How to Add a Gadget to Your Jira Dashboard

How to Add a Gadget in Jira

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May 25, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to customize your Jira dashboard by adding a gadget.

Quick summary

Adding a gadget to a Jira dashboard lets you surface key project metrics and data in one centralized view. This process takes under a minute using the built-in Add Gadget panel in dashboard edit mode.

Steps

In your Jira dashboard, click the 'Edit' button in the top-right corner.
Click 'Add Gadget' to open the gadget selection panel.
In the right-hand panel, find the gadget you want and click its 'Add' button to proceed.
Configure the newly added gadget's settings based on your preference.
Click 'Save' to apply your changes.
Click 'Done' to exit edit mode and continue.
The selected Jira gadget is now live on your dashboard.

📌 Why this matters

Jira dashboards become significantly more powerful when customized with gadgets that display sprint progress, issue statistics, and team workload at a glance. Adding a gadget to your Jira dashboard eliminates the need to navigate multiple project views, centralizing critical data for faster decision-making. This feature is essential for project managers and agile teams who need real-time visibility into project health directly from their dashboard. Mastering gadget configuration in Jira helps teams stay aligned and reduces time spent manually pulling project reports.

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