Kanban Gantt for JIRA (jGantt)
- Fabio Genovese
- Raul Pelaez
General Information
Environment | Jira Server & Datacenter |
|---|---|
Price | Free |
Goal | Generate a Gantt graph directly from your Board |
Description
This addon provide a great feature: directly from your board, you can create a GANTT view of your project.
Install addon
After download the JAR, install using the link in Manage apps page, search addon as show in following GIF
Global Configuration
No global configuration is needed. Just follow the Project configuration show in Usage paragraph.
Usage
Before use the addon, configure the project following those easy steps:
define 3 fields necessary for the addon, as show in following image in the Card layout section of the settings of your usual Kanban board:
The first field must be some field to make the Group By hierarchy in the Gantt, for example, you can use the system field “assignee“.
As second field you can use “Created” system field or an “Start date” custom field (created by you previously in Jira),
As third field you can use “Due Date” or “Resolved” or “Updated” system fields or an “End date” custom field (created by you in Jira)Result
After this, feature icon is enabled
and this is the result once you click on it.
Integration with MrAddon Apps
Gantt is well integrated with MrAddon Apps, like:
If Kanban Combined WIP for Jira (Server) is installed in own instance, it’s possible configure JGantt directly from Board configuration in order to store the new Dates of the tasks, just using drag’n’drop through the Gantt Diagram. Just select BOARD → Configure
and the new menu item is available on the left: Kanban Gantt Configuration.
and it’s possible configure the JGantt option directly. If Kanban Combined WIP for Jira (Server) is not installed, follow the previous paragraph description for the configuration.
That’s all? of course no.
As a new feature, if you modify the Gantt, Start Date and End Date Field are automatically modified. As shown:
starting from this:
do the action shown:
and the result is:
The issue start date modification on the JGantt is reported in tasks.
If New Status Colors PRO for Jira Server is installed in own instance, in JGantt is present a new option
just select this new option and ….
If New Status Colors for Jira Server is installed in own instance, we have the same effect.
If Issue Card Printer for JIRA Server is installed in own instance, in JGantt is present another option
just select the desired option and it’s possible print
As you read, the plugin is and will be always Open Source and collaborators all welcome always of course! For any type of suggestion or issues/bugs you can contact in our Customer Portal
Release Notes
Dec 20, 2019 Ravi Sagar review of addon on his youtube channel.
May 24, 2020 Add integration with Issue Card Printer for JIRA Server
May 8, 2020 Add integration with New Status Colors PRO for Jira Server
Oct 20, 2020 Add integration with Kanban Combined WIP for Jira Server