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Agile Chart Widgets

An Agile Chart widget displays burndown charts or cumulative flow diagrams from an agile board on your dashboard.

To add an Agile Chart widget to a dashboard:

  1. Click Dashboards in the main navigation menu.

  2. Select a dashboard for the widget.

  3. Click the Add widget button on the dashboard.

  4. From the drop-down list, select Agile Chart.

    • The configuration dialog for the new widget opens.

  5. Select an agile board.

  6. If the agile board is configured for sprints, select a sprint.

    • Select Always displays current sprint for the widget to display the newest sprint of the selected agile board.

  7. Agile Board widget settings
  8. Set a custom refresh rate for the widget in minutes. The default refresh rate for the Agile Chart widget is 15 minutes.

  9. Click the Save button.

The Agile Chart widget is added to the dashboard.

Working with an Agile Chart Widget

When you add an Agile Chart widget to your dashboard, it displays either a burndown chart or a cumulative flow diagram.

  • Mouse over a widget with a burndown chart to view the remaining effort value for unresolved issues compared to the ideal burndown rate on the selected date.

  • Mouse over a widget with a cumulative flow diagram to view the number of issues by state on the selected date.

Agile Board widget

Click the More menu in the corner of the widget to expand a list of available actions.

Action

Description

Share link

Opens a dialog with a link that can be copied and shared with teammates.

  • When a user pastes this link into the address bar in their web browser, the shared widget is added to their current dashboard. This can either be the dashboard that they're currently viewing in YouTrack or the dashboard that they most recently accessed.

  • If the person with whom you shared the widget doesn't have permission to view the data that is used in the widget, the widget is empty.

Clone widget

Creates a duplicate of the widget on your dashboard.

Move to another dashboard...

Opens a dialog with a drop-down menu of available dashboards. Select a new dashboard for the widget and click Move. The widget is removed from the current dashboard and moves to the selected dashboard.

Edit...

Modify the settings of the widget.

Remove

Opens a dialog. Click Delete to permanently remove the widget.

About

Opens a new YouTrack page in the web browser to the details section of the widget in Apps.

Refreshing Widget Data

The widget content is refreshed according to the custom refresh rate. You can also manually refresh the widget by clicking the refresh icon in the title bar.

Agile Chart Widget Use Case

View the Progress of Your Current Sprint

You're a YouTrack project owner and want to have a fast way to know your team's progress in the current sprint. Use the Agile Chart widget to display a burndown chart on a dashboard showing the progress of the sprint.

Configure the widget by selecting an agile board from your project that has a burndown chart and select Always display current sprint.

The Agile Chart widget is displayed on your dashboard with a burndown chart showing the progress of your most current sprint.

Last modified: 14 January 2025