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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Gadget

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Overview

This gadget offers the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) diagram in form of Initiatives > Epic > Parent Tasks > Sub-Tasks for the issues from a Jira Saved filter or a JQL. The initiatives are those issues defined in Atlassian's Advanced Roadmap app (formerly Jira Portfolio) that are superior to epics in the issues hierarchy. With this gadget, you can see the high-level status of your epics or the entire project. The issues 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 issues together with their linked issues and their status, providing a more complete view of how related work items connect and progress.

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Configuration

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 issues displayed in a parent-child structure (Epics > Stories/Tasks > Subtasks) along with their status. If you have additional issue levels above Epics, such as Initiatives or Themes, they will also be displayed in the hierarchy.

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

It is not required for linked issues 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 issues 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 issues 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 issues should belong to, based on their current status.

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

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