Dashboard Gadget

Dashboard Gadget

The Link Map gadget lets you visualize issue relationships directly on your Jira dashboard. It displays issues as cards connected with arrows that represent their links - just like in the Issue Map, Project Link Map, or Search Link Map views.

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Link Map gadget on a dashboard

How to add the gadget to your dashboard

  1. Open your dashboard in edit mode.

  2. In the search gadget field, type Link Map.

  3. Add the gadget to your dashboard.

  4. Configure the gadget

  5. Click Save to apply your changes.

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How to configure the gadget

  1. Enter dashboard edit mode.

  2. Click the [···] menu on the Link Map gadget.

  3. Select Configure.

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You’ll see a dialog with the following configuration fields:

JQL - Define the array of issues to include using a JQL query.

Links - Select one or more issue link types to visualize.

Map type - Choose the map layout style:

  • Network – a free-form graph layout.

  • Hierarchy – a tree-based layout.

Display issue fields - Choose what issue information to show on each issue card:

  • Issue key

  • Summary

  • Status

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