How to view Dashboard Folders

There are 2 ways to see your Jira Dashboard that are organised by Dashboard Folders plugin:

Jira Top Menu bar
Dashboard sidebar

Jira Top Menu bar

From any page in Jira, simply click on the “Dashboards” top menu bar to see the dropdown list of:

Favourites Dashboards
Dashboards and Folders placed in the Home Folder
“Manage Dashboards” link

top menu border.png — Dashboard Top Menu

Dashboard Sidebar

From any Dashboard page, the Dashboard sidebar is visible if there are any Dashboard and/or Folder in it.

Dashboard sidebar is collapsible and the state is saved if user is logged in.

expanded sidebar view.png — Sidebar Expanded state

collapsed sidebar view.png — Sidebar Collapsed state

Similarly the last viewed tab and opened folder(s) will also be saved if user is logged in.

Dashboard Sidebar Tab	Folders Tab	Favourites Tab
Dashboard Sidebar Folder	Closed Folder	Opened Folder

Aside from clicking the individual folder name, user can also click on the “Expand” / “Collapse“ button to expand or collapse all the folders. This “Expand” / “Collapse“ button will only appear when user mouse over the sidebar area.

expand collapse all folder sidebar view.png — Expand / Collapse All Folders

Regardless of the last viewed opened folders, all folder(s) containing the currently viewed Dashboard will also be automatically opened when the page reloads.

current dashboard sidebar view.png — Folder(s) containing currently viewed Dashboard