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Issue Activity Feed Widgets

The Issue Activity Feed widget lets you monitor changes in a set of issues. The set of issues is filtered by a search query that you specify in the widget.

The widget displays recent changes in issues that match specific search query for the last 90 days.

To add a widget to the Dashboard:

  1. Click the Add widget button on the Dashboard.

  2. From the drop-down list, select Issue Activity Feed.

    • The configuration dialog for the new widget opens.

    New widget configuration dialog
  3. Enter an optional widget title.

  4. Enter the search query to filter the issues to display in the widget. By default, the widget uses by: me query which means that activity feed is shown for issues that you have created.

  5. Select categories of activities that you wish to monitor. See the list of available categories for details.

  6. Set a custom refresh rate for the widget, in seconds. The default refresh rate for a report widget is 4 minutes.

  7. Click the Save button.

    • The widget is added to the dashboard.

    • If you didn't specify a title, the title of the card is set in the format:

      Issue Activity Feed — [search query for the issues]
    Issue Activity Feed widget on a dashboard

Activity Categories

CategoryDescription
AttachmentsAny operation with attachments in the issues that match the widget's query.
CommentsA new comment added to an issue that matches the widget's query.
Custom fieldsAny change in custom fields in the issues that match the widget's query.
DescriptionAny change in the description field of an issue that matches the widget's query.
LinksAny change in links of an issue that matches the widget's query.
New issuesA new issue that matches the widget's query is created.
ProjectAn issue that matches the widget's query is moved to another project, or the name or key of the current project is changed.
Resolved/reopened issuesAn issue that matches the widget's query is, respectively, resolved or reopened.
SprintsAn issue that matches the widget's query is added or moved to, or deleted from a sprint.
SummaryAny change in the summary field of an issue that matches the widget's query.
TagsAny change in tags of an issue that matches the widget's query.
VCS changesAny update (VCS commit linked or removed) in VCS changes that belong to an issue that matches the widget's query.
Work itemsA new work item is added to an issue that matches the widget's query.

Refreshing Report Widgets

The widget content is refreshed according to the custom refresh rate, when set. Otherwise, the widget is refreshed every 4 minutes.

To manually recalculate a report in a widget, click the refresh icon in the title bar.

Last modified: 08 March 2021