whats the best way to create status reports?
Asked by Antun ?tefan?i?:

I wanna know whats the best solution for creating status reports. The status reports are intended for customers and partners to get an weekly insight on how projects are going (overall progression, task completion, time estimations, indicative charts, whats to do on their behalf etc.)

The dashboard and reports jira offers are not really what I need, or maybe i just cant get the most of them.

Confluence seems like it could do the job well?

And what are alternatives?


Answers:
author: Karolina Wons_SaaSJet
body: Hello [@Antun ?tefan?i?](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5122264)

If you want to save time, to get status reports in the most convenient and fast way, you can try [Time in Status for Jira Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219732?utm_source=Atlassian_Community&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Comment_way-to-create-status-reports_20220119).

It generates**7 types of status time reports**, so you can choose the one that fits your needs the best:

**Time in Status** shows the time spent in each status

![GIF TIS.gif](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/235310iD1877201458B7663/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "GIF TIS.gif")

**Assignee time** helps to monitor how long it takes each assignee to solve a task

**Average time** shows the Average time spent in status

**Status Entrance Date** displays the date an issue moves to each status

**Status Count** shows how many times an issue has been in each status

**Transition Count** calculates how many times an issue moves from one status to another,

**Time in Status per Date** report shows the total time an issue has spent in a particular status per chosen date.

Also, you can share reports with colleagues or**export them as CSV or XLSX files**.

You can try the **Custom field functionality** if you want to *display time in status directly on the Issue Card layout.*It can save you even more time because there is no need to enter the add-on to get the time in status data.

*![ezgif.com-gif-maker (1).gif](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/235311i220E9FBFB0B18EE7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "ezgif.com-gif-maker (1).gif")*

This add-on is developed by my SaaSJet team. Please, let me know if you have any additional questions

Hope you find it helpful


author: Levente Szabo _Midori_
body: [@Antun ?tefan?i?](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5122264)

If a native Excel report is acceptable, you can use the dedicated Excel reporting app [Better Excel Exporter for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212652/better-excel-exporter-for-jira?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_source=cac&utm_medium=cac-comment-2243074&utm_campaign=gh). It comes with a number of prebuilt report templates to create [epic status reports](https://www.midori-global.com/blog/2022/09/01/jira-epic-report-export-excel?utm_source=cac&utm_medium=cac-comment-2243074&utm_campaign=gh), [project statistics reports](https://www.midori-global.com/blog/2021/12/13/jira-cloud-project-statistics-report-in-excel?utm_source=cac&utm_medium=cac-comment-2243074&utm_campaign=gh), [sprint reports](https://www.midori-global.com/blog/2022/08/19/export-sprint-report-from-jira-cloud-to-excel?utm_source=cac&utm_medium=cac-comment-2243074&utm_campaign=gh), and [bug reports from Jira Cloud](https://www.midori-global.com/blog/2022/09/01/jira-bug-report-download-to-excel?utm_source=cac&utm_medium=cac-comment-2243074&utm_campaign=gh).

The export options are available from the Issue Navigator and from other relevant screens as well, like the backlog or an active sprint board.

[Browse sample Excel exports for more inspiration \>\>\>](https://www.midori-global.com/products/better-excel-exporter-for-jira/cloud/export-samples/?utm_source=cac&utm_medium=cac-comment-2243074&utm_campaign=gh)

![10-worklog-report-pivot-chart.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/235291i4A1550AF4C065128/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "10-worklog-report-pivot-chart.png")

*(Please note that Better Excel Exporter is a paid and supported app and I'm part of the team developing it.)*


author: Mehmet A _Bloompeak_
body: Hi [@Antun ?tefan?i?](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5122264)

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

You can try [Reports - Charts and Graphs for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1226236) app developed by our team to create various reports, charts and graphs for your Jira projects.

* You can create custom, flexible and colorful bar charts and table views for any data you want/need. As data source, you can choose Projects or Saved Filters or Advanced (JQL).

* You can set X axis to be any parameter like Created(month), Assignee, Sprint, Fix Versions etc.
* You can set Y axis to be any parameter like number of issues, sum of remaining estimates, average of story points etc.
* You can group your data on any field(Sprint, Status, Assignee, Component, Project etc.) you want.
* You can choose various date ranges like All Time, Last Year, Last 3 Months, Last 6 Months etc.
* You can modify existing Segments or add new segments.
* You can order the results by drag and drop.

Below you can see an article about creating custom reports, charts and graphs in Jira with our app.  
[How to Create Custom and Flexible Reports, Charts and Graphs in Jira](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-Integrations/How-to-Create-Custom-and-Flexible-Reports-Charts-and-Graphs-in/ba-p/1957785)

Here is our [live demo dashboard](https://reports-pro.bloompeak.io/demo) where you can see and modify sample reports and play with them.

Hope it helps.


author: Hannes Obweger - JXL for Jira
body: Hi [@Antun ?tefan?i?](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5122264)

welcome to the community!

if you are open to solutions from the [Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/), there are heaps of apps that might help here. For charting, [Custom Charts for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220925/custom-charts-for-jira-reports-and-jira-dashboard-filter?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) and [Dashboard Hub for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1223898/dashboard-hub-for-jira-custom-charts-share-reports?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) have both become very popular, and for Excel-style reports, I can warmly recommend the app that my team is working on, [JXL for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1224710?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_source=atlassian-community&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=2243074) - but apart from these specific apps, searching for ["reports"](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=jira&query=reports) might be a good starting point.

You may already know that you can trial any app for free for 1 month, and depending on the size of your site, it may be free forever - so perhaps try a few and see which one works best for you.

Hope this helps,

Best,

Hannes