Board Analytics
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Board analytics answers two questions about the defects a board holds: is work piling up anywhere, and how long does it take to finish.
It reads the same defects the board does, over a date window you choose.
Opening The Drawer
Section titled “Opening The Drawer”-
Open a board.
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Select the chart icon (Board analytics) in the header.
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Choose 14 days, 30 days, or 90 days.
The window applies to every panel at once. The drawer is read-only — closing it leaves the board exactly as it was.
The charts follow the board: its grouping, and the filters you currently have applied. Narrow the board and the charts narrow with it.
What Each Chart Needs
Section titled “What Each Chart Needs”Not every panel suits every board. When one cannot be drawn, Hawzu says why in its place rather than leaving a gap.
| Panel | Shown on | Not shown when |
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| Cumulative flow | Status, priority, severity, and assignee boards | Release boards, custom-field boards, or more than 5,000 matching defects |
| Defects per release | Release boards | Any other grouping |
| Cycle time | Any board | — |
| Time in each status | Any board with closed defects in the window | There are no samples yet |
Cumulative Flow
Section titled “Cumulative Flow”A stacked area chart with one band per column value, per day.
Read it by the width of each band over time. A band that keeps widening is work arriving faster than it leaves — cards entering that column and not moving on.
Hawzu declines to draw the chart above 5,000 matching defects and asks you to narrow the board first.
Defects Per Release
Section titled “Defects Per Release”On a release board, this replaces cumulative flow. It is drawn as separate lines rather than stacked bands.
Cycle Time
Section titled “Cycle Time”How long defects take from being picked up to being finished.
Four figures head the panel — Median, 75th percentile, 90th percentile, and the number Closed — alongside badges for how many defects are in flight and how old the oldest is, how many have been reopened, and the lead time. Below them, a chart tracks the median and 90th percentile week by week.
How Cycle Time Is Measured
Section titled “How Cycle Time Is Measured”- The clock starts when a defect first moves into In Progress, or at creation if it never passed through that status.
- It stops at the last close that was not followed by a reopen, so a defect that came back carries the full cost rather than hiding it.
- Only defects closed inside the window count towards the percentiles.
- Defects still open count towards in flight and never towards the percentiles.
Time In Each Status
Section titled “Time In Each Status”A table of every status the defects passed through, with the average days spent there and the number of defects behind each average.
Read a low sample count carefully — a single slow defect moves a small average a long way.
Permissions
Section titled “Permissions”Anyone who can open the board can open its analytics, including people with read-only access to defects.
Nothing in the drawer can be edited. For trends across a whole project or workspace rather than one board, use Observatory.
Next Steps
Section titled “Next Steps”- Shape the board with Board Layout
- Work with cards in Board Cards And Dragging
- Return to Defect Boards Overview
- Explore project-wide trends in Observatory Overview
- Review release quality with Defect Insights