Turn Data into Gold with Advanced Jira Reports
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How advanced Jira reports can help you
Intuitive configuration
Get easy-to-understand reports in Jira for every use case without the need for in-depth analysis.
A wide range of reports
Access a large selection of reports in the template library that provide accurate data without requiring technical expertise.
Effortless data handling
Seamlessly export all reports as Excel files for easy sharing and further analysis.
Transform Your Data with Custom Jira Reports
Forecasting & Resource Utilization Reports
Avoid work overload with Resource Utilization Report, understand the users' availability with the Person Availability Report, visualize team utilization with Pie Chart, and try many other reports to ease your reporting in Jira.
Tracking Reports
These reports can be used to analyze the team's performance and identify improvement areas. For example, Project Progress Report for tracking the progression of projects against planned timelines or Planned vs. Actual Report for comparison between planned tasks and actual outcomes.
Leave & Event Reports
This report offers a comprehensive overview of all vacation-related events, including sick leaves, vacations, days off, and partial days off, for each team member. Providing these insights facilitates proactive planning, ensures a balanced workload, and helps to prevent staff burnout.
Frequently Asked Questions
What reporting does ActivityTimeline offer that Jira doesn't have natively?
ActivityTimeline provides cross-project reporting, resource utilization forecasts, availability tracking, and planned vs. actual comparisons. It also tracks billable versus non-billable time, leave events, and allows full timeline exports to Excel.
Can I run reports across multiple Jira projects at the same time?
Yes, all reports support multi-selection from the Project dropdown or via saved JQL filters to cover your entire instance. This allows you to generate unified reports across several projects simultaneously.
How do availability reports differ from utilization reports?
Utilization reports show scheduled work as a percentage of capacity, while availability reports show the remaining free hours after work is subtracted. Availability can be viewed at the individual, team, or skill level to quickly find the right person for a new task.
How does the Resource Utilization Forecast calculate utilization?
The report divides utilized capacity (scheduled hours from Jira tasks and timeline bookings) by total available capacity (working hours minus time off). This generates a weekly utilization percentage to help identify upcoming resource overloads before they occur.
What is the Project Resources Forecast report used for?
This report shows exactly where individuals are spending their time across different initiatives over a specified timeframe. Displayed as a heatmap, it highlights heavy allocations to help answer which projects consume the most resources.
How does the Planned vs. Actual report define "On Track" or "Underestimated"?
The report compares original estimates against the combination of time spent and remaining estimates. Tasks are "On Track" if totals match within a custom tolerance, "Underestimated" (red) if they take longer, or "Overestimated" (yellow) if they finish faster than expected.
How does the Project Progress Report calculate completion percentage?
It calculates completion either by Time Spent (Worklogs divided by Worklogs plus Remaining Estimate) or by Issue Count. The data is organized hierarchically, allowing completion bars to roll up from individual issues to epics and overall projects.
Can I pull a report specifically for billable vs. non-billable client invoicing?
Yes, the Detailed Timesheet can group entries by custom categories like Billable and Non-Billable. For client invoicing, the Detailed Worklog Report neatly exports all records with timestamps, comments, and categories to Excel.
Can I group and filter reports by custom Jira fields?
Yes, the configuration panel for most tabular reports includes a Custom Fields selector. This allows you to group or add data columns based on corporate structures like Client, Cost Center, or Department.
How do I save report templates or share them with non-Jira users?
You can save configurations as bookmarks or Saved Dashboards and set access levels to Private, Shared, or Public. Sharing the generated report link carries the full configuration, allowing even non-Jira users to access the most current data.
How do I embed ActivityTimeline reports in a Jira dashboard or Confluence page?
You can embed live reports using the ActivityTimeline gadget within Jira dashboards. For Confluence, generate an Embed URL from the report template and paste it into an iFrame macro to display interactive, permission-aware data.
What formats do exports support and what data is included?
Every report features a one-click export to standard .xlsx format for use in Excel, Google Sheets, or LibreOffice. Exports contain structured data matching the report type, including detailed worklogs, utilization percentages, or full daily schedules from the planning dashboard.
Can I access report data programmatically via API?
Yes, ActivityTimeline provides a REST API that covers the main reporting data categories. Endpoints allow you to programmatically pull daily workloads, availability, total capacity, and specific worklog records.
Are there limits on how far back historical reports can go?
There is no hard cutoff, but calculations depend on available Jira issues and logged time. Issues exceeding the default 18-month "Ignore issues older than" limit may be excluded, though administrators can easily increase this threshold for deeper historical analysis.
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