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Version: 24.3

Workitem Trend Dashboard Panel

The Analytics Workitem Trend dashboard panel allows you to understand how work items are trending over time as they relate to reporting categories.

Where to Find This Panel​

This panel is available on any of the following Analytics dashboards:

  • Portfolio > Executive Dashboard
  • Program > Dashboard
  • Program > Product Manager Dashboard
  • Team > Dashboard
  • Team > Team Dashboard
  • Team > Quality Dashboard
  • Team > ScrumMaster Dashboard

If the panel is not visible, you can add it following the instructions in Adding a Panel to a Dashboard.

Measures​

The panel is a stacked bar chart by date. Bar height depends on the aggregation setting. When set to aggregate by Total Estimate, the height of each bar indicates the total estimate. When set to aggregate on Workitem Count, the bar height represents the total number of workitems on each day. Bars are grouped by the Reporting Categories.

Configuring the Panel​

  1. To configure the panel, click on the gear icon Analytics Gear Icon at the top-right corner and click Edit.
  2. 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 Goal or Objective: Shows work items assigned to the selected backlog goal. The default option is "All".

  • Workitem: Shows data for a specific work item type: All (all workitems), Backlog Items, Defects, or Testsets. The default option is "All".

  • Start Date: The first date the report begins calculating data.

    • For project-based reports, the default start date is the project start date.
    • For sprint or iteration-based reports, the default start date is the sprint or iteration start date.
    • For member-based reports, the default start date is 13 weeks prior to the current date.
    • If the start date is set to the current date or later, no data displays.

  • Duration Size: The number of Duration Units until the project ends. If the project has an end date, the Duration Size defaults to the difference between the Start and End Dates in weeks. If the project has no End Date, the Duration Size defaults to the difference between the Start Date and the current date. Duration Size is set to 0 if the calculation results in a negative number.

  • Duration Units: Determines how a period is defined in terms of weeks (default) or months.

  • Aggregation Type: Determines how the data is aggregated. Valid values are:

    • Total Estimate - Sum the Estimate values.
    • Workitem Count - Count of work items regardless of estimate value.