Associate Dashboard to Project (Project Dashboard)

Instruction

1. Navigate to the target Dashboard page to associate to a Project

2. Click on the "More" (…) icon from the Dashboard page

3. Click on Link Dashboard to Project(s), the page will be redirected

   

4. In "Link Dashboard to Project(s)" page 

   1. Associate Dashboard to Project:

      1. Enter the project name into the search box under “Project” column

      2. Select the target Project from the search result

      3. (Optional) Enter an Alias name for the Dashboard under “Alias Name for Dashboard” column

      4. Click on "Add"

         

   2. Edit Alias Name of Project Dashboard:

      1. Click on the Alias name to add/edit

      2. Modify the Alias name wording

      3. Click on “Update”

         

   3. Delete Dashboard to Project Association:

      1. Mouse over the target Project in the list of Project(s)

      2. Click on “Delete” corresponding to the Project

         

Alias Name (if set) will be displayed instead of the original Dashboard name in the associated project sidebar. e.g.

Permission

Why use Alias instead of Dashboard Names for Project Dashboards

1. To shorten the name for easier readability

   • Dashboards typically have longer names to explain the purpose, project association and ownership as well to facilitate management

   • A best practice is to prefix/suffix the dashboard names with the Jira project key

   • However the relationship with the project becomes implicit when the dashboard appears in the Jira project’s sidebar. It is possible to have a shorter name

2. To change the ordering

   • The project dashboards are sorted in alphabetical order. You can bring the important dashboards up in the list by using an alias