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The heat maps view shows the concentration of issues through heat points. It presents the proportional importance of values within a specific field for issues obtained from a JQL query within a particular context. Each heat point corresponds to a distinct field value, with its size reflecting the number of issues associated with that value.
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Switching to a heat map view launches a ‘Save view as' dialogue. Once configured the heat map will be saved in the saved graph view. See more on the Saved graph views page.
The dialogue for configuring a heat map is similar to that of graph views. However, in this configuration, it is necessary to choose a specific Heat field to serve as the basis for the heat map.
- Hides heat points without results - if no issues with the a particular heat field value were found the heat point will not be displayed on the map.
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