Statistics can help you track your management constraints such as hours, story points, etc. GreenHopper allows you to view burndown, burnup and value charts, as well as markers, for each field giving you a number of visual aids to assist your planning.

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Viewing Statistics via your Planning Board

Every box of your GreenHopper Planning Board column (i.e. 'Project Overview', 'Version', 'Component', 'Assignee') will display some statistics based on the nature of the box (see Using Planning Board Modes to View Issues). These statistics can be divided in four groups:

  1. Issue Type Statistics — Always displayed.
  2. Stats based on the Task Board mapping — Always displayed.
  3. Timetracking Statistics — Only displayed if JIRA timetracking is enabled.
  4. Custom Statistics — Displayed if any number fields were added as custom stats by the project administrator. For example, you may want to record story points against each issue. The story points can then be added as a marker on your Planning Board (see Using Statistical Markers to Group Issues).
    (info) If you are using the 'Scrum' template, custom statistics called Story points and Business value will be created for you automatically.

Screenshot: Planning Board Statistics

Configuring a Custom Statistic

To add a custom statistic to your Planning Board,

  1. Log into JIRA.
  3. Click the 'Stats' link. The 'Statistics' window will display, listing the statistics currently displayed on your Planning Board (see screenshot below).
  4. Click the 'Add a Number Field to your Project' link. A new add field page will display.
  5. Fill out the fields (accept all field defaults and select whether you want the custom field to apply to a specific project or globally). See the JIRA documentation on Adding a Custom Field for detailed instructions. Make sure you add the custom field to at least one screen.
    (info) Please note: your field must be associated with the 'Number Searcher' Search Template in order to work properly.
  6. Your custom field will be added to the project and will display in the boxes shown in the right-hand column of your planning board (see the 'Viewing Statistics via your Planning Board' section [above|#viewstat). Your custom field will also be available on your issues screens for you to populate (depending on what screens you selected at field creation).

(tick) Tip: GreenHopper allows you to view various charts based on any new custom statistics fields created. They will be accessible via the Chart Board.

To configure a custom statistic on your Planning Board,

  1. Log into JIRA.
  3. Click the 'Stats' link. The 'Statistics' window will display, listing the statistics currently displayed on your Planning Board (see screenshot below).
    • To configure the 'Capacity' of a custom statistic:
      1. Click the 'Edit' link next to the custom statistic that you want to configure.
      2. Update the 'Min' and 'Max' values for the statistic, as desired. For example, you may wish to set a minimum and maximum value on the 'Time remaining' statistic to help you track time against your versions. The 'Min' and 'Max' values for the statistic will be applied to all versions.
        (info) You can override the 'Min' and 'Max' values for specific versions by clicking the next to the relevant statistic field in the right-hand column of your planning board.
      3. Click the 'Update' link to save your changes.
    • To choose whether to hide or show a custom statistic on the Planning Board:
      • To show a custom statistic, select the check-box in the 'Markers' column
      • To hide a custom statistic, deselect the check-box in the 'Markers' column
        (info) This is useful if you don't want to display a marker for a particular statistic on your Planning Board, but want to retain the settings in case you wish to track the statistic via your Chart Board.

To remove a custom statistic from your Planning Board,

  1. Log into JIRA.
  3. Click the 'Stats' link. The 'Statistics' window will display, listing the statistics currently displayed on your Planning Board (see screenshot below).
  4. Click the 'Remove' link corresponding to the statistic you wish to remove.
    (info) Note that the built-in statistics 'Standard issue count' and 'Time remaining' cannot be removed.
  5. Your chosen statistic will be removed from your Planning Board. Note that the statistic will still exist as a JIRA custom field.

(tick) Tip: Note that you can 'hide' statistics rather than removing them — see 'Markers' (above).

Screenshot: Configuring Statistics