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Reporting - Build a Burndown Chart with Structure and Custom Charts

Track your project in Structure, and then create a burndown chart using our Custom Charts integration.

The following guide requires Custom Charts for Jira. If you don't have Custom Charts, you can try if for free.

Build Your Structure

If you already have a structure for your project, skip ahead to step two. If not, the following resources can help:

Add a Custom Chart to the Dashboard

  1. Open your dashboard (or create a new one). 
  2. Select add a new gadget and search for Custom Charts in the gadget list.

Adding a Custom Charts gadget to the Jira dashboard

Configure the Custom Chart

Configure the chart with the following settings:

  • Type: 2D Stacked Bar Chart

  • Source: select Structure and search for your project structure

  • Chart by: Issue History

  • Group by: Status

  • In the Chart by tab, enable Calculate final values in time period only toggle

  • OPTIONAL: update the Grouping and Range settings to customize the appearance and dates for the chart

Need to add the chart to a Confluence page? Try Custom Charts for Confluence



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