The pivot gadget can be added to a dashboard like any other JIRA gadget, as documented on the atlassian site
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/GADGETS/Adding+a+Gadget+to+your+Dashboard
Click 'Add gadget' to select the pivot
Locate the pivot gadget entry in the gadget directory
And add it to the dashboard
Configure the dimensions and aggregations
Click save when ready to bring up the pivot gadget.
Dimensions
Dimensions are any field which are enumerable such as 'Fix Version', 'Issue Type', 'Priority', custom fields such as
select lists, radio buttons, user pickers, ... and dates 'created', 'updated', ...
Aggregations
Aggregations are any numerical values such as time tracking information and any custom fields
that can be summed (such as numbers and such).
Timetracking information
Time tracking information is collected in different ways
- For any issue - original estimate, remaining estimate, time spent
- For all subtasks of an issue - the sum of the timetracking information
(sum original estimate, sum remaining estimate, sum time spent) - The combination of the issue timetracking information and the sum of the subtasks is accumulated
Timetracking unit
The timetracking unit is used to select the unit to display timetracking information.
Date granularity
The date granularity allows to limit the date granularity allows to specify how dates
should be segmented (by month, quarter, month)
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