Defect Trend by Project Dashboard Panel
This article provides an overview of the Defect Trend by Project Dashboard Panel in Agility.
Overview
The Analytics Defect Trend by Project dashboard panel allows you to understand how defects in a group of projects are trending on the end date of those projects.
The projects considered for the chart are based on your Dashboard project and program selection. If only a project is selected, then all child projects are considered. When a program is selected, only projects in the program are considered.
Where to Find This Panel
The Defect Trend Dashboard panel is available on any of the following Analytics dashboards.
- Portfolio > Executive Dashboard
- Program > Dashboard
- Program > Product Owner Dashboard
- Team > Team Dashboard
- Team > Quality Dashboard
- Team > ScrumMaster Dashboard
Measures
- Each bar on the chart represents a single project.
- The height of the bar indicates the today number of defects in that project on the last day of the project.
- If the project's end date has not occurred, the bar indicates the total number defects in that project today.
- By default the bars are grouped by priority; however this can be configured in the panel parameters.
Configuring the Panel
- To configure the panel, click on the gear icon
at the top-right corner and click Edit. - Choose from the panel parameters below.
Parameters for this panel may differ depending on the location of the dashboard.
Panel Parameter Descriptions
- Portfolio Item: Shows work items in the selected portfolio item and all of it's children. The default option is "Blank" and shows all work items.
- Team: Shows Team-specific data for the project or program. The default value is "All" or "Blank".
- Sprint or Iteration: Shows data assigned to the sprint or iteration. The default value is "All".
- Backlog Group: Shows work items in the selected backlog group. The default option is "All".
- Backlog Goal or Objective: Shows work items assigned to the selected backlog goal. The default option is "All".
- Group By: Shows results grouped by Type, Source, Priority (Default), or Status.
- Defect State: Shows defects in any of the following Reporting Category states: All, Not Started, In Progress, Complete, or Not Complete.
- Projects Starting After: Only displays projects that begin after the specified date.
| Parameter | Description | Available on these dashboards | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio Item | Only consider work items for the specified Portfolio Item and all of it's children. | Team | Blank, indicating that you wish to include all Backlog Items. |
| Team | Only consider work items assigned to the specific Team | Team | All |
| Backlog Group | Only consider work items assigned to the selected Backlog Group and it's children | Team | All |
| Backlog Goal | Only consider work items assigned to the selected Backlog Goal. | Team | All |
| Group By | Selection determines how the results are grouped. Valid values are: Type Source Priority Status | Team All other dashboards | Priority |
| Defect State | Which Defects to consider. Valid values are: Not Started. Defects that are considered to be "Not Started" based on the Reporting Category In Progress. Defects that are considered to be "In Progress" based on the Reporting Category Complete. Defects that are considered to be "Complete" based on the Reporting Category Not Complete. Defects that are considered to be "Not Started" or "In Progress" based on the Reporting Category All. All Defects regardless of Reporting Category | Team All other dashboards | All |
| Projects Starting After | Only consider projects the begin after the specified date Note: When viewing this panel on Dashboards when a Start Date Dashboard Parameter, that value is used to determine which projects are included. | Team All other dashboards | Start Date of the selected Project |