Highlighting
Frequently a large number of issues and links make the data difficult to read.
To put the focus on a single issue and all its dependencies simply click on the issue item:
This will highlight the target issue and all its dependencies.
Alternatively, you can search for the issue from the select box
Filtering links
The “Links filter” also allows showing and hiding links based on their type:
Hiding rows and columns
It is possible to hide concrete rows and columns by selecting the visible domain values from the select context menu of the dimensions:
Issue domain
By default, only the issues returned by the filter are taken into consideration. However, sometimes the users might also want to include all the linked issues into the resulting issue set.
This is possible by selecting the option below:
The included issues not present in the initial filter result are displayed with a light blue bar.
Exporting (to Excel)
The Pivot table view can be exported to Excel for further analytics:
This exports the full data (all the issues in the domain) to a native Excel file by preserving the users' configuration: dimensions (rows and columns) and their filters. Excel file contains data in 3 tabs:
Pivot table, Data which contain excel table with all columns and rows, and Links - excel table reflecting connections between issues (link types as “split from”, “depends on” etc):
So, The Pivot Table can be viewed as a data selector deeply integrated with Jira that allows users quickly get the data for further and deeper analytics from Excel.