Dashboard Item

Dashboard items allow add-on to display a summary information data on the dashboard. Each dashboard-item can be configured to display information relevant to a particular user.

Example

For a full add-on example, see dashboard item example add-on.

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{
  "jiraDashboardItems": [
    {
      "description": {
        "value": "Dashboard item description"
      },
      "url": "/dashboard-item-test?dashboardItemId={dashboardItem.id}&dashboardId={dashboard.id}&view={dashboardItem.viewType}",
      "configurable": true,
      "thumbnailUrl": "atlassian-icon-16.png",
      "name": {
        "value": "Dashboard item title"
      },
      "key": "dashboard-item-key"
    }
  ]
}

Properties

description

Type
object
Required
Yes
Description

Description of the dashboard item. This will be displayed for a user in the directory.

key

Type
string
Max length
100
Required
Yes
Pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9-]+$

name

Type
object
Required
Yes

thumbnailUrl

Type
string
Format
uri-template
Required
Yes
Description

URI of the dashboard item thumbnail which is displayed in the directory.

url

Type
string
Format
uri-template
Required
Yes
Description

The URL of the service which will render the dashboard item. Following context parameters are supported in url.

  • dashboard.id unique id of the dashboard on which the item is rendered. This parameter is passed only on default view
  • dashboardItem.id unique id of the dashboard item which is rendered. This parameter is passed only on default view
  • dashboardItem.key key of the dashboard item. This parameter is passed in both: default and directory view
  • dashboardItem.viewType type of the view in which dashboard item is displayed. Default (for dashboard) and directory. This list may be extended

conditions

Type
[singleConditionBean,compositeConditionBean, ... ]

configurable

Type
boolean
Defaults to
false
Description

Specify if the dashboard-item is configurable or not. Configurable dashboard items should render configuration view if there is no configuration stored for the dashboard item. Dashboard item properties can be used for configuration storage.

In addition, configurable dashboard items should register a javascript callback for edit click.

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 AP.require(['jira'], function (jira) {
    jira.DashboardItem.onDashboardItemEdit(function() {
       // render dashboard item configuration now
    });
 });

It is a common case to give users ability to set the name of the dashboard item. This can be achieved with a following JS code:

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 AP.require(['jira'], function(jira) {
    jira.setDashboardItemTitle("Setting title works");
 });