For using a charts gadget you will need a view as data feed. This view can be either a custom view you created or a shared view you have access. See Managing saved queries / views for greater details on this.

Placing a gadget on a dashboard

Smart QL app offers gadget which you can manage as any other Jira dashboard gadgets. You can for example:

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1. On your desired dashboard choose Add gadget
2. Look for the Smart. Consider that sometimes you have to expand gadget list by clicking Load all gadgets.
3. Choose appropriate gadget.

Configuring chart gadget

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1. View. Each chart needs data. Smart QL uses views as a data feed for any chart. You can use any view created by you or shared with you.
2. Chart. Several chart types are supported: Scatterplot, Line, Bar, Horizontal bar, Horizontal stacked bar, Stacked bar, Stacked area.
3. X. Column from the selected view which will be mapped to values for X axis.
4. Y. Column from the selected view which will be mapped to values for X axis.
5. Color. Column from the selected view, mapped to color gradient of a specific XY point for a row.
6. Size. Column from the selected view, mapped to size of a specific XY point for a row.

Examples

How many task type I have opened in different projects.

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