How to Add a Dashboard to Favorites in Jira

How to Add the Dashboard to Favorites in Jira

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May 25, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to star a Jira dashboard and pin it to your favorites.

Quick summary

Adding a Jira dashboard to favorites lets you access your most important project views instantly from the left-side panel. You can favorite any dashboard in seconds by clicking the Star icon from the View All Dashboards list.

Steps

On Jira's main home page, navigate to the left-side panel and click Dashboards.
Click View All Dashboards to open the full list of available dashboards.
Find the dashboard you want to save, then click the Star icon beside it to mark it as a favorite.
The selected Jira dashboard is now added to your favorites for quick access.

📌 Why this matters

Favoriting a Jira dashboard gives teams instant access to their most critical project metrics without navigating through menus each time. This feature is especially valuable for project managers and developers who rely on specific dashboards daily to track sprint progress, bug counts, or team workload. By pinning dashboards to favorites in Jira, you reduce context-switching and keep key performance data one click away. It's a simple productivity boost that helps teams stay focused and aligned on project goals.

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