Epics with the most issues associated with them provide an indication of which pieces of our app need some attention. It's definitely not perfect, but I think in an immature software company it will help stakeholders understand the need for iteration on existing features :) 

By distribution I basically just meant # of issues assigned to an epic so I think my initial question had some redundancies.

I've been attempting to use a pie chart widget within Jira dashboard by using the statistic type "Epic link" but it just continuously shows "irrelevant." Based on my reading that indicates that my issues are missing epic links but that's not the case. 

Thanks for your assistance! 

[Jack Brickey]

so i wonder if this will work..

1. create a filter like this - project = xxx AND "Epic Link" is not EMPTY - and save it. alter this to meet your needs of course.
2. create a pie chart and associate the saved filter above. 
3. configure the chart to have Statistic typ to be Epic link

let me know if that works.

[Jack Brickey]

you might prefer a JQL like this actually...

project = xxx AND "Epic Link" is not EMPTY and statuscategory != done

This will exclude completed work.

[Sandra M]

Hmmmm... I tried both your suggestions and they didn't work (although it really seems like they should). Here's what I did:

1. Went to my project

2. Clicked on Issues

3. Pasted the query into the search field (updated the project name)

4. Saved Filter

5. Went to my dashboard and updated my pie chart to be based on the filter and use the statistic "epic link"

Results:

- When I used project = xxx AND "Epic Link" is not EMPTY there were no results found

- When I used project = xxx AND "Epic Link" is not EMPTY and statuscategory != done there were 153 issues (total) all labeled as "Irrelevant"

[Emilio Arenas]

Hi!

We're having the same problem here. We use epics as a kind of "categories" or "application domains" and we would like to know how many story points or tasks are done/pending/whatever per epic.

This information is useful to understand which areas required more effort in the recent past and which ones will do for the incoming sprints. We may decide to split a part of the application or to hire a new developer in this or that area according to this information.

The problem we have is the same as described by @sandra. ALL of our issues are linked to an epic but setting the "Statistic Type" to "Epic Link" shows a big pie with just one "Irrelevant".

Did you finally find a solution?