Jira Graph Examples

How do I graph Jira tickets?

With the [Jira.Graph:] macro, you can:

Graph Jira tickets by created or updated time
Group tickets using one of the fields assignee, fixVersion, issueType, priority, resolution or status
Use any of the time-related chart types:

bar, stackedBar, stackedBar100
Column, StackedColumn, StackedColumn100
Area, SpineArea, StackedArea, StackedArea100
Line, Spline, StepLine, FastLine

What's the percentage breakdown of ticket types created each day in a particular week?

Let's look at a week 26-30 June 2023 and use a StackedBar100 chart. The macro and its jql would be:

[Jira.Graph: jql="project=MyProjectName", groupBy=issueType, chartType=StackedBar100, startDate=2023-06-26, endDate=2023-06-30, dateField=created]

At first, the legend does not show all issue types, with the dots indicating there is more that isn't currently displayed:

To resolve this, either:

Specify a chart height so that more of the legend is shown: [Jira.Graph: jql="project=MyProjectName", groupBy=issueType, chartType=StackedBar100, startDate=2023-06-26, dateField=created, chartHeight=700]
or
Use the [Settings:] macro at the start of the document to define chart height for all [Jira.Graph:] macros. [Settings: Jira.Graph.chartHeight=700]

The graph now looks like this:

If we think that setting the chart height has made the graph too large, let's instead move the legend beneath the graph with:

[Settings: Jira.Graph.chartHeight=700, Jira.Graph.legendStyle=Table, Jira.Graph.chartAreaHeightPercent=65, Jira.Graph.legendHeightPercent=35, Jira.Graph.chartAreaYPosition=0, Jira.Graph.legendXPosition=0, Jira.Graph.legendYPosition=90, Jira.Graph.chartAreaWidthPercent=100, Jira.Graph.legendWidthPercent=100]

[Jira.Graph: jql="project=MyProjectName", groupBy=issueType, chartType=StackedBar100, startDate=2023-06-26, dateField=created]

We can also add a title and set the size of the title with the titleHeadingLevel parameter. So:

gives:

To guarantee unique colours, you'd use set ensureColorsUnique=true. However, the order / colour of the issueTypes in the legend depends on order of discovery. Therefore:

Tip: To have colours consistent across reports, specify your own palette using HTML colors or hex codes.

Our macro and graph now look like this:

[Jira.Graph: jql="project=MyProjectName", groupBy=issueType, chartType=StackedBar100, startDate=2023-06-26, endDate=2023-06-30, dateField=created, title=Percentage of IssueTypes each day, titleHeadingLevel=2, palette=Technical Task^Green;Bug^Peru;Task^DodgerBlue;New Feature^Red;Improvement^LightGray;Story^Green;Epic^Gold;Support Request^DarkBlue;Sub-task^Cyan;Alert^DarkSlateBlue]

Jira Graph Examples

How do I graph Jira tickets?

What's the percentage breakdown of ticket types created each day in a particular week?

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