Add widgets to a dashboard

Azure DevOps Services | Azure DevOps Server 2022 - Azure DevOps Server 2019

Widgets smartly format data to provide access to easily consumable data. You add widgets to your team dashboards to gain visibility into the status and trends occurring as you develop your software project.

Each widget provides access to a chart, user-configurable information, or a set of links that open a feature or function. You can add one or more charts or widgets to your dashboard. Up to 200 widgets total. You add several widgets at a time simply by selecting each one. See Manage dashboards to determine the permissions you need to add and remove widgets from a dashboard.

Prerequisites

• Access:
  • Anyone with access to a project, including Stakeholders, can view dashboards.
  • Be a member of the project and have at least Basic access or have specific dashboard permissions granted to you.
• Permissions:
  • Team dashboards: To add, edit, or manage a team dashboard, meet the following requirements:
    • Be a member of the team.
    • Be a member of the Project Administrators group.

Note

Data displayed within a chart or widget is subject to the permissions granted to the signed-in user. For example, if a user doesn't have permissions to view work items under a specific area path, those items don't display in a query results widget on the dashboard. For more information, see FAQs about using dashboards.

Open a dashboard

All dashboards are associated with a team. You must be a team administrator, project administrator, or a team member with permissions to modify a dashboard.

Note

Widgets specific to a service are disabled if the service they depend on has been disabled. For example, if Boards is disabled, New Work item and all work tracking Analytics widgets are disabled and don't appear in the widget catalog. If Analytics is disabled or not installed, then all Analytics widgets are disabled.

To re-enable a service, see Turn an Azure DevOps service on or off. For Analytics, see enable or install Analytics.

1. Open a web browser, connect to your project, and select Overview > Dashboards. The dashboard directory page opens.

   

   If you need to switch to a different project, select the Azure DevOps logo to browse all projects.

2. Select the dashboard you want to modify.

Add a widget

To add widgets to the dashboard, select Edit.

The widget catalog automatically opens. Add all the widgets that you want and drag their tiles into the sequence you want.

When you finish your additions, select Done editing to exit dashboard editing. The widget catalog closes. You can then configure the widgets as needed.

Tip

When you're in dashboard edit mode, you can remove, rearrange, and configure widgets, as well as add new widgets. Once you leave edit mode, the widget tiles remain locked, reducing the chances of accidentally moving a widget.

To remove a widget, select More actions and select Delete from the menu.

Or, you can drag and drop a widget from the catalog onto the dashboard.

Add an Analytics widget

Analytics widget data gets calculated from the Analytics service. The Analytics service must be installed and enabled in Azure DevOps.

The following steps show how to add the Velocity widget available from Analytics to a dashboard:

1. Select Edit to modify a dashboard. The widget catalog opens.

2. In the right pane search box, enter Velocity to quickly locate the Velocity widget within the widget catalog.

   

3. Select the widget, then Add to add it to the dashboard. Or, you can drag-and-drop it onto the dashboard.

4. Configure the widget.

Configure a widget

Most widgets support configuration, which might include specifying the title, setting the widget size, and other widget-specific variables.

To configure a widget, add the widget to a dashboard, select open the menu, and select Configure.

For more information about configuring widgets, see the following articles:

• Burndown/burnup
• Cumulative flow
• Lead time or cycle time
• Velocity widget
• Test trend results

Move or delete a widget

To move a widget, you need to enable the dashboard edit mode. To delete a widget, select the delete option provided from the widget's More actions menu.

Select Edit to modify your dashboard. You can then add widgets or drag tiles to reorder their sequence on the dashboard.

To remove a widget, select the actions icon and then Delete it.

When you finish your changes, select Done Editing to exit dashboard editing.

Copy a widget

You can copy a widget to the same dashboard or to another team dashboard. If you want to move widgets you configured to another dashboard, here's how you do it. Before you begin, add the dashboard that you want to copy or move the widget to. Once you copy the widget, you can delete it from the current dashboard.

To copy a configured widget to another team dashboard, select the actions icon and select Copy to dashboard and then the dashboard to copy it to.

Widget size

Some widgets are presized and can't be changed. Others are configurable through their configuration dialog.

For example, the Chart for work items widget allows you to select an area size ranging from 2 x 2 to 4 x 4 (tiles).

Extensibility and Marketplace widgets

In addition to the widgets described in the Widget catalog, you can:

• Add widgets from the Marketplace.
• Create your own widgets using the Widget REST APIs.

Disabled Marketplace widgets

If your organization owner or project collection administrator disables a marketplace widget, the following notification displays:

To regain access, request your administrator to reinstate or reinstall the widget.

Next steps

Review the widget catalog or Review Marketplace widgets

Related articles

• Find answers to FAQs on Azure DevOps dashboards, charts, and reports
• Explore analytics-based widgets
• Learn about Analytics
• Get burndown guidance
• Understand cumulative flow and lead/cycle time