Adding bugs for specific EPICs to my dashboard
Asked by Luke Niccolls:

Hey there,

I am trying to add a specific gadget to my dashboard whereby I can track bugs. We have projects setup as EPICs and when going to add this gadget I have the project setup to the correct category. I have "type" as EPICs and bugs, but would like to go one further where I can select the EPICs (projects) in question as all of them aren't needed.

Is there a way to do this at a more granular level?

Best,

Luke


Answers:
author: John Funk
body: Hey Luke - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

You won't be able to do that with out of the box Jira. You will need an add-on like Rich Filters to be able to filter items in the dashboard.


author: Jack Brickey
body: Hi [@Luke Niccolls](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5523239) , it sounds like you want to filter your board type = bug for a specific epic(s)? If so, you have "Epic" and "Type" drop downs. Maybe you are looking for something else?

comments: author: Luke Niccolls
body: It's being able to select the EPICs I would like within that gadget. If you're free for a call and I can screen share pls let me know.


author: Jack Brickey
body: Ah..."dashboard" not "board". ?

as John mentions, there is no support for dynamic gadget filtering. You can either:

* use the board to view the results
* create various filters, one for each epic or set of epics ant type = bug then associate to gadgets on your dashboard
* consider an addon


author: Marlene Kegel - codefortynine
body: Welcome to the community, [@Luke Niccolls](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5523239),

I am Marlene, product manager of [Quick Filters for Jira Dashboards.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220136?utm_source=atlassian&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=quickj-new-reach-com-2729604)

If you want to filter your dashboard gadgets per epic, you could check out our app. Our app comes with a Quick Controller gadget that enables you to filter all Quick gadgets on your dashboard dynamically.

You can [test Quick Filters for Jira Dashboards without installation](https://codefortynine-demo.atlassian.net/jira/dashboards/10003?utm_source=atlassian&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=quickj-new-reach-com-2729604) on our demo dashboards.

![quick-filters-jira-dashboards_filter-per-epic.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/330636i9333CEBC5F0D9CDB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "quick-filters-jira-dashboards_filter-per-epic.png")


author: Danut M _StonikByte_
body: Hi [@Luke Niccolls](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5523239),

A good solution for you would be the **Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)** gadget offered by our **[Great Gadgets](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=stonikbyte%20great%20gadgets%20agile)** app. This gadget displays the issues from a filter or JQL by their hierarchy: Epic \> Story, Task, Bug \> Sub-task along with their status.

All you have to do is to configure the gadget with a JQL that returns the epics and bugs:

*issueType IN (Epic, Bug)*

And it will display the data exactly as you want:

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/330522i6DF823FBBF69C2B4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

See more about this gadget (and the many others offered by the same app) in this article: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/App-Central/8-gadgets-for-a-powerful-Scrum-dashboard-in-Jira/ba-p/1683063>

You could start with a **1-month free trial**. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at support@stonikbyte.com.

Hope this helps.

Danut Manda


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