Dashboard Gadgets
Release Management Dashboard Gadgets for Jira
Release Management turns any Jira dashboard into a live release management dashboard β a single view of where every release stands, built from your release boards.
Instead of opening the app or pinging teams for status, stakeholders see progress, scope changes, burnup forecasts, release calendars, and delivery cadence right where they already work. Because the gadgets live inside Jira, there's no separate tool to log into and no data to export.
Each gadget pulls from a release board you choose, so the same dashboard can mix a high-level package view for leadership with detailed per-version charts for delivery teams. You can add a free-text description to most gadgets to give business or technical context next to the data, and set auto-refresh to keep everything current.
This page is the index for the full set. The most-used gadgets have their own detailed pages (linked below); the rest are documented in full further down.
Core Gadget Overview
Gadget | Description |
|---|---|
To Do / In Progress / Done counts and percentages for a version or package, with click-through to the Issue Navigator. | |
Completed vs. total scope over time, with a projected release date once 30% of scope is done. | |
Issues added to and removed from a release over a chosen period, so scope creep stays visible. | |
Versions and releases on a calendar view, colour-coded (releases blue, versions green). | |
(Advanced) β how often you ship, by release date or status change; the in-Jira view of DORA deployment frequency. |
Looking for lead time, cycle time, or velocity? Those metrics live in our Advanced Kanban & Agile Boards and Issue Health apps, not in Release Management.
Exporting gadgets to Confluence
Atlassian Cloud does not export third-party gadgets to Confluence, and the old gadget macro was removed. See How to Export Jira Gadgets to Confluence for a workaround using wallboard mode and the iframe macro.
More gadgets
The following gadgets lack dedicated pages. Full configuration details are documented here.
Release Roadmap Gadget
Edition: Standard
Shows all packages and versions on a timeline view from a board β effectively a replica of the board's roadmap view. Items are placed by start / release date; hover over any item for a tooltip with more detail.
Gadget Configuration Options
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Board | The release board. |
Archived | Show active items only, or include archived. |
Tags | Limit the roadmap to entities with specific version or package tags. |
Report interval | The timescale of the gadget. |
Start date | Where the timeline begins. |
Description | Free-text context. |
Update every 15 min | Keeps it close to real time. |
Package Status Gadget
Edition: Standard
Shows the details of a package and all of its associated versions in one place:
Name β the package or version name.
Status β its status on the release board.
Progress β an issue-based progress widget, like the Progress gadget.
Release date β the planned release date.
On critical path β flags a version whose delay would delay the whole package.
Configuration:
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Board | The release board. |
Package | The package to show status for. |
Entity types | Shortlist which entity types to include. |
Description | Free-text context. |
Auto refresh | Refresh automatically. |
Environments Gadget
Edition: Standard
In order to embed information about environments and deployed versions into Jira dashboards an Environments Gadget has been created:
Embeds environment and deployment information into a dashboard. It has two modes:
Environment-centric β show what's deployed to a particular environment.
Version-centric β show where a version has been deployed.
Environment Configuration Options
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Board | The board the environments are taken from. |
Type | Set to Environment. |
Environment | Choose from those available on the board. |
Sort by release date (ASC/DESC) | Sort direction. |
Show environment description | Surface useful info (URL, test login, etc.) on the gadget itself. |
Description | Free-text context. |
Version-centric configuration:
Board β the board the environments are taken from.
Type β set to Version.
Version β choose from those available on the board.
Description β free-text context.
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Trends Gadget
Edition: Standard
Plots scope-change and done-items velocity trends for a version β or a set of trend charts plus a cumulative chart for an entire package. (Not available for JQL Versions. For epics, trends are built from current scope; removed items aren't accounted for.)
Chart Configuration Options
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Board | The release board. |
Package / Version | What to chart. |
Group by | Day, Week, or Month. |
Units | Issue count, original time estimate, or story points. |
JQL filter | Optional, to adjust the output. |
Done-items trend | Toggle the done-items trend on/off. |
Scope-change trend | Toggle the scope-change trend on/off. |
Draw from start date | Chart from the version start date if set; otherwise from when the first item was added. |
Show version/package summary | Add a summary widget alongside the chart. |
Description | Free-text context. |
Auto refresh | Refresh automatically. |
Release List Gadget
Edition: Standard
The board's List View as a dashboard gadget β a flat, filterable, sortable list of versions and packages.
Release Board Options
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Board | The release board. |
Group by | None, Packages, Projects, Tags, or Types. |
Items per page | 10 / 25 / 50 / 100. |
Sort by / direction | Any column, ascending or descending. |
Name | Full-text search by name. |
Archived | All / Unarchived / Archived. |
Tags | Filter by version and package tags. |
Columns | Shortlist columns, or show all. |
Release date | Any / Quarter / Month / Custom. |
Environments | Shortlist environments, or show all. |
Projects | Shortlist projects, or show all. |
Project categories | Shortlist categories. |
Issue type | All / Versions / Cross-project / Sprints / Epics / JQL versions. |
CPV elements | Cross-Project Versions; show per-project versions in addition to cross-project ones, or not. |
Version properties / Package properties | Filter by custom properties. |
Description | Free-text context. |
Auto refresh | Refresh automatically. |