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Dashboard Gadget

The Spotlight Chart gadget puts a spotlight directly on a Jira dashboard, next to your other gadgets - no need to open the app to see your chart.

Adding the gadget

Section titled “Adding the gadget”
  1. Open (or create) a Jira dashboard and click Edit.
  2. Search the gadget list for Spotlight Chart and add it.
  3. The familiar builder opens inside the gadget: describe the chart and Draft with AI, pick a template, or build it manually.
  4. Save. The gadget renders the chart in place.

To change it later, use the gadget’s Edit menu - the builder reopens with the saved settings.

Same engine, same guarantees

Section titled “Same engine, same guarantees”

The gadget uses the same builder and renderer as the main app:

  • All data sources work - issue charts, sprint velocity, access tables, custom plans.
  • The chart renders live with the viewer’s permissions, on every dashboard load. A dashboard shared with the whole team shows each person exactly what their own Jira access allows.
  • AI drafting in the gadget counts against the same fair-use limits.
Section titled “Gadget vs gallery”

One difference: a gadget’s configuration belongs to the dashboard, not to your gallery.

  • The gadget builder has no visibility option - a gadget is already “shared” with whoever sees the dashboard.
  • Gallery spotlights and gadgets don’t sync. To show a gallery spotlight on a dashboard, recreate it in the gadget (the card in your gallery shows the original description - reuse it as the AI prompt).

Next

Section titled “Next”