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Visualize Jira Data in Grafana

How to visualize Jira data in Grafana? Kondado offers a direct connection that lets you replicate project management information from Jira into Grafana without complex configurations or intermediate databases. Simply connect your Jira account, choose Grafana as your destination, and select which project data you want to display. Within minutes, you can start building visual dashboards that display sprint progress, issue tracking, and team productivity metrics for your entire organization.

With automated updates running on a configurable schedule, your charts and panels always reflect the latest project status. Whether you need near-real-time updates every 5 minutes for active sprint monitoring or daily aggregates for executive reviews, you control exactly how often your data refreshes without manual intervention. This keeps your teams aligned and enables faster decision-making based on current information.

Kondado connects Jira to Grafana using a direct “Via Kondado” connection with no intermediate databases required, allowing business teams to visualize agile project data through customizable dashboards that update automatically on schedules ranging from every 5 minutes to daily.

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What You Can Visualize

Combining Jira with Grafana transforms raw project data into actionable visual intelligence for business users. By replicating data from pipelines such as Issues, Boards Sprints, and Issues Change History, you can create comprehensive views that track sprint velocity, identify bottlenecks in your workflow, and monitor how tasks evolve over time. Operations teams gain visibility into workload distribution across projects, while marketing and product teams can track campaign-related tasks through custom fields.

Visualizing these connections in Grafana enables you to correlate sprint performance with issue resolution times, spot trends in project delays, and share unified dashboards with stakeholders who need visibility into agile processes without accessing Jira directly. This centralized view helps teams make informed decisions about resource allocation and project timelines.

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Jira data available in Grafana

13
available pipelines
165
extractable fields

Available integrations

Integration Description
Boards Includes fields such as id, name, and type of the board, along with the associated project ID.
Boards Column Configuration Presents fields such as column name, board ID, and status URL, allowing insight into the board's structure.
Boards Issues Relationship Shows the relationship between issues and boards with fields such as issue ID and issue key.
Boards Sprints Includes information about sprints, such as sprint ID, start date, and sprint state.
Issues Contains fields such as issue ID, key, due date, and current status, enabling task management.
Issues Custom Fields Allows the inclusion of custom fields for issues, facilitating the customization of information.
Issues Change History Records changes with fields such as changelog ID, change date, and change author.
Issues Web Links Includes links related to issues, allowing quick access to external resources.
Issues Activity Logs Provides activity logs with fields such as issue ID and activity date, useful for auditing.
Issues Links Presents links between issues, allowing visualization of relationships and dependencies between tasks.
Projects Includes fields such as id, project name, and project type, enabling effective viewing and management of ongoing projects.
Sprints: relationship with issues Presents fields such as sprint id, board id, and sprint state, facilitating the tracking of progress for related tasks.
Status Contains information on id, status name, and description, allowing understanding of the current state of tasks and their lifecycle.
Boards
Includes fields such as id, name, and type of the board, along with the associated project ID.
Boards Column Configuration
Presents fields such as column name, board ID, and status URL, allowing insight into the board's structure.
Boards Issues Relationship
Shows the relationship between issues and boards with fields such as issue ID and issue key.
Boards Sprints
Includes information about sprints, such as sprint ID, start date, and sprint state.
Issues
Contains fields such as issue ID, key, due date, and current status, enabling task management.
Issues Custom Fields
Allows the inclusion of custom fields for issues, facilitating the customization of information.
Issues Change History
Records changes with fields such as changelog ID, change date, and change author.
Issues Web Links
Includes links related to issues, allowing quick access to external resources.
Issues Activity Logs
Provides activity logs with fields such as issue ID and activity date, useful for auditing.
Issues Links
Presents links between issues, allowing visualization of relationships and dependencies between tasks.
Projects
Includes fields such as id, project name, and project type, enabling effective viewing and management of ongoing projects.
Sprints: relationship with issues
Presents fields such as sprint id, board id, and sprint state, facilitating the tracking of progress for related tasks.
Status
Contains information on id, status name, and description, allowing understanding of the current state of tasks and their lifecycle.

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How to create Jira dashboards in Grafana

Visualize your data automatically — no spreadsheet exports or custom scripts.

1
Connect Jira as your data source

Log in to Kondado and add Jira as a new data source by entering your account credentials. Select the specific pipelines you want to replicate, such as Issues, Boards, or Sprints, to define which project data will be available for visualization.

2
Select Grafana as your destination

Choose Grafana from the available destinations and configure your connection settings to establish the direct "Via Kondado" link. This setup requires no intermediate databases and allows you to send your Jira data directly to Grafana for immediate visualization.

3
Build custom dashboards and panels

Create visualizations in Grafana using your replicated Jira data to track sprint velocity, issue resolution times, and team productivity metrics. Configure automated refresh schedules to ensure your charts always display the latest project information without requiring manual updates.

Access Jira data in Grafana and combine it with dozens of other data sources

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Answers about visualizing Jira data in Grafana automatically

How do I connect Jira to Grafana using Kondado?
Start by adding Jira as a data source in your Kondado account and authenticate with your credentials. Then select Grafana as your destination and choose which pipelines you want to replicate, such as Issues or Boards. The connection uses a direct "Via Kondado" method that requires no intermediate databases or complex technical configuration.
What Jira metrics and KPIs can I track in Grafana?
You can visualize sprint velocity by combining Boards Sprints data with Issues information to see completion rates over time. Track issue resolution times, monitor workload distribution across team members, and analyze change history trends to identify process bottlenecks. Custom fields from the Issues Custom Fields pipeline allow you to build metrics specific to your business workflows.
How frequently does Jira data refresh in Grafana dashboards?
You configure the update frequency based on your business needs, choosing from intervals as frequent as every 5 minutes or extending to daily updates. This configurable schedule ensures your dashboards display current information for active sprint monitoring or historical trends for strategic planning. The automated refresh eliminates manual data exports and keeps your reports current without intervention.
Can I share Jira project dashboards with stakeholders who don't use Jira?
Yes, Grafana allows you to create shared dashboards that provide visibility into project status for executives, clients, or cross-functional teams without requiring Jira licenses. You can set up specific views showing sprint progress, issue counts, or project health metrics that update automatically. This makes it easy to communicate project status to business users who need insights but don't need direct access to your agile tools.
Is there a pre-built template for Jira dashboards in Grafana?
Kondado does not provide pre-built report templates for this combination, giving you the flexibility to build custom dashboards tailored to your specific project management needs. You can design panels that focus on your unique KPIs, whether tracking marketing campaigns, software releases, or operational workflows. This customization ensures your visualizations match exactly how your team works.
Can I combine Jira data with information from other platforms in Grafana?
Absolutely, you can replicate data from additional sources alongside Jira to create unified business views in Grafana. For example, combine Jira Issues with sales data from your CRM or financial information from accounting systems to see how development work correlates with revenue. You can also send data to Power BI, Looker Studio, or Google Sheets if your team uses multiple reporting tools.
How do I track sprint progress across multiple Jira projects in one view?
Use the Boards Sprints and Issues pipelines to pull sprint data from multiple projects into Grafana simultaneously. You can create panels that aggregate sprint completion rates, story points, and issue counts across different teams or product lines. This consolidated view helps program managers and executives monitor portfolio-level progress without switching between separate Jira instances.

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