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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Gadget


Overview

This gadget offers the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) diagram in form of Initiatives > Epic > Parent Tasks > Sub-Tasks for the work items from a Jira Saved filter or a JQL. The initiatives are those work items defined in Atlassian's Advanced Roadmap app (formerly Jira Portfolio) that are superior to epics in the work items hierarchy. With this gadget, you can see the high-level status of your epics or the entire project. The work items displayed are ordered according to the ORDER BY clause of the filter used.

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Additionally, the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) gadget can display work items together with their linked work items and their status, providing a more complete view of how related work items connect and progress.

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Configuration

The settings of this gadget are divided in multiple tabs:

  • Data tab - contains the required settings of the gadget, such as title or data source

  • More Settings tab - contains the optional settings

Data tab

On this tab you can configure the required settings of the gadget.

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Setting

Description

Visualization mode

Specify the type of Visualization mode used by the gadget. You can choose between:

  • Hierarchy View - the default option; select this option if you want the work items displayed in a parent-child structure (Epics > Stories/Tasks > Subtasks) along with their status. If you have additional work item levels above Epics, such as Initiatives or Themes, they will also be displayed in the hierarchy.

For an work item to appear in the hierarchy, it must be returned by the filter/JQL configured in the Data Source.

It is not required for linked work items to be returned by the filter/JQL configured in the Data Source in order for them to be displayed.

Data Source

Select the type of Data Source used by the gadget:

  • A Saved filter containing the Jira work items that you want to display. Make sure that the specified filter is shared if you want other people to visualize the dashboard.

  • A JQL query that returns the work items you want to be displayed by the gadget.

Expand

Specify how many levels to be expanded by default right after displaying the gadget.

Status Category

Specify which status categories the displayed work items should belong to, based on their current status.

  • To Do - Check this option to display those work items that have their current status in the “To Do” category. This includes the gray-colored statuses, like “New”, “To Do”, or “Open”.

  • In Progress - Check this option to display those work items that have their current status in the “In Progress” category. This includes the blue-colored statuses like “In Progress”, “Working”, or “In Testing”.

  • Done - Check this option to display those work items that have their current status in the “Done” category. This includes the green-colored statuses like “Done”, “Closed”, or “Resolved”.

More Settings tab

On this tab you can configure the optional settings of the gadget.

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Setting

Description

Link types to display

Specify the type of link types to be displayed by the gadget:

  • All link types - the default option; select this option if you want all the link types to be displayed in the diagram

  • Only these link types - select this option if you want the gadget to display only the specified link types in the diagram

This option applies only when the visualization mode is set to “Linked Work Items View.”

Linked issue depth

Specify how many levels of linked issues to be displayed by the gadget.

This option applies only when the visualization mode is set to “Linked Work Items View.”

Refresh interval

Choose how often the gadget will refresh automatically.

The following blog articles provide more information on how to use this gadget.