Dashboard Folders for Jira Data Center Documentation

Introduction

This plugin allows Jira admins to organise Dashboards into folders and share them with different groups of users. 

Possible Use Cases

• Productivity - Less clicks to access the dashboards they need

• Findability - With hierarchical Dashboards, Dashboards are grouped by relevance so that it's easier for user to discover the dashboards they need

• Tailored - Showing different set of dashboards for different teams

• Security - Restrict who can create and customise dashboards

Key Features

1. Organising Dashboards

Jira Admins can:

• Organise the Dashboards into Folders

• Cascade folder within other folders

• Define alias name for Dashboard within a Folder

2. Share Dashboard Folders with Configure Dashboard Folders Permission

Jira admins can:

• Set permission to the folders to share it with specific groups of users

  • Ensure a centralised view of Dashboards for the users

3. Cascading View of Dashboard Folders

Jira users can view Dashboard folders shared to them from the:

• top navigation bar

• dashboard side bar (which can be hidden to maximise the screen space)

4. Restricting Dashboard Permissions

Jira Admins can restrict specific users from creating and customising dashboards.

• Non-restricted (normal behaviour)

• Restricted (with Dashboard Folders for Jira)

User Guide